A Comprehensive Guide on Web3 Programming Languages and Tools

1. Bitcoin

   1 911 84,611 10.0 C++

   Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree

   

   The first public blockchain Bitcoin was written in C++.

2. InfluxDB

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3. solidity

   2 108 24,618 9.9 C++

   Solidity, the Smart Contract Programming Language

   

   However, the way we know them now, smart contracts gained their popularity later on with the introduction of Ethereum. For the purpose of smart contracts coding, Ethereum’s team developed a completely new programming language — Solidity.

4. rust

   3 2,859 105,041 10.0 Rust

   Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

   

   Rust is a low-level programming language used for smart contract coding in such prominent blockchains as Solana, Polkadot, Near, and others.

5. yulp

   4 2 119 3.1 Nearley

   Discontinued ➕ A low-level, highly efficient extension to Yul, an intermediate language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine.

   

   Yul was recently upgraded to Yul+ extension.

6. plutus

   5 89 1,605 10.0 Haskell

   The Plutus language implementation and tools

   

   Plutus (Haskell) is a statically typed programming language wired for writing reliable smart contracts on the Cardano blockchain. It is also a functional programming language, which means programs are composed as sets of mathematical functions for execution.

7. slither

   6 36 5,781 9.2 Python

   Static Analyzer for Solidity and Vyper

   

   Sliter is a static smart contract security analytic tool built on Python to detect vulnerabilities, enhance code comprehension, and prototype custom analyses.

8. peatio

   7 5 1,074 1.0 Ruby

   Open-source crypto currency exchange software (https://openware.com) (by openware)

   

   Here is an example. Let’s say you want to launch a crypto exchange or a brokerage platform. For that, you can use the OpenDAX WEB SDK — a part of comprehensive OpenDAX software wired for establishing crypto exchanges and brokerage apps.

9. Stream

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10. mythril

    8 12 4,069 5.8 Python

    Mythril is a symbolic-execution-based securty analysis tool for EVM bytecode. It detects security vulnerabilities in smart contracts built for Ethereum and other EVM-compatible blockchains.

    

    MythX, Mythril, Manticore, and Echidna are other tools for security audits.

11. manticore

    9 5 3,767 3.8 Python

    Symbolic execution tool

    

    MythX, Mythril, Manticore, and Echidna are other tools for security audits.

12. echidna

    10 33 2,950 8.4 Haskell

    Ethereum smart contract fuzzer

    

    MythX, Mythril, Manticore, and Echidna are other tools for security audits.

13. scaffold-eth

    11 33 8,906 7.0 CSS

    Discontinued 🏗 forkable Ethereum dev stack focused on fast product iterations

    

    For example, Scaffold ETH helps quickly start building and prototyping on the Ethereum blockchain. It provides tutorials and libraries to make DeXs, NFTs, multisig wallets, smart contracts, etc.

14. ganache

    12 39 2,581 7.7 TypeScript

    Discontinued :warning: The Truffle Suite is being sunset. For information on ongoing support, migration options and FAQs, visit the Consensys blog. Thank you for all the support over the years.

    

    Ganache — allows you to set up your personal blockchain to test smart contracts and dApps. It’s a kind of a simulator of Ethereum blockchain that makes developing Ethereum applications faster, easier, and safer.

15. siad

    13 149 134 2.6 Go

    Discontinued The Sia daemon

    

    Sia

16. nearcore

    14 85 2,463 9.9 Rust

    Reference client for NEAR Protocol

    

    Rust is a low-level programming language used for smart contract coding in such prominent blockchains as Solana, Polkadot, Near, and others.

17. ipfs

    15 488 22,903 3.0

    Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol

    

    IPFS

18. safe-smart-account

    16 69 2,020 9.1 TypeScript

    Safe allows secure management of blockchain assets.

    

    Gnosis Safe

19. compiler-solidity

    17 3 23 9.4 Rust

    Discontinued The zkEVM Solidity compiler.

    

    Yul (previously also called JULIA or IULIA) is a simple, low-level intermediate language for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. The Solidity Developers wrote Yul as a compilation target for further optimizations. It features simplistic and functional low-level grammar. It allows developers to get much closer to raw EVM than Solidity, and with that comes the promise of drastically improved gas usage.

20. chainlink

    18 171 7,403 10.0 Go

    node of the decentralized oracle network, bridging on and off-chain computation

    

    Chainlink and

21. cardano-node

    19 513 3,134 9.8 Haskell

    The core component that is used to participate in a Cardano decentralised blockchain.

    

    Plutus (Haskell) is a statically typed programming language wired for writing reliable smart contracts on the Cardano blockchain. It is also a functional programming language, which means programs are composed as sets of mathematical functions for execution.

22. SaaSHub

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