Tools catalog
Tools currently in the registry (✅ available · 🧪 experimental · ⬜ planned):
| On-chain | Off-chain | Devnet | Infrastructure | Formal methods |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✅ Aiken | ✅ MeshJS | ✅ Yaci DevKit | ✅ Kupo | 🧪 Blaster |
| ✅ Scalus | ✅ Scalus | ✅ Ogmios | ||
| ✅ Plinth | ✅ Evolution SDK | ✅ Dolos | ||
| ✅ Plutarch | 🧪 Tx3 | ✅ Tx Submit API | ||
| 🧪 Pebble | ✅ Lucid Evolution | ✅ Cardano Node | ||
| ⬜ Opshin | ✅ Blaze | ✅ Cardano Node API | ||
| ✅ Apollo | ✅ Dingo | |||
| ⬜ Elm Cardano | ||||
| 🧪 PyCardano |
This table can be out of date. list shows the tools in the version you have installed:
cardano-init list # every tool with its id, language, status, and links
cardano-init table # the same matrix as above, with tool ids
Use the tool id shown by list or table (for example aiken, meshjs, yaci, tx-submit-api) as the value for role flags.
Notes
- Scalus fills both on-chain and off-chain and supports
--fullstack, which generates a singleprotocol/component. See Fullstack tools. - Plinth and Plutarch are both Haskell. Plinth targets GHC 9.6; Plutarch targets GHC 9.8. With
--nix, each component ships a Nix flake that provides the right GHC. - PyCardano generates a Python project managed by uv, which installs the Python version and packages the project needs. It connects through a Blockfrost-compatible API, such as Yaci DevKit or Blockfrost itself.
- Pebble scripts use protocol version 11 features, so they run on mainnet, preview, preprod, and Yaci DevKit 0.12 or later, but not on older devnets.
- Experimental tools (🧪) require
--allow-experimentalin one-shot mode. See Experimental tools. - Infrastructure is the only role that accepts several tools. See Infrastructure providers.
- To add a tool to the registry, see Adding a tool.