blessnet

blessnet

Build distributed, scalable, edge based applications fast.

getting started

Make sure you have npm installed. We recommend a version 18+ the fastest way to getting started with npm is installing it into your system using nvm.

• https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm?tab=readme-ov-file#installing-and-updating

Where ever you are, run npx blessnet to get context feedback. If calling from inside a project folder, information about the state of the project will be returned.

Otherwise the guided initializer will be called.

npx blessnet help will always provide more information.

quick start

npx blessnet

• First launch you will be asked to install the BLESS Runtime.

➜ npx blessnet
BLESS environment not found. Do you want to install it? (yes/no): y
✔ Installation successful.
BLESS environment installed successfully.
You can now use the `blessnet` command.

commands

Command	Description	Subcommands
init	Initialize a new project	-
deploy	Deploy your project	-
build	Build the project	--debug
wallet	Manage Solana wallets	create, info
preview	Preview your project	serve
manage	Manage your project	type [newType]
account	Manage your account	login, logout

details

Create a new project with the name foo, the project will have a folder created called foo

npx blessnet init foo
cd foo

Architecture

flowchart TD
    %% Top Layer: User Interface
    A["User Terminal (CLI)"]:::ui
    %% CLI Entry Point
    B["CLI Entry Point (index.js)"]:::entry
    A -->|"invokes"| B

    %% Middle Layer: Command Processing
    subgraph "Commands"
        C1["init.js — Project Initialization"]:::command
        C2["deploy.js — Handles Deployments"]:::command
        C3["build.js — Build Tool"]:::command
        C4["account.js — User Account Management"]:::command
        C5["wallet.js — Wallet Management"]:::command
        C6["createWallet.js — Create Wallet"]:::command
        C7["listWallets.js — List Wallets"]:::command
        C8["manage.js — Application Management"]:::command
        C9["preview.js — Deployment Preview"]:::command
        C10["walletInfo.js — Wallet Information"]:::command
    end
    B -->|"routes command"| C1
    B -->|"routes command"| C2
    B -->|"routes command"| C3
    B -->|"routes command"| C4
    B -->|"routes command"| C5
    B -->|"routes command"| C6
    B -->|"routes command"| C7
    B -->|"routes command"| C8
    B -->|"routes command"| C9
    B -->|"routes command"| C10

    %% Lower Layer: Utility Libraries
    subgraph "Utility Libraries"
        D1["config.js — Configuration Management"]:::lib
        D2["file-utils.js — File Operations"]:::lib
        D3["manifest.js — Manifest Handling"]:::lib
        D4["git.js — Git Operations"]:::lib
        D5["invoke.js — Deployment Invocation"]:::lib
        D6["npm.js — npm Interactions"]:::lib
        D7["server.js — Server Communication"]:::lib
    end

    %% Integration from Commands to Libraries
    C1 -->|"uses"| D1
    C1 -->|"uses"| D2
    C2 -->|"uses"| D5
    C2 -->|"uses"| D7
    C3 -->|"uses"| D2
    C4 -->|"uses"| D1
    C5 -->|"uses"| D6
    C5 -->|"integrates"| D1
    C6 -->|"uses"| D1
    C7 -->|"uses"| D2
    C8 -->|"uses"| D3
    C9 -->|"uses"| D7
    C10 -->|"uses"| D1

    %% External Services
    E1["npm/npx"]:::external
    E2["Solana Network"]:::external
    D6 -->|"triggers"| E1
    C2 -->|"invokes"| E1
    C5 -->|"integrates"| E2

    %% CI/CD & Testing
    subgraph "CI/CD & Testing"
        F1["GitHub Workflows (npm.yml)"]:::ci
        F2["Test Suite (invoke.test.js)"]:::ci
    end
    B -->|"CI integration"| F1
    F1 -->|"triggers tests"| F2

    %% Example Assets
    G["Example Asset (hello_test.wasm)"]:::asset

    %% Styles & Classes
    classDef ui fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
    classDef entry fill:#ccf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
    classDef command fill:#cfc,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
    classDef lib fill:#fcf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
    classDef external fill:#cff,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
    classDef ci fill:#ffc,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;
    classDef asset fill:#efe,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px;

    %% Click Events for CLI Entry Point
    click B "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/index.js"

    %% Click Events for Command Modules
    click C1 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/init.js"
    click C2 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/deploy.js"
    click C3 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/build.js"
    click C4 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/account.js"
    click C5 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/wallet.js"
    click C6 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/createWallet.js"
    click C7 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/listWallets.js"
    click C8 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/manage.js"
    click C9 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/preview.js"
    click C10 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/commands/walletInfo.js"

    %% Click Events for Utility Libraries
    click D1 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/config.js"
    click D2 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/file-utils.js"
    click D3 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/manifest.js"
    click D4 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/git.js"
    click D5 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/invoke.js"
    click D6 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/npm.js"
    click D7 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/lib/server.js"

    %% Click Events for CI/CD & Testing
    click F1 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/.github/workflows/npm.yml"
    click F2 "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/test/invoke.test.js"

    %% Click Event for Example Assets
    click G "https://github.com/blessnetwork/blessnet/blob/main/fixtures/hello_test.wasm"

project structure

.
├── bls.toml              # project config
├── index.ts              # entry
├── package.json          # javascript packages
├── tsconfig.base.json    # typescript configs
├── tsconfig.debug.json   # typescript configs
└── tsconfig.release.json # typescript configs

deploy

To deploy the application, cd into the directory and run

npx blessnet deploy

deploy keys

WARN

other things

Install blessnet globally for use without npx.

npm i -g blessnet

npx blessnet wallet list