Disclaimer: this project is deprecated in favor of OpenZeppelin/nile-rs, and is no longer maintained.
Nile is a CLI tool to develop or interact with StarkNet projects written in Cairo. It consists of different components for developing, compiling, testing, and deploying your smart contracts and dApps, providing a CLI for executing tasks, and a Runtime Environment (NRE) for scripting. The package is designed to be extensible and very customizable by using plugins.
On our documentation site you can find:
- A Quickstart walkthrough with commands examples
- Guides on how to master development with Nile
- Useful script examples
- Plugins
And more.
Current supported Python versions are >=3.8 and <3.10.
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Install
gmp
on your machine (Cairo requirement).sudo apt install -y libgmp3-dev # linux or brew install gmp # mac
If you have any trouble installing it on your Apple M1 computer, here’s a list of potential solutions.
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Create a folder for your project and cd into it:
mkdir myproject && cd myproject
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Create a virtualenv and activate it:
python3 -m venv env && source env/bin/activate
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Install Nile:
pip install cairo-nile
Use nile init
to quickly set up your development environment:
nile init
🗄 Creating project directory tree
⛵️ Nile project ready! Try running:
nile compile
OpenZeppelin Nile exists thanks to its contributors. There are many ways you can participate and help build high quality software. Check out the contribution guide!
Nile is released under the MIT License.