Cosmos SDK

repo: cosmos/awesome-cosmos
category: Decentralized Systems related: Ethereum

Awesome Cosmos

A community curated list of awesome projects related to the Cosmos ecosystem

The Cosmos SDK is a modular framework for building blockchain applications in Go. Gaia, the implementation of the Cosmos Hub, is built with the Cosmos SDK.

Contributing: Please read the Contributing guide. Thank you to all our contributors.

Disclaimer: This community-maintained repo does not reflect the views of any official entity.

Core Components
Documentation
Client Libraries
- Go
- JavaScript
- Python
- Rust
Block Explorers
- Visual Block Explorers
- Terminal Block Explorers
Chain Registry
Validators
Cosmos SDK Modules
Monitoring
Indexers
Frameworks
Virtual Machines
IBC
Testing
Templates
Tools
- CLI
- GUI
- Bots
Node Operations
- Utilities
Ecosystem
Wallets
Blogs
- Articles
Related

Core Components

Documentation

Client Libraries

Go

Ignite CLI - All-in-one platform to build, launch, and maintain any crypto application on a sovereign and secured blockchain. Quickly bootstraps a new Cosmos SDK blockchain with UI and support to create new and work conveniently with existing Cosmos SDK modules.

JavaScript

cosmos/cosmjs - The Cosmos JavaScript library.
telescope - Typescript library generator built on top of CosmJS.
chainapsis/cosmosjs - Chainapsis Signing & API Library.
cosmos-client/cosmos-client-ts - JavaScript / TypeScript client for Cosmos SDK blockchains.
cosmology-tech/chain-registry - A npm package for the official Cosmos Chain Registry.
strangelove-ventures/graz - Collection of React hooks to interact with wallets, signers, signing clients, etc.
cosmology-tech/create-cosmos-app - A npm package to bootstrap a Cosmos Web UI.
cosmology-tech/cosmos-kit - A wallet connector for the Cosmos.
nabla-studio/quirks - A universal wallet adapter for your Cosmos dApps, that works on both mobile and browser.
toschdev/bip44 - Cosmos BIP44 implementation in JavaScript for development and education learning.

Python

cosmpy - A Python client library for interacting with blockchains based on the Cosmos SDK.
pyCosmicWrap - A python3 wrapper around Cosmos API/RPC.
mospy - A Python library to create and sign transactions for Cosmos SDK based coins.
cosmospy-protobuf - A Python library containing all compiled protobuf files (works very good for grpc).
fx-py-sdk - The Cosmos Python client library.

Rust

CosmWasm/cosmwasm - WebAssembly Smart Contracts for the Cosmos SDK.
iqlusioninc/stdtx - A collection of open source Rust crates from iqlusion.
peggyjv/ocular - A client library for Cosmos SDK chains focusing on pleasant UX.

Block Explorers

ATOMScan
Big Dipper - Source
IOBScan
Mintscan
- Mintscan for Cosmos Hub Testnet
NG Explorers
Ping.pub - Source
Stake ID

Visual Block Explorers

View Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) transfer activity. The map traces IBC transactions between different blockchains (called zones in the Cosmos Hub) to display accurate aggregate information about the pulse of the entire Cosmos ecosystem.

Map of Zones - Source
Mintscan - Interchain Explorer by Cosmostation.

Terminal Block Explorers

Explore Cosmos SDK blockchains via a terminal.

gex - GEX In-Terminal Explorer.
cshtop - Cosmos htop , Blocks visualizer on terminal.
pvtop - Consensus visualizer on terminal.
tmtop - Htop-like visualiser of consensus inspired by pvtop that allows showing upgrade info, working with consumer chains and non-Cosmos chains and way more.

Chain Registry

A registry containing standardized metadata from most Cosmos chains.

cosmos/chain-registry
Cosmos directory - Source
cosmology-tech/chain-registry - A npm package for the official Cosmos Chain Registry.

