StellarForge 🔧

The professional developer CLI and scaffolding toolkit for Soroban smart contracts on Stellar.

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The Problem

Building on Soroban today means stitching together a fragmented set of tools — manual contract initialization, no standardized project structure, custom deployment scripts for every team, and near-zero testing scaffolding out of the box. Developers waste days on setup before writing a single line of contract logic.

Ethereum has Hardhat and Foundry. Solana has Anchor. Stellar has nothing like it — until now.

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What is StellarForge?

StellarForge is a batteries-included CLI and SDK scaffold that gives Stellar developers a single, opinionated tool to build, test, deploy, and verify Soroban smart contracts from end to end.

Think of it as your Stellar development command center: one tool, zero ceremony, production-ready from day one.

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Core Features

sforge init

Scaffold a new Soroban project with best-practice structure, pre-configured Cargo.toml, test harness, and deployment manifest — in under 30 seconds.

sforge init my-escrow-contract --template escrow
cd my-escrow-contract

sforge build

Compile Soroban contracts to WASM with optimized output and ABI generation in one command.

sforge build --optimize
# Output: ./target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/my_contract.wasm
# ABI:    ./artifacts/my_contract.json

sforge test

Run the full test suite against an embedded local Soroban environment — no external dependencies required.

sforge test --verbose
sforge test --coverage

sforge devnet

Spin up a local Stellar devnet with pre-funded accounts and deployed test contracts in seconds.

sforge devnet start
sforge devnet fund --account alice --xlm 10000
sforge devnet status

sforge deploy

Deploy contracts to testnet or mainnet with automatic network switching, fee estimation, and deployment receipts.

sforge deploy --network testnet
sforge deploy --network mainnet --confirm

sforge verify

Verify deployed contract source code against on-chain bytecode and publish to the Stellar contract registry.

sforge verify --contract-id CXXX... --source ./src

sforge inspect

Inspect any deployed Soroban contract — read its ABI, state, and call history directly from the chain.

sforge inspect CXXX...
sforge inspect CXXX... --function transfer --args '["alice", 1000]'

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Project Structure (Generated)

my-contract/
├── src/
│   └── lib.rs              # Contract logic
├── tests/
│   └── integration.rs      # Integration tests
├── artifacts/
│   └── my_contract.json    # Generated ABI
├── scripts/
│   ├── deploy.sh           # Deployment scripts
│   └── setup-devnet.sh     # Local environment setup
├── forge.config.toml       # StellarForge configuration
└── Cargo.toml

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Quick Start

Installation

# Via cargo
cargo install stellarforge

# Via npm (wrapper)
npm install -g @stellarforge/cli

# Verify installation
sforge --version

Your First Contract in 5 Minutes

# 1. Scaffold a new project
sforge init hello-stellar --template token

# 2. Start a local devnet
sforge devnet start

# 3. Build and test
sforge build && forge test

# 4. Deploy to testnet
sforge deploy --network testnet

# 5. Inspect the deployed contract
sforge inspect $CONTRACT_ID

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Templates

StellarForge ships with production-ready templates for the most common Soroban patterns:

Template	Description
token	SEP-41 compliant fungible token
escrow	Time-locked escrow with dispute resolution
multisig	M-of-N multisignature authorization
vesting	Token vesting schedule with cliff
dao	Basic governance with proposal voting
nft	Non-fungible token (SEP-NFT draft)
blank	Minimal contract skeleton

sforge init my-project --template escrow
sforge list-templates  # Browse all available templates

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Configuration (forge.config.toml)

[project]
name = "my-contract"
version = "0.1.0"
soroban_version = "21"

[networks.testnet]
rpc_url = "https://soroban-testnet.stellar.org"
network_passphrase = "Test SDF Network ; September 2015"
funded_accounts = ["alice", "bob"]

[networks.mainnet]
rpc_url = "https://soroban-mainnet.stellar.org"
network_passphrase = "Public Global Stellar Network ; September 2015"

[deploy]
optimize = true
gas_buffer = 1.2
auto_verify = true

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SDK Integration

StellarForge also ships a lightweight TypeScript SDK for frontend integration, auto-generated from your contract ABI.

import { StellarForge } from '@stellarforge/sdk';

const sforge = new StellarForge({ network: 'testnet' });

// Auto-typed client from your contract ABI
const contract = await sforge.loadContract('CXXX...');

// Call contract functions with full type safety
const result = await contract.transfer({
  from: 'alice',
  to: 'bob',
  amount: BigInt(1000),
});

console.log(result.hash); // tx hash

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Why StellarForge?

Feature	StellarForge	Manual Setup
Project scaffold	✅ forge init	❌ Hours of setup
Local devnet	✅ One command	❌ Manual Docker config
Test runner	✅ Built-in	❌ Custom harness
Deploy pipeline	✅ Automated	❌ Custom scripts
Contract verification	✅ forge verify	❌ Not standardized
ABI generation	✅ Automatic	❌ Manual
TypeScript SDK gen	✅ Auto-generated	❌ Hand-written

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Roadmap

• sforge audit — Static analysis and security checks for Soroban contracts
• VS Code extension — IntelliSense for Soroban + StellarForge
• Contract registry — Public searchable index of verified Soroban contracts
• sforge upgrade — Safe contract upgrade management with migration scripts
• GitHub Actions integration — CI/CD templates for Stellar projects
• Multi-contract workspace support

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Contributing

StellarForge is open source and actively seeking contributors. We follow the Stellar Contribution Guidelines.

git clone https://github.com/your-org/stellarforge
cd stellarforge
cargo build
cargo test

See CONTRIBUTING.md for issue labels, complexity levels, and how to get started. Good first issues are tagged good-first-issue.

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License

MIT © StellarForge Contributors

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Built for the Stellar ecosystem. Powered by Soroban. Maintained with ❤️ by the community.