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Cairo | Useful resources

A curated list of awesome Cairo resources, libraries, tools and more.

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TL;DR

This list is created to help learn Cairo & Starknet ecosystem projects. This is not a unique list, you may found some alternative resources here:

• Awesome Starknet – a curated list of StarkNet projects
• Cairo Goldmine – A comprehensive, annotated list of repositories of the Starknet ecosystem
• starknet-libs - The ZkPad team will make sure to maintain a curated list of useful libraries to develop on Starknet

Community

• Cairo Gang – Telegram community of Cairo Devs 🚀
• Cairo Lang Twitter
• StarkNet Discord  – The StarkNet server is where all StarkNet participants discuss and share
• Cairo Resource Guide – Official list with documentation, playground, whitepaper and many other resources
• StarkNet Сhina https://t.me/starknet_zh
• StarkNet ecosystem https://t.me/starknet_ecosystem
• StarkNet Discord https://discord.com/invite/qypnmzkhbc
• StarkNet Paris https://t.me/+wsO2W_-K7HgzZjBk
• StarkNet India https://t.me/starknetindia
• StarkNet LA group: https://t.me/+84DqakqR-vowYjY0
• StarkNet NY: https://t.me/+bYjV51CM1SIxY2Q0
• StarkNet Sydney: https://t.me/+XL7WrK9S1MYxZTk0
• Cairo Vietnam https://t.me/+dL-oY6-slrY3NDU1
• StarkNet versions update channel https://t.me/+EkT8aCg9R-xjZGU0
• For those going at Token2049 Singapore https://t.me/starknetToken2049Singapore_2022 / https://t.me/+Vzci6ob7QzphZTQ0
• For those going at DevCon Bogota https://t.me/starknetDevcon_2022
• EthLisbon – https://t.me/starknetEthLisbon_2022
• zkGraph telegram – https://t.me/+b9d7ytd9BQ5lZDA1
• DeFi and StarkNet – https://t.me/c/1676230148/7118
• Checkpoint.fyi group https://t.me/+dk7Q7FAVJ1oyMDFl
• Index Queries group: https://t.me/+NcG5Y4M6_kczMDVh
• StarkNet Ecosystem [non-tech]: https://t.me/+e8IlIwMUsI9kY2E0
• Starknet Core Stars Amsterdam: https://t.me/+S9iJ-F5g6302N2Y0
• Math for Cairo https://t.me/+M40ddcHHRDgzZjBk
• StarkNet Boston meetup https://t.me/+OIb9fn3Bmpc3Yjg0
• StarkNet Education [for edu projects]: https://t.me/+g3YrPwFimOdkN2Rh

Resources

Learn Cairo

Resources

• Intro Presentation from StarkNet Hackathon, 2022 – pdf with some useful exercises
• starknet-erc721 – Learn how to deploy and customize an ERC721 token on StarkNet
• Awesome Starknet – useful resources about Starknet, Cairo
• StarkNet and Cairo Documentation - Official Documentation.
• Setting up the environment - How to install Cairo and StarkNet.
• How Cairo Works - Low-level explanation of Cairo's mechanics.
• Hello StarkNet - Tutorial for writing and deploying a contract.
• Hello Cairo - Tutorials for writing various simple Cairo contracts.
• Cairo Reference - Explanation of Cairo's syntax
• Cairo – a Turing-complete STARK-friendly CPU architecture - Cairo Whitepaper
• A verified algebraic representation of Cairo program execution - Proof Cairo's soundness using the Lean proof assistant
• Cairo Playground - In-browser Cairo IDE, examples and puzzles
• YouTube channel - Official StarkWare YouTube channel.
• Building a game fully on-chain – Ronan Sandford lecture from EthCC 3
• Ctrlc03 Cairo Security Guide - a comprehensive guide about Cairo Security for beginners and advanced users
• StarkNet Cairo 写合约 - Video tutorial for writing and deploying a contract using Cairo in Mandarin