Validators

Popular block explorers provide a list of active validators. The easiest entry point to view validator profiles is from a block explorer:

DYOR when choosing a validator. Consider delegating your tokens to validators outside of the top 20 to increase the decentralization of the network. This is also a good practice to avoid 0% commission validators and exchange validators.

Cosmos SDK Modules

The best place to find an accurate list of the Cosmos SDK modules is the project repository:

For a list of production-grade modules, see the List of Modules.
For a list of well-known third-party modules, see Cosmod.xyz

Monitoring

PANIC Monitoring and Alerting For Blockchains - An open source monitoring and alerting solution for Cosmos SDK, Substrate, and Chainlink-based nodes.
Prometheus Exporter - An integrated Prometheus exporter for the Cosmos SDK.
Cosmos Chains Dashboard - A Grafana dashboard to monitor Cosmos SDK and Tendermint-based blockchain nodes.
Chain Pulse - Relayed IBC packets monitor with Prometheus exporter.
missed-blocks-checker - Monitor validators' missed blocks on multiple Cosmos chains and send its notifications to Telegram.
Nodes Checker - Check your nodes status online, receive instant notification if something is wrong with your validator node.
Cosmon - Observability tool for Cosmos and other Tendermint applications.
Tenderduty - Comprehensive monitoring tool for Tendermint chains. Its primary function is to alert a validator if they are missing blocks, and more.
UpgradesWatchdog - SoftwareUpgradeProposal & GitHub Releases telegram monitoring tool.
cosmos-node-exporter - A Prometheus exporter to scrape data on your node sync status, Cosmovisor upgrades and GitHub version mismatches, useful for node operators and validators.
cosmos-wallets-exporter - A Prometheus exporter to scrape data on wallets balance, useful to get notified if your wallet balance is too low.
cosmos-validators-exporter - A Prometheus exporter to scrape data about a validator (missed blocks, delegators count, total staked amount, rankings, etc.)
cosmos-validator-monitoring-service(CVMS) - Integrated monitoring system for validators in the Cosmos app chain ecosystem.
cosmos-proposals-checker - A bot that sends you a notification on multiple Cosmos chains if your wallet hasn't voted on any proposal.
cosmos-transactions-bot - A bot that sends you notifications on any transactions you want to be subscribed to on multiple Cosmos chains.

Indexers

Cosmscan - An indexer engine for Cosmos chains.
interchain-indexer - A cosmos blockchain indexer in Python.
Cosmos Indexer - A generalized DB schema indexer with correlation and direct database indexing in Go.
BDJuno - All the chains' data that are queried from the RPC and gRPC endpoints are stored inside a PostgreSQL database on top of which GraphQL APIs can then be created using Hasura.

Frameworks

Cosmos SDK - A Framework for Building High Value Public Blockchains in Go.
Orga - ABCI framework for state machine transitions in Rust.
CosmosSwift - Build blockchain applications in Swift on top of the Tendermint consensus.
ABCI-RS - Rust crate for creating ABCI applications.
CosmRS - Framework for building Cosmos blockchain applications in Rust.

Virtual Machines

Modules or frameworks for virtual machines that run in the Cosmos SDK

Agoric SDK - Agoric JavaScript Smart Contract Platform.
CosmWasm - WASM Virtual Machine & Rust Smart Contracts.
Ethermint - Ethereum Virtual Machine.
Polaris - Modular Ethereum Virtual Machine.

IBC

IBCprotocol.dev - IBC Protocol website.
Interchain Standards - Interchain Standards (ICS) for the Cosmos network & interchain ecosystem.
cosmos/ibc-go - Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC) implementation in Go.
cosmos/ibc-rs - Rust implementation of the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol.
interchaintest - E2E testing framework for IBC Chains.
cosmos/relayer - IBC Relayer in Go.
informalsystems/hermes - IBC Relayer in Rust.
confio/ts-relayer - IBC Relayer in TypeScript.
local-interchain - Quickly spin up a local IBC development environment on any operating system.
IBC-escrow-auditor - Standalone tool to check and report on-chain token amounts against the IBC lockup account on counterparty chain.

