starkware-libs/cairo
Cairo is the first Turing-complete language for creating provable programs for general computation.
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Where it stands
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4 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 24 days ago, with 381 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a Turing-complete language and compiler for creating provable programs enabling general computation with computational integrity.
- Delivers a blazing fast Rust-based compiler optimized for zero-knowledge proof systems and Starknet smart contract development.
- Use for building provable, verifiable computations in zero-knowledge proof applications requiring strong cryptographic guarantees.
- Use for compiling and deploying Starknet smart contracts with support for Sierra and CASM intermediate representations.
- Use for researchers and developers experimenting with Turing-complete languages in blockchain and cryptographic proof systems.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
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From the README
Cairo is the first Turing-complete language for creating provable programs for general computation.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
793+27
Open issues
217+6
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| starkware-libs/cairo | 1.9K | — | 64 | 24 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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