# Ignite

> Your project deserves its own blockchain.

Ignite lets users build Cosmos SDK blockchains with a command-line tool that scaffolds code and streamlines local development.

Ignite is a developer toolkit for building application‑specific blockchains on the Cosmos SDK. It provides code scaffolding, live reload for local nodes, and configuration to manage accounts, parameters, and faucets. Users can connect chains with IBC and generate clients for frontends. Formerly known as Starport, the project rebranded to Ignite.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Developer Tooling
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2020-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/ignite

## Products

- [Ignite CLI](https://thegrid.id/profiles/ignite): Ignite CLI is a command-line tool for building, testing, and launching Cosmos SDK blockchains. It provides scaffolding for modules and messages, hot reloading for local nodes, and client generation for frontends. (Developer Tooling, Live, Main Product)
- [Ignite Marketplace](https://thegrid.id/profiles/ignite): Ignite Marketplace is a catalog of Ignite Apps that extend chains built with Ignite CLI. It offers modules and tools to add features such as EVM support, WASM, explorers, deployment helpers, and relayers. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [Tendermint Core](https://thegrid.id/profiles/ignite): Tendermint Core is a Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus engine that replicates state machines across distributed networks. It provides middleware for blockchain applications written in any programming language through the Application BlockChain Interface, enabling developers to build secure, high-performance distributed applications with instant finality and BFT consensus. (Developer Tooling, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://ignite.com)
- [Documentation](https://docs.ignite.com)
- [Blog](https://ignite.com/blog)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/ignitecli)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/ignite)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/ignt)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/ignite/cli)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/ignt)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/tendermint)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/Allinbits_inc)

## Relationships

- [Cosmos](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Cosmos): Subsidiary

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