aid: cartesi
name: Cartesi
description: >-
  Cartesi is a Linux-based optimistic rollup protocol that lets developers
  build decentralized applications by running rich off-chain computation
  inside a sandboxed Linux virtual machine. The core of the stack is the
  Cartesi Machine, a deterministic RISC-V emulator that boots a real Linux
  userland so dApps can be written in any language (Rust, Go, Python,
  JavaScript/TypeScript, C++) using familiar libraries, then settle results
  on Ethereum and other EVM chains through Cartesi Rollups smart contracts.
  Cartesi Rollups 2.0 is the current major version, packaging an
  application-specific rollup as the combination of the Cartesi Machine,
  the Cartesi Rollups Node middleware (Rust + Go), and a set of Solidity
  rollup contracts that handle settlement, consensus, and data availability.
  The DAVE permissionless fraud-proof system provides Stage-2 trust
  minimization, while the Cartesi CLI (the successor to Sunodo) packages
  scaffolding, build, and local devnet workflows. Cartesi is stewarded by
  The Cartesi Foundation and the CTSI token governs the network. Cartesi is
  fully open source under Apache-2.0 and LGPL-3.0 licenses on
  github.com/cartesi; there is no proprietary SaaS product, but the Rollups
  Node ships several developer-facing surfaces — the Rollup HTTP API used
  by application backends, the Inspect HTTP API for read-only queries from
  frontends, a GraphQL reader for advance-state inputs / outputs / vouchers
  / notices / reports, and a JSON-RPC node API for operations.
type: Index
position: Provider
access: Open Source
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Blockchain
  - Layer 2
  - Optimistic Rollups
  - Ethereum
  - EVM
  - RISC-V
  - Linux
  - Virtual Machine
  - Cartesi Machine
  - Rollups
  - Fraud Proofs
  - DAVE
  - Smart Contracts
  - Decentralized Applications
  - Web3
  - Open Source
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cartesi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-24'
modified: '2026-05-24'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
apis: []
common:
  - type: DomainSecurity
    url: security/cartesi-domain-security.yml
  - type: Website
    url: https://cartesi.io
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io
  - type: Architecture
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/getting-started/architecture
  - type: Concepts
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/getting-started/concepts
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/api-reference
  - type: RollupHTTPAPI
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/api-reference/rollup/cartesi-rollup-http-api
  - type: InspectHTTPAPI
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/api-reference/inspect/inspect-state-http-api-for-cartesi-rollups
  - type: JSONRPCAPI
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/api-reference/jsonrpc/overview
  - type: CartesiMachine
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-machine
  - type: CLI
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/get-started/cli-commands
  - type: Tutorials
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/tutorials/counter
  - type: Deployment
    url: https://docs.cartesi.io/cartesi-rollups/2.0/deployment/introduction
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/cartesi
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cartesi/rollups-node
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cartesi/machine-emulator
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cartesi/rollups-contracts
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cartesi/dave
  - type: GitHubRepository
    url: https://github.com/cartesi/cli
  - type: Foundation
    url: https://cartesi.io/foundation
  - type: Blog
    url: https://cartesi.io/blog
  - type: Twitter
    url: https://twitter.com/cartesiproject
  - type: Discord
    url: https://discord.gg/pfXMwXDDfW
  - type: Reddit
    url: https://www.reddit.com/r/cartesi
  - type: YouTube
    url: https://www.youtube.com/@Cartesiproject
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com