Articles

• Going all in - starknet Notion site of helpful resources
• Perama's Blog - Large set of educational StarkNet / Cairo resources
• Practical StarkNet lessons learned - Helpful tips for new StarkNet/Cairo programmers
• Cairo Common Library - Docs for the Cairo Common Library (stdlib equivalent)
• Cairo Concepts Overview - High level overview of concepts encountered in the Cairo ecosystem (Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Decentralization, Scaling, L2, Rollups, ZKPs etc.)
• Account Abstraction - Explanation of StarkNet's account abstraction
• Test Accounts - Explanation of building test accounts
• ZK-SNARK 介绍 - ZK-SNARK Introduction
• ZK-STARK 介绍 - ZK-STARK Introduction

Examples

• Cairo by Example - An introduction to Cairo with simple examples.
• starknet-cairo-101 - Interactive Cairo workshop using Voyager with puzzles and tokens as prizes.
• Skeleton for StarkNet
  • Quick example of a Minimum verifiable program
• Skeleton for SHARP
  • SHARP programs differ from Cairo programs, this shows how to use SHARP for your own custom Cairo deploys (e.g. if you'd use StarkEx)
• Contracts Wizard for Cairo - Interactive smart contract generator based on OpenZeppelin Contracts for Cairo.

Libraries

• get-starknet - wallet <-> dApp bridge.
• starknet.js - Javascript library
• starknet.py - Python library
• starknet-rs - Rust library
• starknet-hardhat-plugin - A plugin for integrating Starknet tools into Hardhat projects
• cairo-contracts - OpenZeppelin Contracts written in Cairo
• cairomate - Structured, dependable legos for Starknet development.
• cairo-lang-rs - Rust support for the Cairo programming language
• warp-to-cairo - A command line interface tool converting starknet warp transpiled outputs into readable cairo contracts
• tree-sitter-cairo - Tree sitter for CairoLang
• caigo - Golang Library.
• starknet-react - React hooks library.
• cairo_kernel - Jupyter kernel for Cairo

Bridging

• Warp – Solidity to StarkNet, making it possible to transpile Ethereum smart contracts to StarkNet Cairo Contracts.
• skyro-compiler - Skyro compiles programs written in Idris2 to Cairo
• Starknet Message Bridge – This is an automated workshop that will explain how to use the StarkNet L1 <-> L2 messaging bridge to create powerful cross layer applications.

IDE

Vim

• cairo.vim - (Outdated) vim syntax plugin for Cairo

Visual Studio Code

• Cairo VS Code - VS Code syntax support for Cairo (requires manual installation)
• Cairo language support - Code assistance and compile error highlighting in VS Code.

Sublime

• Ethereum – Ethereum Solidity, Vyper, Yul and StarkNet Cairo language syntaxes

Jobs

• Cairo engineers at Immutable.

Gaming

• RYO - A modular game engine architecture for the StarkNet L2 roll-up.
• realms-contracts - Realms Monorepo for Ethereum Contracts and Starknet contracts.
• chess-cairo - A Cairo contract to play chess in Starknet.
• Ogame-Cairo - Ogame implementation written in cairo
• contract - The StarkNet Eykar smartcontract. A decentralized game of conquest powered by blockchain. An almost infinite territory that can be conquered through alliances and wars.
• axelrod - Iterated prisoner's dilemma tournaments implemented with Cairo
• tictactoe-on-starknet - RL-driven agent playing tic-tac-toe on starknet against challengers.
• physics-puzzle-starknet - Physics puzzle on StarkNet
• GoL2 - Cellular automata on replicated state machine
• cryptsandcaverns - Crypts and Caverns monorepo
• STARK-Combat - Verifying complex auto battler calculation on Ethereum
• MatchBox-Hackathon-StarkDeck - A (very) minimalistic PoC controller for game dynamics
• TINIH - A (very) minimalistic PoC controller for game dynamics
• starknet-indexer - StarkNet Indexer for the Loot ecosystem
• zk-stark-sudoku-prover - Proves knowledge of solutions to Sudoku puzzles without disclosing the solutions
• starknet-upgradeable-template - Inspired/copied from DOPE wars architecture: Starter initialized with nile CLI with a arbiter-controller-module skeleton
• QuantumQuests - Forgotten Quests implementation in Cairo
• starkworld_hackathon - StarkWorld is a 3D game built on StarkNet, player can mint a land NFT (ERC721) and build on the land
• Dragon Quest - Dragon Quest is a dungeon game designed for Realms adventurers, player can mint an adventurer then go to slay dragons.