Awesome Hive

Hive is an open source platform built for blockchain social networks, games and different applications that is fast and scalable.

This is a curated list of awesome Hive frameworks, libraries, applications and resources. Contributions welcome. Add links through pull requests or create an issue to start a discussion.

Contents

• Introduction
• Infrastructure
• Layer 2
• SDKs
• Tutorials
• Tools / Utilities
• dApps
• Services
  • Hive DAO
  • Account Creation
• Resources
  • General Community
  • Developer Community
  • Conferences
  • Projects Summary

Introduction

Documents & videos about Hive

• Developer Portal - The developer portal of Hive.
• Quickstart - Getting started guide on the developer portal.
• API Definitions - Reference for every hived and Hivemind API method.
• Interactive API - Swagger UI for the public Hive API node.
• Hive Glossary - Understanding the common terms used by the Hive blockchain.
• Whitepaper - The Hive whitepaper.
• Technical Vision - Long term technical vision document for Hive.
• Roadmap - Development roadmap on hive.io.
• Hive Chain Documentation - Community maintained documentation hub for Hive.

Infrastructure

The Hive blockchain infrastructure

• Hive - Fast, scalable, powerful blockchain for Web3.0, (code, GitHub mirror).
• HAF - Hive Application Framework, PostgreSQL based framework for building robust and scalable Hive APIs and apps.
• Hivemind - HAF based social media API server powering Hive frontends.
• HAfAH - HAF based account history API server.
• HAF API Node - Docker compose stack for running a full HAF API node.
• HAF Block Explorer - HAF based API server for block explorers, (UI).
• Balance Tracker - Example pure SQL HAF app for graphing account balances.
• Reputation Tracker - HAF app computing account reputations.
• HiveSense - HAF app for semantic search over Hive posts using ML embeddings.
• Drone - Caching reverse proxy for JSON-RPC requests, replaces Jussi.
• Imagehoster - Image upload and proxy service used by Hive frontends.
• Denser - Next generation social media frontend for Hive.

Layer 2

Sidechains and second layer networks built on Hive

• Hive-Engine - Smart contracts, tokens, NFTs and tribes on Hive, (code).
• Magi Network - Cross chain interoperability and smart contract network powered by Hive, formerly VSC, (code).
• SPK Network - Decentralized storage and media infrastructure for Hive, (code).

SDKs

SDKs for common languages

• JavaScript / TypeScript
  • wax - Official multi-language Hive protocol library for TypeScript and Python, (npm).
  • beekeeper - Key management and signing library from the Hive core team, (npm).
  • workerbee - Automation and bot library built on wax and beekeeper, (npm).
  • hive-js - JavaScript library for Hive blockchain.
  • dhive - JavaScript library for Hive blockchain in Typescript.
  • hive-tx - Lightweight TypeScript SDK for creating, signing and broadcasting Hive transactions.
  • hive-uri - Encode Hive operations and transactions into URIs.
  • Ecency SDK - React Query based queries and mutations for Hive apps, (code).
  • hivesigner - Hivesigner OAuth2 SDK, (code).
  • keychain-sdk - Typed wrapper around Hive Keychain requests.
  • Aioha - All-in-one Hive authentication API supporting Keychain, HiveAuth, Hivesigner, Ledger and PeakVault, (code).
• Python
  • wax - Official Hive protocol library, Python package built from the same repository.
  • hive-nectar - Maintained successor of beem, comprehensive Python library for Hive, (PyPI).
  • nectarengine - Python library and CLI for Hive-Engine tokens.
  • lighthive - A light Python client to interact with the Hive blockchain.
• Ruby
  • hive-ruby - Ruby library for the Hive blockchain.
• Rust
  • Xylem - Early stage Hive SDK for Rust.

Tutorials

Tutorials for getting started with Hive

• JavaScript
  • Developer Portal JavaScript Tutorial - JavaScript Tutorials for the Developer Portal, (code).
• Python
  • Developer Portal Python Tutorial - Python Tutorials for the Developer Portal, (code).
• Ruby
  • Developer Portal Ruby Tutorial - Ruby Tutorials for the Developer Portal, (code).

