Soroban Platform
Smart contracts to build better apps
Powerful tooling for products that bring everyday financial services on-chain
Ecosystem
Explore the diverse ecosystem building on Stellar
From infrastructure providers and bridges, to protocols and wallets, join projects big and small building the future of DeFi on Stellar.
Usage
Designed for
Builders
With tools such as plug-and-play SDKs, Soroban CLI, RPC server, and local sandbox, Soroban provides a user-friendly experience that gets developers up and running quickly. Start building with flexible, reusable functions and ready-to-use contracts.
Scale
Soroban is designed with scalability in mind. Boost performance with multi-core scaling, an optimized fee model, and without pesky serialization loops. Soroban also tackles the elephant in the room head-on by addressing the problem of state bloat.
Real-World Utility
Leverage Stellar's powerful interoperability by accessing its diverse on-chain assets and global on and off-ramps. Benefit from 5-second smart contract finality on a mature network with 150 real-time TPS.
Soroban Essentials
Why builders choose Stellar
Upgrades
Protocol 23
Meet Whisk, the latest protocol upgrade which brings parallel execution, lower latency, and cleaner dev tools.
Installation
Install & learn
Install the Rust toolchain and Soroban CLI to begin writing your first Soroban smart contract. Learn more and continue building by going to the Soroban documentation. Or check out all available Soroban-related learning materials, programs, and tools.
#![no_std]
use soroban_sdk::{contract, contractimpl, symbol_short, vec, Env, Symbol, Vec};
#[contract]
pub struct HelloContract;
#[contractimpl]
impl HelloContract {
pub fn hello(env: Env, to: Symbol) -> Vec<Symbol> {
vec![&env, symbol_short!("Hello"), to]
}
}
mod test;Setup
Start building
DeFi
Build and connect
Discover and connect with innovative projects using Stellar smart contracts, or access resources to jumpstart your own blockchain project.
Community
Join the global community
Grants & Funding
$100m adoption fund
The Stellar Development Foundation launched the $100M Soroban adoption fund to encourage and support developers as they learn, experiment, build, and scale projects on Soroban. Launch your project with supporting programs like the Stellar Community Fund (SCF), an open-application awards program to support developers and startups building on the Stellar network and Soroban. Qualified submissions may receive awards of up to $150,000 worth of XLM at a time. SCF rounds run every 4 weeks.
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