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Top 23 Polkadot Open-Source Projects
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Civic Auth
Auth in Less Than 5 Minutes. Civic Auth comes with multiple SSO options, optional embedded wallets, and user management — all implemented with just a few lines of code. Start building today.
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apps
Basic Polkadot/Substrate UI for interacting with a Polkadot and Substrate node. This is the main user-facing application, allowing access to all features available on Substrate chains.
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api
Promise and RxJS APIs around Polkadot and Substrate based chains via RPC calls. It is dynamically generated based on what the Substrate runtime provides in terms of metadata. (by polkadot-js)
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Fork our grants program repository.
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.
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extension
Simple browser extension for managing Polkadot and Substrate network accounts in a browser. Allows the signing of extrinsics using these accounts. Also provides a simple interface for compliant extensions for dapps. (by polkadot-js)
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Smart contract dev: Different smart contract environments are available for devs. You can either build your solidity smart contract on Moonbeam or Astar. You can build Ink! smart contracts on Phala network, which are called Phat contracts, these contracts allow anyone to make API requests into their smart contracts. You could also build ink smart contracts on AlephZero.
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awesome-substrate
A curated list of awesome projects and resources related to the Substrate blockchain development framework.
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Smart contract dev: Different smart contract environments are available for devs. You can either build your solidity smart contract on Moonbeam or Astar. You can build Ink! smart contracts on Phala network, which are called Phat contracts, these contracts allow anyone to make API requests into their smart contracts. You could also build ink smart contracts on AlephZero.
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airgap-wallet
The AirGap Wallet is installed on an everyday smartphone. This app has only access to public information.
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airgap-vault
The AirGap Vault is installed on a spare smartphone that has no connection to any network, thus it is air gapped. This app handles the private key.
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tools
Various cli tools for Polkadot and Substrate chains, including basic node monitoring, making API queries via a cli app and other command-line tools (by polkadot-js)
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common
Utilities and base libraries for use across polkadot-js for Polkadot and Substrate. Includes base libraries, crypto helpers and cross-environment helpers. (by polkadot-js)
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CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Polkadot projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | polkadot-sdk | 2,207 |
| 2 | apps | 1,786 |
| 3 | ink | 1,405 |
| 4 | solang | 1,321 |
| 5 | bittensor | 1,096 |
| 6 | api | 1,088 |
| 7 | Grants-Program | 1,087 |
| 8 | extension | 990 |
| 9 | moonbeam | 939 |
| 10 | awesome-substrate | 766 |
| 11 | Astar | 758 |
| 12 | Acala | 752 |
| 13 | nft-gallery | 667 |
| 14 | parity-signer | 568 |
| 15 | airgap-wallet | 470 |
| 16 | gossamer | 448 |
| 17 | airgap-vault | 430 |
| 18 | bifrost | 432 |
| 19 | polkadot-wiki | 395 |
| 20 | Enkrypt | 370 |
| 21 | snowbridge | 299 |
| 22 | tools | 281 |
| 23 | common | 258 |
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