Introduction
A Flask wrapper of Starknet state. Similar in purpose to Ganache.
Aims to mimic Starknet's Alpha testnet, but with simplified functionality.
Install
pip install starknet-devnet
Requirements
Works with Python versions <=3.9.7.
On Ubuntu/Debian, first run:
sudo apt install -y libgmp3-dev
On Mac, you can use brew
:
brew install gmp
Disclaimer
- This devnet should not be used as a replacement for Alpha testnet. After testing on devnet, be sure to test on testnet!
- Hash calculation of transactions and blocks differs from the one used in Alpha testnet.
- Specifying a block by its hash/number is not supported. All interaction is done with the latest block.
- Read more in interaction.
Run
Installing the package adds the starknet-devnet
command.
usage: starknet-devnet [-h] [-v] [--host HOST] [--port PORT]
Run a local instance of Starknet devnet
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version Print the version
--host HOST Specify the address to listen at; defaults to localhost (use the address the program outputs on start)
--port PORT, -p PORT Specify the port to listen at; defaults to 5000
Run - Docker
This devnet is available as a Docker container (shardlabs/starknet-devnet):
docker pull shardlabs/starknet-devnet
The server inside the container listens to the port 5000, which you need to publish to a desired
on your host machine:
docker run -it -p [HOST:]
:5000 shardlabs/starknet-devnet
E.g. if you want to use your host machine's 127.0.0.1:5000
, you need to run:
docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:5000:5000 shardlabs/starknet-devnet
You may ignore any address-related output logged on container startup (e.g. Running on all addresses
or Running on http://172.17.0.2:5000
). What you will use is what you specified with the -p
argument.
If you don't specify the HOST
part, the server will indeed be available on all of your host machine's addresses (localhost, local network IP, etc.), which may present a security issue if you don't want anyone from the local network to access your devnet.
Interaction
- Interact with this devnet as you would with the official Starknet Alpha testnet.
- The exact underlying API is not exposed for the same reason Alpha testnet does not expose it.
- The following Starknet CLI commands are supported:
call
deploy
get_block
get_code
get_storage_at
get_transaction
invoke
tx_status
- The following Starknet CLI commands are not supported:
get_block
- transactions are not organized into blocksget_contract_addresses
- L1-L2 interaction is currently not supportedget_transaction_receipt
- soon to be supported
Hardhat integration
- If you're using the Hardhat plugin, see here on how to edit its config file to integrate this devnet.
Development - Prerequisite
If you're a developer willing to contribute, be sure to have installed Poetry.
Development - Run
poetry run starknet-devnet
Development - Test
When running tests locally, do it from the project root.
Setup an example project by running:
./scripts/setup-example.sh
To see if the devnet can interact with starknet CLI commands, run:
./scripts/test-cli.sh
To see if the devnet can interact with the plugin, run:
./scripts/test-plugin.sh
Development - Build
poetry build