Installation

Alloy consists of a number of crates that provide a range of functionality essential for interfacing with any Ethereum-based blockchain.

The easiest way to get started is to add the alloy crate from the command-line using Cargo:

cargo add alloy

Alternatively, you can add the following to your Cargo.toml file:

alloy = "2.1.1"

For a more fine-grained dependency, use the alloy crate with task-specific features or depend on the individual crate that owns the API. See how Alloy fits together and the feature flag reference before disabling defaults.

After alloy is added as a dependency you can now import alloy as follows:

use alloy::{
    network::EthereumWallet,
    node_bindings::Anvil,
    primitives::U256,
    providers::ProviderBuilder,
    signers::local::PrivateKeySigner,
    sol,
};

Next steps

• Choose a task-oriented path.
• Understand Alloy's crate and runtime layers.
• Select feature flags.
• Build the first provider and contract calls.