Anchor

Getting Started

1. Install the Anchor CLI: cargo install --git https://github.com/coral-xyz/anchor anchor-cli.
2. Create a new project with anchor init my-program to scaffold a program with test structure.
3. Define your program’s instructions and accounts using Anchor’s declarative macros in lib.rs.
4. Build and test locally with anchor build && anchor test, then deploy to devnet with anchor deploy.

Key Features

• Declarative account validation define account constraints with macros that automatically generate security checks.
• Automatic serialization handles Borsh serialization and deserialization of account data and instruction arguments.
• IDL generation automatically generates an Interface Description Language file for client-side integration.
• TypeScript client auto-generates a TypeScript client library from the IDL for seamless frontend integration.
• Built-in testing provides a testing framework with local validator support for rapid development iteration.
• Security-first design eliminates common Solana vulnerabilities like missing signer checks and account validation errors.