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NEAR is dedicated to providing the best developer experience possible for building an open web. This mission is next to impossible to achieve without feedback and contributions from people like you. 🫵

Get involved! 👉 please select one of the options above or contribute to one of the essential developer repositories listed below 🙏


📝 Docs

Website Description Repo
docs.near.org NEAR Developer Documentation near/docs
nomicon.io NEAR Protocol Specification Documentation near/neps
near-nodes.io NEAR Node Documentation (Validator, RPC, Archival) near/node-docs

⛓️ Protocol

Name Description Repo Latest Release
nearcore Reference implementation of NEAR Protocol near/nearcore Latest Release
NEPs NEAR Protocol Specifications and Standards near/neps

🔗 Chain Abstraction

Abstract away the complexities of blockchain networks, enabling seamless interaction and transactions for users across multiple chains within a single interface

Name Description Repo
data-availability Using NEAR as storage data availability with a focus on lowering rollup DA fees. near/rollup-data-availability
cross-chain signatures Control accounts in multiple chains using your NEAR account near-examples/near-multichain

🚀 Decentralized Frontend Stack

Create decentralized frontend components by storing its source code on the blockchain 🤯.

Name Description Repo Latest Release
👉 GATEWAY
near-discovery dev.near.org Gateway near/near-discovery Latest Release
near.social near.social Gateway NearSocial/viewer
near-discovery-components Core components / primitives for dev.near.org near/near-discovery-components
chain-hosted-ui Decentralized hosting of any Vite supported UI framework directly on-chain near/chain-hosted-ui
👉 EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT
VM B.O.S. Virtual Machine nearsocial/VM Latest Release
BWE B.O.S. Web Engine (WIP replacement for VM) near/bos-web-engine
👉 DATABASE
B.O.S. Database Smart contract hosting frontend source code & user data nearsocial/social-db

🛠️ Dev Tools

Name Description Repo Latest Release
create-near-app Easy fullstack dApp deployment tool near/create-near-app Latest Release
BOS VSCode Ext. VSCode extension for building B.O.S. components near/near-vscode Latest Release
BOS Loader Simplifying multiple component local development near/bos-loader Latest Release
Além A web3 JavaScript / TypeScript library to create web3 apps for Near BOS. wpdas/alem Latest Release
bos-workspace A comprehensive toolset for component and gateway development nearbuilders/bos-workspace Latest Release

💻 CLI

Name Description Repo Latest Release
near-cli-rs Rust based CLI for interacting w/ NEAR near/near-cli-rs Latest Release
near-cli JS based CLI for interacting w/ NEAR (deprecated) near/near-cli Latest Release
BOS CLI CLI for simplifying local development on BOS bos-cli-rs/bos-cli-rs Latest Release

🔑 Wallet / Auth

Name Description Repo Latest Release
hot-connector Wallet integration tool for NEAR AZbang/hot-connector Latest Release
wallet-selector Legacy wallet integration tool for NEAR near/wallet-selector Latest Release
web3-onboard Wallet integration tool for multichain blocknative/web3-onboard Latest Release
FastAuth SDK Allows users to recover or sign-up for a NEAR account using their email address Peersyst/fast-auth ➖
iDOS Decentralized identity, storage, and verification idos-network/idos-sdk-js ➖

🔌 API

Name Description Repo Latest Release
near-jsonrpc-client-rs API for RS projects near-jsonrpc-client-rs Latest Release
near-jsonrpc-client-ts API for TS/JS projects near-jsonrpc-client-ts Latest Release
near-api-js API tool for frontend & backend JS libraries near/near-api-js Latest Release
near-api-rs API tool for RS libraries near/near-api-rs Latest Release
fastnear A low-latency API for wallets and explorers fastnear/fastnear-api-server-rs ➖
QueryApi Build custom indexers and query with GraphQL endpoints near/queryapi ➖

📝 Smart Contracts

Name Description Repo Latest Release
near-sdk-js Create smart contracts w/ JavaScript near/near-sdk-js Latest Release
near-sdk-rs Create smart contracts w/ Rust near/near-sdk-rs Latest Release
Keypom Customizable key creation for NFT/FT drops keypom/keypom Latest Release

🧪 Testing

Name Description Repo Latest Release
workspaces-js Testing sandbox written in JS near/workspaces-js Latest Release
workspaces-rs Testing sandbox written in Rust near/workspaces-rs Latest Release
sandbox-rs A newer testing sandbox written in Rust near/sandbox-rs Latest Release

🔎 Blockchain Data Indexing

Name Description Repo Latest Release
fastnear A low-latency API for wallets and explorers fastnear/fastnear-api-server-rs ➖
near-lake-indexer Built on NEAR Indexer that stores JSON in AWS S3 bucket near/near-lake-indexer Latest Release
near-lake-framework-rs Stream blocks from NEAR Lake into your server near/near-lake-framework-rs Latest Release
near-lake-framework-js Stream blocks from NEAR Lake into your server near/near-lake-framework-js ➖
QueryApi Build custom indexers and query with GraphQL endpoints (deprecated) near/queryapi ➖

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  1. nearcore nearcore Public

    Reference client for NEAR Protocol

    Rust 2.6k 803

  2. NEPs NEPs Public

    The Near Enhancement Proposals repository

    240 169

  3. core-contracts core-contracts Public

    Core contracts: reference staking pool, lockup, voting, whitelist, multisig.

    Rust 344 145

  4. near-api-js near-api-js Public

    JavaScript library to interact with NEAR Protocol via RPC API

    TypeScript 429 267

  5. create-near-app create-near-app Public

    Create a starter app hooked up to the NEAR blockchain

    TypeScript 365 157

  6. near-cli-rs near-cli-rs Public

    near CLI is your human-friendly companion that helps to interact with NEAR Protocol from command line.

    Rust 150 80

Repositories

Showing 10 of 403 repositories
  • near-tla Public

    Model-check the cross-contract logic of NEAR smart contracts with TLA+

    near/near-tla's past year of commit activity
    Rust 0 Apache-2.0 0 0 2 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • nearcore Public

    Reference client for NEAR Protocol

    near/nearcore's past year of commit activity
    Rust 2,621 GPL-3.0 803 379 187 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • near-sdk-rs Public

    Rust library for writing NEAR smart contracts

    near/near-sdk-rs's past year of commit activity
    Rust 515 Apache-2.0 280 82 (5 issues need help) 31 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • cargo-near Public

    Cargo extension for building Rust smart contracts on NEAR

    near/cargo-near's past year of commit activity
    Rust 68 Apache-2.0 31 23 16 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • near-intents Public
    near/near-intents's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 2 3 0 0 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • near-sdk-js Public archive

    Tools for building NEAR smart contracts in JavaScript

    near/near-sdk-js's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 198 MIT 72 0 0 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • mpc Public

    The threshold signature network behind Chain Signatures. https://mpc.nearone.org/

    near/mpc's past year of commit activity
    Rust 46 MIT 48 434 (28 issues need help) 71 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • docs Public

    NEAR Protocol Documentation

    near/docs's past year of commit activity
    MDX 190 Apache-2.0 500 35 1 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • near-api-ts Public
    near/near-api-ts's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 7 MIT 5 0 0 Updated Oct 30, 2026
  • near/near-jsonrpc-client-ts's past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 9 MIT 4 8 1 Updated Oct 30, 2026

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