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@wagmi/core
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@wagmi/core
Documentation
For full documentation and examples, visit wagmi.sh.
Installation
Install @wagmi/core and its viem peer dependency.
npm install @wagmi/core viem
Community
Check out the following places for more wagmi-related content:
- Join the discussions on GitHub
- Follow @wevm_dev on Twitter for project updates
- Share your project/organization using wagmi
- Browse the awesome-wagmi list of awesome projects and resources
Support
If you find wagmi useful, please consider supporting development. Thank you 🙏
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The npm package @wagmi/core receives a total of 246,309 weekly downloads. As such, @wagmi/core popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @wagmi/core demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 03 Jan 2024
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