## Features
- Abstractions over the [JSON-RPC API](https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/apis/json-rpc/) to make your life easier
- First-class APIs for interacting with [Smart Contracts](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/#smart-contract)
- Language closely aligned to official [Ethereum terminology](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/)
- Import your Browser Extension, WalletConnect or Private Key Wallet
- Browser native [BigInt](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt), instead of large BigNumber libraries
- Utilities for working with [ABIs](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/#abi) (encoding/decoding/inspection)
- TypeScript ready ([infer types](https://viem.sh/docs/typescript) from ABIs and EIP-712 Typed Data)
- First-class support for [Anvil](https://book.getfoundry.sh/), [Hardhat](https://hardhat.org/) & [Ganache](https://trufflesuite.com/ganache/)
- Test suite running against [forked](https://ethereum.org/en/glossary/#fork) Ethereum network
... and a lot more.
## Overview
```ts
// 1. Import modules.
import { createPublicClient, http } from 'viem';
import { mainnet } from 'viem/chains';
// 2. Set up your client with desired chain & transport.
const client = createPublicClient({
chain: mainnet,
transport: http(),
});
// 3. Consume an action!
const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber();
```
## Documentation
[Head to the documentation](https://viem.sh/docs/getting-started) to read and learn more about viem.
## Community
Check out the following places for more viem-related content:
- Follow [@wevm_dev](https://twitter.com/wevm_dev), [@_jxom](https://twitter.com/_jxom), and [@awkweb](https://twitter.com/awkweb) on Twitter for project updates
- Join the [discussions on GitHub](https://github.com/wevm/viem/discussions)
- [Share your project/organization](https://github.com/wevm/viem/discussions/104) that uses viem
## Support
- [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/wevm?metadata_campaign=docs_support)
- [Gitcoin Grant](https://wagmi.sh/gitcoin)
- [wevm.eth](https://etherscan.io/name-lookup-search?id=wevm.eth)
## Sponsors
## Contributing
If you're interested in contributing, please read the [contributing docs](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) **before submitting a pull request**.
## Authors
- [@jxom](https://github.com/jxom) (jxom.eth, [Twitter](https://twitter.com/_jxom))
- [@tmm](https://github.com/tmm) (awkweb.eth, [Twitter](https://twitter.com/awkweb))
## License
[MIT](/LICENSE) License
