Install Lucid Evolution
Lucid Evolution is a powerful, modular framework for building Cardano applications off-chain. It provides developers with type-safe interfaces and utilities to interact with the Cardano blockchain, create transactions, and manage wallets without dealing with low-level complexities.
Prerequisites
Before installing Lucid Evolution, ensure your environment meets the prerequisites:
- Node.js: Version 14 or higher
- Package Manager: npm, yarn, pnpm, or bun
Installation
Choose your preferred package manager to install Lucid Evolution:
pnpm i @lucid-evolution/lucid Package Structure
Lucid Evolution uses a modular architecture to allow importing only what you need:
- lucid-evolution/lucid ⇀ Main package for Lucid Evolution
- lucid-evolution/bip39 ⇀ Package for BIP-39 mnemonic code
- lucid-evolution/core-types ⇀ Core types used across Lucid Evolution packages
- lucid-evolution/core-utils ⇀ Core utilities used across Lucid Evolution packages
- lucid-evolution/crc8 ⇀ Package for CRC8 calculation
- lucid-evolution/plutus ⇀ Package for Plutus integration
- lucid-evolution/provider ⇀ Package for providing data
- lucid-evolution/sign_data ⇀ Package for signing data
- lucid-evolution/utils ⇀ Utility functions for Lucid Evolution
- lucid-evolution/wallet ⇀ Wallet package for Lucid Evolution
Installing the lucid package will automatically export all other packages in
the library.