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abi-typegen

abi-typegen generates application bindings from the ABI in compiled Solidity artifacts. It reads Foundry and Hardhat output and produces types and helpers for the language and Ethereum SDK your application uses. This is useful when a contract interface appears in several applications, or when hand-written argument and return types keep drifting from the contract. Choose a target, generate the files, and import them into your application. The generator runs locally as a native executable. Your application still supplies its SDK, RPC connection, wallet, and transaction settings.

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What you can build

One contract ABI can serve a website, a game client and a backend. These project ideas show where the generated bindings fit. Your application supplies its RPC connection, wallet integration and signing flow.

TypeScript · React

A wallet-connected dashboard

Show token balances, staking positions or contract permissions, then let a connected wallet submit an action. Generate with --target wagmi for React hooks or --target viem for typed contract helpers. Use the generated reads and events to keep the interface aligned with your token or staking contract.

Web targets

Python · Go · Rust

An indexer or reporting service

Decode contract events into a database, reconcile recorded balances or produce scheduled reports. The python target uses web3.py, go uses go-ethereum, and rust generates Alloy bindings. Generate these alongside the frontend bindings from the same artifacts. Your service controls log retrieval, indexing checkpoints and which block counts as confirmed.

Language targets

Swift · Kotlin · Dart

A native mobile companion

Build a membership pass, collectible viewer or account screen that reads your contract outside the browser. Generate swift for web3swift, kotlin for web3j or dart for web3dart. The generated values and calls connect the screen to the contract; the app still owns wallet connection, transaction approval and receipt handling.

Native SDK setup

Connect your game engine

Use generated bindings to connect game screens and actions to your contracts. Each engine has its own adapter and supported platforms. Start with a read, then connect your application's signer for transactions where supported.

C# · Unity

A player inventory in Unity

Display item ownership or currency balances from your game contract in an inventory screen. Generate with --target csharp and use Nethereum with the Unity adapter for HTTP transport. Its request host cancels pending waits when the owning GameObject is destroyed; an HTTP request already in flight may still complete.

Unity setup

GDScript · Godot

A quest journal in Godot

Read a completed-quest flag or crafting cost into a desktop game UI. Generate with --target godot and build the GDExtension for ABI codecs and asynchronous RPC. Write wrappers can prepare a claim or crafting call using your own signer. Current extension builds target Linux x86_64 and macOS arm64.

Godot setup

C++ · Unreal Engine

Contract values in Blueprints

Show a player balance, quest counter or boolean entitlement in an Unreal widget. Generate with --target unreal to get C++ codecs and asynchronous Blueprint nodes for scalar pure/view reads. Pass the player address explicitly when the contract accepts it. The documented plugin target is Unreal on macOS arm64; check platform support before planning a port.

Unreal setup

From contract artifacts to application imports

Keep compilation, generation, and application setup explicit in your build process.

  1. Compile the contracts

    Run Foundry or Hardhat so the artifacts contain the current ABI. The generator reads those files; it does not compile Solidity for you.

  2. Choose the consuming SDK

    Select the target used by the application, such as viem, ethers, Python, or Rust. Install the corresponding runtime dependencies in that application.

  3. Generate and import the output

    Generate into a dedicated directory. Import the resulting types or wrappers and connect them to the application client and contract address.

  4. Check changes in CI

    Recompile before checking generated output. The generate --check command exits unsuccessfully when files are stale and leaves existing files unchanged.

Generate bindings in a Foundry project

Run these commands from an existing Foundry project. The default output directory is src/generated. This example selects viem explicitly; add viem to the application that imports the generated files. After later contract edits, rebuild before regenerating or checking them.

cargo install abi-typegen
forge build
abi-typegen generate --target viem
abi-typegen generate --target viem --check

Share one contract interface across applications

A frontend and a backend can generate from the same compiled contracts. For example, generate --target viem,python,rust writes each target into its own subdirectory. This avoids maintaining separate descriptions of the same functions and events.

Save recurring target and output settings in configuration. Use contract selection and exclusion patterns when the artifact directory also contains tests or mocks. During local work, watch regenerates after artifacts change, so Solidity edits still need a compiler run.

Choose a target with the required behavior

Typed arguments catch interface mistakes; they do not establish that an on-chain call will succeed. Deployment helpers, receipt handling, event queries, and subscriptions vary by target. Read the target documentation before assuming that two generated clients expose identical operations.

Generation from local artifacts does not need an RPC connection. Calling a deployed contract does. Regenerate when upgrading the generator, review naming changes, and keep generated files separate from hand-written code, especially when using cleanup options.

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