🚀 Tari CLI

The complete toolkit for developing Tari smart contracts

The Tari CLI smart contract development tool for the Tari Layer-2 blockchain.

This CLI provides a streamlined workflow for building, testing, and publishing smart contracts on the Tari network. With a focus on simplicity and developer experience, the Tari CLI abstracts away complex blockchain interactions, allowing you to focus on writing your smart contract logic.

✨ What You Can Build

• NFT Collections: Create unique digital assets with custom metadata
• Token Systems: Build fungible tokens with advanced features
• DeFi Protocols: Develop decentralized finance applications
• Custom Templates: Design reusable smart contract patterns

🚀 Quick Start

Get your first Tari smart contract published in under 5 minutes:

1. Install Tari CLI

# Using Cargo
cargo install tari-cli 

# Or download from releases
curl -L https://github.com/tari-project/tari-cli/releases/download/latest/tari-linux-x86_64.tar.gz | tar xz

2. Create Your First Project

tari create my-first-contract

# ✅ Init configuration and directories
# ✅ Refresh project templates repository  
# ✅ Refresh wasm templates repository
# ✅ Collecting available project templates
# 🔎 Select project template: Basic - The basic project template to get started
# ✅ Generate new project

3. Add a Smart Contract

cd my-first-contract
tari new MyToken

# ✅ Init configuration and directories
# ✅ Collecting available WASM templates  
# 🔎 Select WASM template: NFT - A simple NFT template to create your own
# ✅ Generate new project
# ✅ Update Cargo.toml

4. Publish to Network

tari publish --account myaccount MyToken

# ✅ Building WASM template project "MyToken"
# ❓ Publishing this template costs 256875 XTR (estimated), are you sure to continue? yes
# ✅ Publishing template. This may take a while...
# ⭐ Your new template's address: f807989828e70a18050e5785f30a7bd01475797d76d6b4700af175b859c32774

🎉 Congratulations! Your smart contract is live on Tari.

📚 Documentation

🎯 Essential Guides

• Getting Started - Complete setup and first project
• Template Development - Creating custom smart contracts
• Configuration Guide - Project and network setup
• Publishing Guide - From build to blockchain

📖 Reference

• CLI Commands - Complete command reference
• Configuration Schema - All configuration options
• API Patterns - Implementation patterns from real code

🔧 Help & Troubleshooting

• Common Issues - Solutions to frequent problems
• Advanced Debugging - Deep troubleshooting techniques
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions

🤝 Contributing

• Development Setup - Contributor environment
• Testing Guide - Test framework and practices

🔧 Prerequisites

Before using Tari CLI, ensure you have:

• Tari Wallet Daemon running locally
• Rust toolchain with wasm32-unknown-unknown target:

  rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown

The CLI automatically detects your development environment and guides you through any missing setup.

🌐 Networks

• Local Development: Perfect for testing and iteration
• Testnet: Pre-production validation
• Mainnet: Production publishing

See the Configuration Guide for network-specific setup.

🆘 Get Help

• 📖 Documentation: Comprehensive guides above
• 🐛 Bug Reports: GitHub Issues
• 💬 Community: Tari Discord
• 📧 Questions: GitHub Discussions

📊 Project Status

• Build Status:
• Test Coverage:
• Latest Release:

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Ready to build the future of decentralized applications? Get started now or explore our template gallery.