generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
source: https://solana.com/docs/clients
description: >-
  First-party and widely-used community client libraries for interacting with the Solana
  JSON-RPC API and building transactions. Official SDKs are maintained by Anza / the Solana
  Foundation; Python libraries are community-maintained but recommended in the official docs.
packages:
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: "@solana/kit"
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@solana/kit
    install: npm install @solana/kit
    repository: https://github.com/anza-xyz/kit
    official: true
    notes: Recommended modern TypeScript SDK (formerly web3.js 2.x), maintained by Anza.
  - language: javascript
    registry: npm
    name: "@solana/web3.js"
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@solana/web3.js
    install: npm install @solana/web3.js
    repository: https://github.com/solana-foundation/solana-web3.js
    official: true
    notes: Legacy 1.x TypeScript/JavaScript SDK; superseded by @solana/kit.
  - language: rust
    registry: crates.io
    name: solana-sdk
    url: https://crates.io/crates/solana-sdk
    install: cargo add solana-sdk
    repository: https://github.com/anza-xyz/solana-sdk
    official: true
    notes: Core Rust SDK (keypairs, transactions, instructions) used by on-chain programs and the Agave validator.
  - language: rust
    registry: crates.io
    name: solana-client
    url: https://crates.io/crates/solana-client
    install: cargo add solana-client
    official: true
    notes: Rust RPC client (RpcClient) for talking to Solana JSON-RPC nodes.
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: solana
    url: https://pypi.org/project/solana/
    install: pip install solana
    repository: https://github.com/michaelhly/solana-py
    official: false
    notes: solana-py, the community Python library recommended in Solana docs; builds transactions and calls the JSON-RPC API.
  - language: python
    registry: pypi
    name: solders
    url: https://pypi.org/project/solders/
    install: pip install solders
    repository: https://github.com/kevinheavey/solders
    official: false
    notes: High-performance Python toolkit (Rust bindings) used under the hood by solana-py.