simple-solana-program vs anchor

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simple-solana-program		anchor
	Project
1	Mentions	24
64	Stars	3,180
-	Growth	5.4%
0.0	Activity	9.1
about 2 years ago	Latest Commit	6 days ago
Rust	Language	Rust
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	Apache License 2.0

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

simple-solana-program

Posts with mentions or reviews of simple-solana-program. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-19.

An implementation the Solana helloworld client example code in Rust
2 projects | /r/solana | 19 Oct 2021

anchor

Posts with mentions or reviews of anchor. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-18.

Configurar Solana en Linux
4 projects | dev.to | 18 Dec 2023

cargo install --git https://github.com/coral-xyz/anchor avm --locked --force
Solana Developers - New Anchor Version 0.28.0 Just Dropped
2 projects | /r/solana | 13 Jun 2023
New Solana Dev Guide
6 projects | dev.to | 26 Sep 2022
PDA inference added to Anchor
1 project | /r/solana | 24 Sep 2022
Can anyone guide on how to create staking dapp for a solana nft?
1 project | /r/solana | 25 Aug 2022

If you want to roll your own check out the Anchor Framework. There are also deployed contracts that you can use like Gem Farm.
To all software engineers: what companies/industries would you absolutely work at?
2 projects | /r/cscareerquestions | 18 Aug 2022

To code in Rust and deploy contracts on solana, I would recommend the anchor framework https://github.com/coral-xyz/anchor
Anchor - ⚓ solana sealevel framework
1 project | /r/github_trends | 8 Jul 2022

1 project | /r/github_trends | 28 Apr 2022
How to store information in the solana blockchain
1 project | dev.to | 6 Jun 2022

//Rust curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh source $HOME/.cargo/env rustup component add rustfmt //Solana sh -c "$(curl -sSfL https://release.solana.com/v1.9.1/install)" //Yarn npm install -g yarn //Anchor (install wsl in VSC) npm i -g @project-serum/anchor-cli cargo install --git https://github.com/project-serum/anchor --tag v0.24.2 anchor-cli --locked sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get install -y pkg-config build-essential libudev-dev
The ultimate Solana step-by-step guide (including programs, dapps and Rust from scratch)
3 projects | dev.to | 27 Mar 2022

cargo install --git https://github.com/project-serum/anchor anchor-cli --locked

What are some alternatives?

When comparing simple-solana-program and anchor you can also consider the following projects:

example-helloworld - Hello world on Solana

metaplex - A directory of what the Metaplex Foundation works on!

proof-of-history-explained - code example for article: "proof of history explained" published on medium

solana-escrow - Reference Implementation for the guide https://paulx.dev/blog/2021/01/14/programming-on-solana-an-introduction/

clockwork - Smart-contract automation on Solana.

solana-web3.js - Solana JavaScript SDK

solidity-patterns - A compilation of patterns and best practices for the smart contract programming language Solidity

solana-py - Solana Python SDK

bokken - A Solana program debugger

solana-docker-mac-m1 - Docker config for Mac M1, to support development on Solana

debridge-solana-sdk - debridge-solana-sdk allows you to easily and quickly connect your Solana programs to the debridge infrastructure. Debridge protocol enables decentralized transfers of arbitrary messages and value between various blockchains. See Debridge documentation for more information docs.

solana-go-sdk - Solana Golang SDK