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Starter Kits

A community-driven list of starter-kit code repositories that can be used with Demeter.run.

Introduction • How To Use • License

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Introduction

Starter kits are example code repositories that you can use for learning or as starting point for your own projects. Each kit aims to solve a specific task and uses a particular tech stack. Once you find a kit that fits your needs, you can use it to create your own personal workspace in Demeter.run based off that code template.

This repository works as an index of available Starter-Kits which are available and listed in Demeter.run platform.

How To Use

To include your Starter Kit in Demeter.run you need to submit a pull request to this repository with the information required to list your project.

1. Clone the repository

# Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/txpipe/awesome-starter-kits.git

# Go into the repository
$ cd awesome-starter-kits

2. Create a new branch for adding the metadata with your Starter Kit information.

# Create a new branch
$ git checkout -b starter-kit/my-awesome-starter-kit

3. Create a new folder for your Starter Kit.

# Create a new directory
$ mkdir kits/my-awesome-starter-kit

# Go into your new feature
cd kits/my-awesome-starter-kit

4. Add your Starter Kit metadata

Now you can create the file with the metadata for listing your starter kit. Metadata files are defined in YAML format:

# Create a new metadata file
$ touch metadata.yaml

You can always copy the metadata file from another starter kit into your folder and update the information in case you don't want to generate the metadata file from scratch.

Example format for your Starter Kit metadata:

metadata.yaml

title: Name
logo: URL for your starter-kit logo
description: A NodeJS package that provides several examples of how to leverage Ogmios typescript client to execute local-state-queries, chain-sync and tx-monitoring operations against a node.
repository: https://github.com/cardanosolutions/ogmios-client-starter-kit.git
features:
  - ogmios
settings:
  template: typescript
  size: small
author:
  name: TxPipe
  logo: https://demeter.run/assets/logos/txpipe.svg
social:
  twitter: txpipe_tools
  discord: ZTHcHUy5HY

Fields

Name	required	Description
title	required	the title to be displayed in the list of starter-kits
logo	required	a logo to be displayed next to your starter kit title
description	required	a short description indicating what is the scope of the starter kit
repository	required	the link to the github repository to be used as a template. It needs to be publicly available.
features	optional	a list of features associated to this starter kit. See the list of available features below.
settings.template	required	the image template to be used when building the workspace for running your starter kit. See the list of available templates below.
settings.size	required	the size of the workspace to be created when running your starter kit. See the list of available sizes below.
author.name	required	the name of the author
author.website	optional	the website of the author
author.logo	optional	a logo for the author
social.twitter	optional	the twitter handle for the author
social.discord	optional	the id of the author discord server

Features

This is the list of currently available features in Demeter, use it as reference to tag your starter kit in the features field of the metadata file. Tagging your starter kit will allow us to recommend it in relevant sections of Demeter web console.

Name	Description
nodes	Fully-synced nodes ready to be used through any of the available ports
dbsync	Provides a relational view of Cardano on-chain data using a PostgreSQL database
ogmios	Provides a WebSocket API for clients to speak Ouroboros' mini-protocols via JSON/RPC.
containers	Provides docker containers hosting on the web.
hydra	Hydra head instances that can be shared among different peers in the cluster
kuber	Haskell library and API server for composing balanced Cardano transactions.
submitapi	Provides an HTTP endpoint to submit CBOR-encoded transactions onto the Node
webhooks	Subscribe to events in the node
workspaces	Provides custom cloud-based development environments based off on VSCode with access to a node

Templates

This is the list of currently available workspace templates in Demeter, use it as reference to fill the settings.template field in your metadata file. A template defines the pre-determined set of dependencies installed by default in the workspace running your starter kit.

Name	Description
plutus	VSCode + Haskell + GHC + Cabal + Nix. The latest Cardano derivations from IOHK Nix cache.
haskell	VSCode + Haskell + GHC. Good for starting from scratch with the Haskell language.
typescript	VSCode + NodeJS + Typescript. Good for creating front-ends using Lucid or Mesh framework.
rust	VSCode + Rust + Cargo. Good for creating projects using Pallas building blocks
golang	VSCode + Golang. Good for creating projects using the Blink Labs gOuroboros library.
python	VSCode + Python 3.10. Good for creating projects using the PyCardano framework.

Sizes

This is the list of currently available workspace sizes in Demeter, use is as reference to fill the settings.size field in your metadata file. The size of the workspace defines the amount of resources (memory, cpu, disk) allocated to the instance. Unless you're aware that your starter kit has a high level of resource requirements, you should choose small as the preferred choice.

Name
small
medium
large

Starter Kit Information

If you want to include additional information about how to use your starter kit, you can add an additional markdown file inside of your starter kit folder.

# Create a new markdown file
$ touch readme.md

Making your Starter Kit available

Once you have entered all the metadata for your starter kit you can open a pull-request to the main branch of this repository. Once the pull-request is merged your starter kit will be automatically available and displayed in Demeter.run

Support

If you have questions join our discord server

License

MIT