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Kite

The modern TypeScript library for Solana Kit

The simplicity of web3.js
on top of Solana Kit

Do most Solana tasks in one step

Less code, better docs, smaller package

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My first reaction was, first gill so now why this? But the docs are so good that I actually want to use it. After thr torture of anza docs and trying to make sense of web3 just 1.x vs kit, this is seriously well done
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Based af - this was desperately needed !!!
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really cool! I've been playing with v2 for a while and I like the functional paradigm, but you quickly start writing your own wrappers for simple stuff esp when doing tests etc, having this on my toolkit would be a great help! Great job for the peeps on working on simplifying the DX!
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This is similar to what I envisioned a few years ago with solutils, but didn't have enough funds to keep it going. Thank you for this awesome lib @mikemaccana!
Feb 17, 2025View on X
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The work you do to improve dev ex is so unpreciated. Love this
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Fly higher on @solana with the recently update Kite NPM package by @mikemaccana
May 11, 2025View on X
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I have switched to Kite. Kite>Gill>Kit>Web3.js v2>Web3.js legacy If you haven't started using @SolanaKite, you are wasting time. It allows you to do most Solana tasks in one step. If you are still using 'fs.readfileSync' to get your keypairs from file, you are really missing out. Built on @solana/kit with complete compatibility.
May 15, 2025View on X
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Happy Big Mountain
@happybigmtn
My first reaction was, first gill so now why this? But the docs are so good that I actually want to use it. After thr torture of anza docs and trying to make sense of web3 just 1.x vs kit, this is seriously well done
May 10, 2025View on X
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Bill Papas
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Based af - this was desperately needed !!!
Feb 14, 2025View on X
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Solana Devs
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Feb 14, 2025View on X
Alaa Zorkane's profile picture
Alaa Zorkane
@AlaaZorkane
really cool! I've been playing with v2 for a while and I like the functional paradigm, but you quickly start writing your own wrappers for simple stuff esp when doing tests etc, having this on my toolkit would be a great help! Great job for the peeps on working on simplifying the DX!
Feb 14, 2025View on X
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Leo Galante
@lndgalante
This is similar to what I envisioned a few years ago with solutils, but didn't have enough funds to keep it going. Thank you for this awesome lib @mikemaccana!
Feb 17, 2025View on X
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apollosurfer.sol
@Joserelvassant1
The work you do to improve dev ex is so unpreciated. Love this
May 11, 2025View on X
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Solana Australia / New Zealand
@SolanaANZ
Fly higher on @solana with the recently update Kite NPM package by @mikemaccana
May 11, 2025View on X
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amalnath.sol
@AmalnathSathyan
I have switched to Kite. Kite>Gill>Kit>Web3.js v2>Web3.js legacy If you haven't started using @SolanaKite, you are wasting time. It allows you to do most Solana tasks in one step. If you are still using 'fs.readfileSync' to get your keypairs from file, you are really missing out. Built on @solana/kit with complete compatibility.
May 15, 2025View on X
const bob = await connection.createWallet({
  airdropAmount: lamports(1n * SOL),
  prefix: "bob"
});

Write less, ship faster

Connecting to devnet
Making funded wallets
Checking token balances
Getting account data
Transferring tokens
Creating token metadata
Minting new tokens
Getting PDAs
Sending a transaction from instructions

Working examples and videos for Anchor, React and everything else

Includes video tutorials and example repos showing Anchor programs, React frontends, and wallet integration, onchain encryption with Arcium, task scheduling with TukTuk, and other Solana ecosystem tools.

Docs that are written not generated

Solana founders are bald because they read documentation like "mintAuthority - defines the mint authority" and tear their hair out.

Kite has documentation that's genuinely helpful, right in Cursor, VS Code, or whatever else.

Built on the most
popular library for Solana web3.js

Built by Mike MacCana, author of @solana/helpers, the most popular high-level library for web3.js v1.

Kite brings that same simplicity to web3.js v2, with contributions from developers at Quicknode, Solana Foundation, Helius, Anza, Turbin3, Unboxed Software, and StarAtlas.

Compatible with @solana/kit

Built on @solana/kit with complete compatibility. All Solana Kit methods are available on connection.rpc and connection.rpcSubscriptions.

Kite uses the same types as @solana/kit.

Kite is tiny (~100KB compressed), and you can easily ditch Kite and swap to raw kit, if you prefer. But you won't.

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