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Installation & Prerequisites

Before you start building, you'll need to set up your development environment.

1. Basic Dependencies

First, ensure you have the necessary prerequisites installed, including Rust and its tooling.

Polkadot SDK Installation Guide

You will need cargo and other standard development tools.

2. The Omninode

The polkadot-omni-node is a universal collator instance that can run most parachains. Install it using Cargo:

cargo install polkadot-omni-node

3. Chain Spec Builder

The chain-spec-builder tool is essential for creating a chain specification from a Wasm binary.

cargo install staging-chain-spec-builder

For more details, refer to the Polkadot Developer Documentation.

4. pop! CLI

The pop-cli is a powerful tool to spin up local development networks with a parachain and relay chain setup.

cargo install --force --locked pop-cli

Check the pop-cli releases page for pre-built binaries.

Once installed, you're ready to launch your chain!

Launch Your Chain