Getting Started

The Stacks Explorer is an observability tool that helps users, developers, miners, and investors understand the Stacks Blockchain. It's built with React, Next.js and Chakra UI.

Prerequisites

To run the it locally, you must first clone the Stacks Explorer repository.

You must also enusre you have installed the project dependencies listed below.

• NodeJS that includes npm
• PNPM

It is also highly recommended you install Homebrew.

Installing Project Dependencies

To install project dependencies:

1. Open your terminal window and make sure you are in the /explorer folder.
2. Run the pnpm i command to install the project dependencies.

Setting Environment Variables

The Stacks Explorer application needs the environment variables listed below to work properly.

NEXT_PUBLIC_MAINNET_API_SERVER=https://api.hiro.so
NEXT_PUBLIC_TESTNET_API_SERVER=https://api.testnet.hiro.so
NEXT_PUBLIC_DEPLOYMENT_URL=https://explorer.hiro.so
NEXT_PUBLIC_MAINNET_ENABLED="true"
NEXT_PUBLIC_DEFAULT_POLLING_INTERVAL="10000"

NOTE:

If you are working in a macOS environment, you will need to add these variable to /etc/paths.