Testing

interchaintest - E2E testing framework for IBC Chains.
atomkraft - E2E testing framework of Cosmos SDK blockchains.
python-iavl - IAVL inspection tool implemented in Python.
cosmos-sdk-codeql - CodeQL queries for common Cosmos SDK bugs.
tm-load-test - CometBFT load test application.
cosmosloadtester - Load tester for Cosmos SDK blockchains.
CometMock - Drop-in replacement for CometBFT in end-to-end tests.
quint - Executable specification language with delightful tooling.
apalache - APALACHE: symbolic model checker for TLA+ and Quint.

Templates

Templates to help you get started with building a Cosmos SDK blockchain.

ignite - Quickly bootstrap a new Cosmos SDK blockchain with UI and support to create new and work conveniently with existing Cosmos SDK modules.
cosmosregistry/example - Template and example repository of a Cosmos SDK module.
cosmosregistry/chain-minimal - Template and example of a minimal Cosmos SDK blockchain.
spawn - Generate a new Cosmos SDK blockchain with testing, GitHub integrations, and easy instant testnets.

Tools

CLI

tmkms - Key Management System for Tendermint validators.
cosmosvisor - Automates Cosmos SDK application binary upgrades.
cosmosvanity - CLI tool for generating Cosmos vanity addresses.
findaccount - Helps identify if an account exists on multiple Cosmos chains with the same address.
lens - CLI tool to interact with any Cosmos chain supporting the core Cosmos-SDK modules.
cosmology - CLI tool for making cryptocurrency trades, joining liquidity pools, and stake rewards on Osmosis.
multisig - CLI tool for managing multisig accounts on Cosmos SDK chains.
cosmos-genesis-tinkerer - CLI tool for modifying Cosmos genesis files.
airdrop-tools - CLI scripts to help distribute a variety of tokens from multiple formats.
cosmos.nix - Nix support for Cosmos and CosmWasm.

GUI

REStake - Auto-compounder app for Cosmos blockchains using Authz (source).
Cosmfaucet - Self-hosted faucet service for Cosmos based blockchain.
Cosmos Notifier - Governance notification tool for Telegram and Discord (source).
Skip:Go - IBC token transfers, automated swapping and multi-hop routing (source).

Bots

Cosmos Discord Faucet - A configurable Discord faucet for Cosmos SDK blockchains.
Cosmos Discord Bot - A general-purpose Discord bot for Cosmos SDK blockchains.
cosmos-proposals-checker - A bot to notify you if your wallets didn't vote on proposal on multiple Cosmos SDK chains.
cosmos-transactions-bot - Get notified about transactions matching the filters you want on multiple Cosmos SDK chains.
cosmos-balance-bot - Get notified about your wallet balance on multiple Cosmos SDK chains at a set interval.
validator-stats-notifications - Discord announcements including ranking, delegations over time, and unique delegators.
Secret Stashh NFT Bot - A discord bot to get notified of sales, auctions, and purchases for a Secret Network NFT collection.
DAODAO Treasury Bot - A discord bot that keeps up with a DAO's treasury fiat value.
Cosmos Price Bot - A discord bot that nicknames to the USD price of any cosmos token via a DEX.

Node Operations

Utilities

Cosmos Cache - Optimize Cosmos queries by caching responses for predefined sets of time (regex).
cosmos-operator - Cosmos Operator is a kubernetes operator for managing cosmos nodes.
Wallet-generator - Manually generate a keypair + wallet addresses from mnemonic, pubkey + wallet addresses from privkey, or wallet addresses from pubkey. Accepts arbitrary HDpath (incl. cointype)

Ecosystem

The most up-to-date list of projects built using Cosmos SDK can be found on the Cosmos Directory.

Wallets

A list of wallets supporting Cosmos chains is https://cosmos.network/ecosystem/wallets.

Blogs

As the ecosystem grows, so does the content. DYOR and follow the projects you find interesting.