Create a new parachain

Interactive Guidance (Recommended)

Create a new parachain with Pop CLI's interactive guidance by simply entering:

pop new parachain

You will be prompted to select a template and depending on the options chosen, be prompted with additional customization options.

pop new parachain

Manual (non-interactive)

Create a new standard parachain without Pop CLI's interactive guidance by specifying a name for your parachain:

pop new parachain my-appchain

┌   Pop CLI : Generating "my-appchain" using Standard from Pop!
│
◇  Generation complete
│
⚙  Version: polkadot-v1.9.0
│  
└  cd into "my-chain" and enjoy hacking! 🚀

You can specify different flags to configure your parachain. To see a full list of configuration options:

pop new parachain --help

Generate a new parachain

Usage: pop new parachain [OPTIONS] [NAME] [PROVIDER]

Arguments:
  [NAME]      Name of the project. If empty assistance in the process will be provided.
  [PROVIDER]  Template provider. [default: pop] [possible values: pop, openzeppelin, parity]

Options:
  -t, --template <TEMPLATE>            Template to use. [possible values: standard, assets, contracts, evm, polkadot-generic-runtime-template, cpt, fpt]
  -r, --release-tag <RELEASE_TAG>      Release tag to use for template. If empty, latest release will be used.
  -s, --symbol <SYMBOL>                Token Symbol [default: UNIT]
  -d, --decimals <DECIMALS>            Token Decimals [default: 12]
  -i, --endowment <INITIAL_ENDOWMENT>  Token Endowment for dev accounts [default: "1u64 << 60"]
  -v, --verify                         Fetches the latest license, release, and commit SHA data from GitHub.
  -h, --help                           Print help

Learning Resources

• 🧑‍🏫 To learn about Polkadot in general, Polkadot.network website is a good starting point.

  • ⭕ Learn more about parachains here.

• 🧑‍🔧 For technical introduction, here are the Polkadot SDK documentation resources.

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