generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.sui.io/guides/developer/getting-started/get-coins
summary: >-
  Sui provides staged non-production networks — Testnet, Devnet, and a
  developer-run Localnet — that mirror the Mainnet RPC surface at
  network-specific hosts, plus a public faucet that dispenses free test SUI so
  developers can deploy and exercise Move packages, objects, and transactions
  without real funds. There are no live/test API keys (full-node RPC is open);
  the "sandbox" separation is the network you point at.
networks:
- name: Mainnet
  purpose: production
  jsonrpc: https://fullnode.mainnet.sui.io:443
  graphql: https://graphql.mainnet.sui.io/graphql
  faucet: null
- name: Testnet
  purpose: staging network for developers to test code before production
  jsonrpc: https://fullnode.testnet.sui.io:443
  graphql: https://graphql.testnet.sui.io/graphql
  faucet: https://faucet.testnet.sui.io/v2/gas
- name: Devnet
  purpose: unstable network for early testing of upcoming/in-development features
  jsonrpc: https://fullnode.devnet.sui.io:443
  faucet: https://faucet.devnet.sui.io/v2/gas
- name: Localnet
  purpose: local developer network run via the sui CLI (sui start / RPC 9000)
  jsonrpc: http://127.0.0.1:9000
  faucet: http://127.0.0.1:9123/gas
faucet:
  web: https://faucet.sui.io/
  endpoint_pattern: https://faucet.${NETWORK}.sui.io/v2/gas
  methods:
  - web UI (Request SUI button)
  - Discord (#devnet-faucet / #testnet-faucet channels)
  - cURL POST to the /v2/gas endpoint
  - Sui TypeScript SDK (requestSuiFromFaucetV2)
  rate_limited: true
  notes: >-
    Dispenses free test SUI on Devnet/Testnet/Localnet only; requests are rate
    limited. Never usable on Mainnet.
test_mode_signal:
  mechanism: network-scoped host selection (no test/live API key prefixes)
  key_auth: none (public full-node RPC is open, no API key)
docs:
- https://docs.sui.io/guides/developer/getting-started/get-coins
- https://docs.sui.io/guides/developer/getting-started/connect