SVM Dev Tools

Essential dev tools and packages for Solana Developers.

Starter Kits

Create Solana Dapp (NX)

• helius.dev
• metaplex

Related

• EVM Dev Setup
• Solana Analysis
• Which Blockchain

Development Environment

Setup local development

1. install dependencies
2. install rust and cargo toolchain
3. install Solana cli
4. install Anchor
5. setup a local blockchain cluster
6. create a filesystem wallet
7. airdrop Solana tokens to your wallet

If getting issues that cannot find build-sbf, add Solana to your path in ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc to make it permanent.

export PATH=~/.local/share/solana/install/active_release/bin:$PATH

Notes

Check the Solana binary is available.

solana --version

Check you can run a local validator (Run Ctrl+C to exit).

Note this creates a "test-ledger" folder in your current directory.

solana-test-validator

Get funds for development.

solana airdrop 3