Get Started with Aiken

Aiken is a modern smart contract platform for Cardano.

Installation

Install Aiken from Source

To install Aiken from source we recommend cargo, a package manager for Rust. To install it, please refer to the Rust Installation Guide.

cargo install --git https://github.com/aiken-lang/aiken.git

Install Aiken from Nix Flakes

nix build .#aiken

Quick Start

aiken --help

Editor Integrations

These editor integrations are currently available for Aiken:

Editor	Plugin
VSCode	editor-integration-vscode
Vim/Neovim	editor-integration-nvim

Hello World

You are ready now to write and execute your first smart contract on Cardano. Have a look at the hello world example contract.

Visit the Aiken website and explore other examples.