clients-tools-dapp-browsers-wallets-and-other-projects.md

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• Ethereum Clients

Ethereum Clients

Ethereum clients run the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Some of those clients are:

Official reference implementations (CLI)

There are currently three reference implementations available, as you already highlighted:

• Aleth - C++ client: https://github.com/ethereum/aleth. (It was formerly known as cpp-ethereum: https://github.com/ethereum/webthree-umbrella)
• Geth - Golang client of the go-ethereum project: https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum
• Trinity - Python client: https://github.com/ethereum/trinity

Third party implementations (CLI)

Non-official clients implementing the yellow paper specification are:

• EthereumJ - Java client by the ether.camp team: https://github.com/ethereum/ethereumj
• EthereumJS VM - Javascript Ethereum Virtual Machine: https://github.com/ethereumjs/ethereumjs-vm
• Hyperledger Besu - Java client by Hyperledger: https://github.com/hyperledger/besu (ex-Pantheon)
• Mana - Elixir by POA Network - https://github.com/mana-ethereum/mana
• Minimal - Go client by umbracle - https://github.com/umbracle/minimal
• Nethermind - C# / .NET by Nethermind
• Parity Ethereum - Rust client by Parity Technologies : https://www.parity.io/ethereum/

Third party implementations (GUI)

Non-official clients with a graphical user interface are:

• Etherwall, a Qt client like the good ol' bitcoin clients: https://github.com/almindor/etherwall

Deprecated or abandoned projects:

Official reference implementations (CLI):

• Pyethapp - (pyethapp has been deprecated) Python client of the pyethereum project: https://github.com/ethereum/pyethapp

Graphical clients:

• AlethZero (Alethzero has been deprecated): https://github.com/ethereum/alethzero
• Mist Browser (Mist and Ethereum Wallet have been deprecated): https://github.com/ethereum/mist

Third Party clients:

• ethereumH - Haskell client from consensys, but it's not developed anymore: https://github.com/jamshidh/ethereum-client-haskell (project has not been updated in a long time)
• node-blockchain-server - simple Javascript server: https://github.com/ethereumjs/node-blockchain-server (project has not been updated in a long time)
• ruby-ethereum - Ruby client: https://github.com/janx/ruby-ethereum (project has not been updated in a long time)

NOTE: all clients are listed in alphabetical order.

Other projects, tools, etc.

• sharding
• Casper Proof-of-Stake
• smart contract languages:
  • Solidity: repo, join the chat at https://gitter.im/ethereum/solidity, docs, see the above link for more resources.
  • Vyper: repo
  • LLL and other deprecated languages
• Mist, join the chat at https://gitter.im/ethereum/mist, issues. Note that as of 31 May 2018, Mist isn't really user-ready yet, so until it has a stable release, using alternatives like MyCrypto or MyEtherWallet is recommended instead, unless you're happy to be a beta tester.
• web3 or JSON.RPC: repo, issues
• Organization projects include:
  • https://github.com/ethereum,
  • https://github.com/paritytech, and
  • https://github.com/ethereumjs.

More information here: https://ethereum.org/developers/#smart-contract-languages

More Information

For additional developer information, see ethereum.org's Developer Portal.