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Cosmos SDK Documentation

Get Started

  • SDK Intro: High-level overview of the Cosmos SDK.
  • Starport: A developer-friendly interface to the Cosmos SDK to scaffold a standard Cosmos SDK blockchain app.
  • SDK Tutorials: Tutorials that showcase how to build Cosmos SDK-based blockchains from scratch and explain the basic principles of the SDK in the process.

Reference

  • Basics: Documentation on the basic concepts of the Cosmos SDK, like the standard anatomy of an application, the transaction lifecycle, and accounts management.
  • Core: Documentation on the core concepts of the Cosmos SDK, like baseapp, the store, or the server.
  • Building Modules: Important concepts for module developers like message, keeper, and querier.
  • IBC: Documentation for the IBC protocol integration and concepts.
  • Running a Node, API, CLI: Documentation on how to run a node and interact with the node using the CLI and the API.
  • Migrations: Migration guides for updating to newer versions of the SDK.

Other Resources

Cosmos Hub

The Cosmos Hub (gaia) docs have moved to github.com/cosmos/gaia.

Languages

The Cosmos SDK is written in Golang, though the framework could be implemented similarly in other languages. Contact us for information about funding an implementation in another language.

Contribute

See the DOCS_README.md for details of the build process and considerations when making changes.