Tools / Utilities

Useful tools/utilities when building with Hive

• Block Explorer
  • Hive Block Explorer - Official HAF based block explorer, (code).
  • Hivexplorer - Block, transaction and account explorer, (code).
  • HiveHub - Block explorer and hub for multiple Hive tools.
  • HiveScan - Block explorer with proposals and witness views.
  • Hive at Ausbit - Block explorer and account tools by @ausbitbank.
  • HIVE Block Explorer - Block explorer by @penguinpablo.
  • Hive-Engine Explorer - Explorer for the Hive-Engine sidechain.
• Search
  • Hivesearcher - Full text search engine for Hive posts and comments.
• Authentication / Wallet
  • Hive Keychain - Browser extension and mobile wallet for Hive, (extension, mobile).
  • HiveAuth - Decentralized authentication for web, desktop and mobile apps without sharing keys, (code).
  • Hivesigner - OAuth2 style signer and login for Hive apps, (code).
  • PeakVault - Browser extension wallet by the PeakD team.
  • Vessel - Desktop wallet for Hive from the core team, (releases).
  • Hive Ledger Wallet - Web wallet for Ledger hardware devices, (Ledger app).
  • Hive MetaMask Snap - Sign Hive transactions from MetaMask, (code).
  • HiveWallet.app - Fast, secure and open source web wallet for Hive, (code).
  • Hiveblog Wallet - The wallet functionality of Hiveblog Condenser, (code).
• Data Service
  • HiveSQL - A publicly available Microsoft SQL database containing all the Hive blockchain data.
  • HafSQL - Public PostgreSQL access to a HAF database.
• Node Status
  • Hive Node Beacon - Health and latency monitor for public API nodes.
• Witness
  • Witness List - Witness ranking on the official block explorer.
  • Witness List - Witness List by @arcange.
  • Witness Block Production Schedule - Tool for monitoring block production by witnesses.
• Statistics
  • HiveStats - Track and analyze Hive accounts, rewards and curation.
  • HiveBuzz - Badges, achievements and statistics for Hive accounts.
  • HiveTasks - Account tools and statistics for Hive users.
  • Rayo - Usage statistics for dApps on Hive.

dApps

Some cool dApps powered by Hive

• Social Blogging
  • Hive.blog - The 1st blog dApp for Hive, (code).
  • Ecency - A powerful frontend dApp for Android, iOS, Desktop and Web, (web, mobile).
  • PeakD - User-friendly full-fledged blogging dApp for Hive.
  • InLeo - Social and finance focused frontend with threads, formerly LeoFinance.
  • Waivio - Social platform with object reviews and business pages on Hive.
  • Liketu - Photo sharing community on Hive.
  • dBlog - Personal blog websites powered by Hive, by Engrave.
• Video
  • 3Speak - Video sharing community that rewards creators and curators.
  • DTube - Decentralized video sharing community that rewards creators and curators, (code).
• Music
  • BlockTunes - Stream, own and earn from music on Hive.
• Travel
  • TravelFeed - Travel blogging platform with maps and destination pages.
  • WorldMapPin - Pin your travel posts on a world map.
• Fitness
  • Actifit - Fitness tracking app that rewards activity, (code).
• Game
  • Splinterlands - A collectible trading card game on the Hive blockchain.
  • Rising Star - Collectible card game based on the music industry.
  • dCrops - Farming play to earn game.
  • Holozing - Creature collecting RPG.
  • Terracore - Idle mining and battle game.
  • Wrestling Organization Online - Wrestling manager card game.
  • EXODE - Strategy RPG about space colonization.
  • Crypto Shots - First person shooter with NFT assets.
  • Rise of the Pixels - Game studio management game.
  • Dungeon Cities - City building and dungeon crawling game.
  • Beat Brawls - Music themed battle game.
  • Stellarch - A deterministic, provably-fair trading card game on Hive where you draft a team, own your cards on-chain, and win with skill over spend. Closed alpha coming, waitlist open.
• Science
  • STEMsocial - Curation project dedicated to improving the quality of STEM content on Hive.
  • PEvO - Open scientific publishing on Hive.
• Finance
  • Tribaldex - Create and trade tokens and NFTs on Hive-Engine.
  • Hivedex - Interface for the internal HIVE and HBD market.
  • Distriator - Spend HBD at merchants and earn cashback.
  • V4V.app - Bridge between Hive and Bitcoin Lightning payments.
• NFT
  • NFT Showroom - Digital art marketplace on Hive.
• Automation
  • Hive.vote - Curation trails, fanbase and scheduled posts.
• Podcasting
  • Podping - Podcast feed update notifications written to Hive for the Podcast Index, (code).

Services

Online tools and APIs to simplify development.

Hive DAO

Hive DAO is dedicated to improve the Hive platform

• Decentralized Hive Fund - Propose and vote for projects that improves Hive and promote its growth.
• Proposals - Browse and vote on DHF proposals, (Hive.blog, Ecency).

Account Creation

• Signup for Hive - Overview of account creation options.
• Join Hive - Account creation page on hive.io.

Resources

Where to find more resources about Hive.

General Community

• Hive Discord - General discord community to hangout and get started.
• Hive Telegram - Hive Telegram group.
• OpenHive.Chat - Off-chain chat with Hive based authentication.
• Hive on X - Official Hive account on X.
• Hive YouTube - Hive network YouTube channel.
• Hive Today - Newsletter with weekly Hive ecosystem updates.
• @hiveio - Official Hive blog.

Developer Community

• HiveDevs Chat - A Discord channel where Hive developers go to discuss Hive apps, development, libraries and related topics.
• HiveDevs Community - On-chain community for developer updates and discussion.

Conferences

• HiveFest - Annual gathering for Hive users and the ecosystem.

Projects Summary

• Hive Ecosystem - Selection of dApps, games and tools on hive.io.
• Hive Projects - A collection of cool projects built with or for Hive, (code).

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If you have any question about this opinionated list, please contact @good-karma on Hive or open an issue on GitHub.