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title: NEAR - Your Gateway to an Open Web
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# Developer Help & Resources

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NEAR is dedicated to providing the best developer experience possible for building an open web. This mission is next to impossible to achieve without feedback and contributions from **people like you**. 🫵

**Get involved!** 👉 please select one of the options above or contribute to one of the essential developer repositories listed below 🙏

:::info Contact Us
- [Developer Hub](https://neardevhub.org/)
- [Telegram Support](https://t.me/neardev)
- [Discord](https://near.chat)
- [Zulip](https://near.zulipchat.com)
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### 📝 Docs

| Website      | Description | Repo |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- |
|[docs.near.org](https://docs.near.org) | NEAR Developer Documentation |[near/docs](https://github.com/near/docs)
|[nomicon.io](https://nomicon.io)| NEAR Protocol Specification Documentation | [near/neps](https://github.com/near/neps)
|[near-nodes.io](https://near-nodes.io)| NEAR Node Documentation _(Validator, RPC, Archival)_ |[near/node-docs](https://github.com/near/node-docs)

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### ⛓️ Protocol

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- | --- |
| nearcore | Reference implementation of NEAR Protocol  |[near/nearcore](https://github.com/near/nearcore)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/nearcore?label=)](https://github.com/near/nearcore/releases)
| NEPs | NEAR Protocol Specifications and Standards  |[near/neps](https://github.com/near/neps)| ➖

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### 🚀 Decentralized Frontend Stack

> Create decentralized frontend components by storing it's source code on the blockchain 🤯.

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- |--|
|**👉 GATEWAY**||||
| near-discovery    | near.org Gateway  |[near/near-discovery](https://github.com/near/near-discovery)| [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-discovery?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-discovery/releases)
| near.social | near.social Gateway | [NearSocial/viewer](https://github.com/NearSocial/viewer) | ➖
| near-discovery-components | Core components / primitives for near.org | [near/near-discovery-components](https://github.com/near/near-discovery-components)| ➖
|**👉 EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT**||||
| VM   | B.O.S. Virtual Machine  | [nearsocial/VM](https://github.com/NearSocial/VM) |[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/nearsocial/vm?label=)](https://github.com/nearsocial/vm/releases)
| BWE | B.O.S. Web Engine ***(WIP replacement for VM)*** | [near/bos-web-engine](https://github.com/near/bos-web-engine) |➖
|**👉 DATABASE**||||
| B.O.S. Database | Smart contract hosting frontend source code & user data | [nearsocial/social-db](https://github.com/NearSocial/social-db)|➖

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### 🛠️ Dev Tools

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- |--|
| create-near-app | Easy fullstack dApp deployment tool | [near/create-near-app](https://github.com/near/create-near-app) | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/create-near-app?label=)](https://github.com/near/create-near-app/releases)
| cargo-near | Cargo extension for building smart contracts and ABI schemas on NEAR | [near/cargo-near](https://github.com/near/cargo-near) | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/cargo-near?label=)](https://github.com/near/cargo-near/releases)
| BOS VSCode Ext. | VSCode extension for building B.O.S. components | [near/near-vscode](https://github.com/near/near-vscode) | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-vscode?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-vscode/releases)
| BOS Loader | Simplifying multiple component local development | [near/bos-loader](https://github.com/near/bos-loader) | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/bos-loader?label=)](https://github.com/near/bos-loader/releases)

### 💻 CLI

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- |--|
| near-cli | JS based CLI for interacting w/ NEAR | [near/near-cli](https://github.com/near/near-cli)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-cli?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-cli/releases)
| near-cli-rs| Rust based CLI for interacting w/ NEAR | [near/near-cli-rs](https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs)| [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-cli-rs?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-cli-rs/releases)
| BOS CLI | CLI for simplifying local development on BOS | [bos-cli-rs/bos-cli-rs](https://github.com/bos-cli-rs/bos-cli-rs) | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/bos-cli-rs/bos-cli-rs?label=)](https://github.com/bos-cli-rs/bos-cli-rs/releases)

### 🔑 Wallet / Auth

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- | --- |
| wallet-selector |Wallet integration tool for NEAR|[near/wallet-selector](https://github.com/near/wallet-selector)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/wallet-selector?label=)](https://github.com/near/wallet-selector/releases)
| web3-onboard | Wallet integration tool for multichain |[blocknative/web3-onboard](https://github.com/blocknative/web3-onboard)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/blocknative/web3-onboard?label=)](https://github.com/blocknative/web3-onboard/releases)
| FastAuth Signer | Authenticate and sign transactions w/ FastAuth |[near/fast-auth-signer](https://github.com/near/fast-auth-signer)|➖
| mpc-recovery | Create and restore accounts w/ OIDC protocol|[near/mpc-recovery](https://github.com/near/mpc-recovery)|➖
| iDOS | Decentralized identity, storage, and verification | [idos-network/idos-sdk-js](https://github.com/idos-network/idos-sdk-js)|➖

### 🔌 API

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- | --- |
| near-api-js | API tool for frontend & backend JS libraries |[near/near-api-js](https://github.com/near/near-api-js)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-api-js?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-api-js/releases)

### 📝 Smart Contracts

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- |---|
| near-sdk-js|Create smart contracts w/ JavaScript | [near/near-sdk-js](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js) | [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-sdk-js?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-js/releases)
| near-sdk-rs|Create smart contracts w/ Rust | [near/near-sdk-rs](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-rs)| [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-sdk-rs?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-sdk-rs/releases)
| Keypom | Customizable key creation for NFT/FT drops  |[keypom/keypom](https://github.com/keypom/keypom)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/keypom/keypom?label=)](https://github.com/keypom/keypom/releases)

### 🧪 Testing

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- | --- |
| workspaces-js| Testing sandbox written in JS  |[near/workspaces-js](https://github.com/near/workspaces-js)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-workspaces-js?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-workspaces-js/releases)
| workspaces-rs| Testing sandbox written in Rust |[near/workspaces-rs](https://github.com/near/workspaces-rs)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-workspaces-rs?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-workspaces-rs/releases)

### 🔎 Blockchain Data Indexing

| Name      | Description | Repo | Latest Release |
| ----------- | ----------- | --- | --- |
| QueryApi | Build custom indexers and query with GraphQL endpoints|[near/queryapi](https://github.com/near/queryapi)|➖
| near-lake-indexer | Built on [NEAR Indexer](https://github.com/near/nearcore/tree/master/chain/indexer) that stores JSON in AWS S3 bucket  |[near/near-lake-indexer](https://github.com/near/near-lake-indexer)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-lake-indexer?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-lake-indexer/releases)
| near-lake-framework-rs | Stream blocks from NEAR Lake into your server |[near/near-lake-framework-rs](https://github.com/near/near-lake-framework-rs)|[![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/near/near-lake-framework-rs?label=)](https://github.com/near/near-lake-framework-rs/releases)
| near-lake-framework-js | Stream blocks from NEAR Lake into your server |[near/near-lake-framework-js](https://github.com/near/near-lake-framework-js)| ➖
