Welcome to NEAR

Welcome! This is the starting point for all the documentation in NEAR.

Understanding NEAR

Learn what NEAR is, and why you should build on it.

Developer Documentation

Learn how to build contracts and unleash the power of web 3.

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Browse the Docs By Topic

Understanding NEAR

What is NEAR?

Learn the Basics about NEAR

Named Accounts

NEAR uses human-readable accounts

Multiple Access Keys

More keys means more security

Smart Contracts

Learn about our contract technology

Token

Learn about the NEAR token

Transactions

Fast and Inexpensive

Validators

Learn how the network stays safe

Developer Documentation

Quickstart

Spin-up your first dApp

Tutorials & Examples

Check out a vast library of examples

Build a Contract

Learn how to write smart contracts

Test the Contract

Write unit & integration tests

Build a Web Frontend

Learn how to make a web dApp

Monitor your App

Learn how to track the Blockchain

Developer Tools

JavaScript SDK

Write contracts in JavaScript

Rust SDK

Write contracts in Rust

NEAR CLI

Use NEAR from the Terminal

NEAR API JS

Interact with NEAR from JS

RPC API

Interact with the NEAR RPC API

Indexing blockchain data

Query usage information for a contract

Examples & Tutorials

Fungible Tokens

Learn how to use and make FT

Non-Fungible Tokens

Enter the NFT space

Autonomous Organizations

Understand DAOs

Lake Indexer

Watch the network and access all the events

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Other Documentation Sites

Here are more sources from our ecosystem that can help you to learn more about NEAR.

Discover

Discover awesome apps in the Near ecosystem.

Nomicon

See how NEAR is implemented in the official protocol specification.

Running a Node

Documentation on becoming a validator to help keeping the blockchain safe

NEAR Indexers

Indexers help you mine information from the blockchain

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Contact us

If you have any questions, or simply would want to chat with us, please do through one of our official channels. Also, jump into our Discord server and join our Office Hours every weekday!

Twitter

@nearprotocol

Discord

NEAR Protocol

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