Avalanche Docs

Full-Stack Avalanche Development, All in One Place

Learn the Fundamentals

Learn about the Avalanche Protocol and it's groundbreaking consensus algorithm.

Avalanche L1s

Utilize the Avalanche tech stack to build your own layer 1 blockchain.

Interoperability

Advanced interoperability protocols to communicate with other blockchains.

Build Applications

Your one stop shop to deploy smart contracts on the Avalanche C-Chain.

Virtual Machines

Learn how to customize the EVM or build new virtual machines from scratch.

Nodes & Validators

Become an active participant in the network by running a node or validator.

Tooling

Tools For Developers.

We provide a suite of tools to make your development experience as smooth as possible.

L1 Toolbox

Simple atomic tools to launch and maintain your L1.

L1 Launcher

Launch your EVM L1 with Docker and Core Wallet.

Avalanche CLI

Command-line interface for local development with L1s.

Avalanche Starter Kit

Containerized Development Environment including Avalanche CLI, Foundry and our interoperability contract implementations.

APIs

API References for anything Avalanche.

Well documented APIs for the Avalanche Network.

C-Chain API

API reference for the Contract Chain.

P-Chain API

API reference for the Platform Chain.

X-Chain API

API reference for the Exchange Chain.

AvalancheGo API

API reference for AvalancheGo.

Subnet-EVM API

API reference for Subnet-EVM.

AvaCloud APIs

API reference for AvaCloud.