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Examples is a public Apache-2.0-licensed repository of sample applications, microservices and code for the Internet Computer. It includes Motoko and Rust canisters, full-stack examples with frontends, frontend hosting samples, native-app integrations and WebAssembly canisters.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use the repository when you want a concrete Internet Computer sample to learn from or adapt, and can follow the selected example's README and security guidance.

Who it is for

  • Developers learning how to build Internet Computer canisters and applications.
  • Developers seeking a Motoko, Rust, frontend, native-app or WebAssembly project to study or adapt.
  • Developers using AI coding agents with the repository's documented ICP skills.

Documented uses

  • Explore a simple full-stack canister with a frontend using the Motoko or Rust hello_world example.
  • Add Internet Identity authentication to an example by studying who_am_i.
  • Use frontend hosting examples, including React and static-site samples, as starting points for an Internet Computer project.
  • Review Unity or other native-app integration examples.
  • Study Motoko, Rust or WebAssembly canister patterns for Internet Computer microservices.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and licensed under Apache-2.0.

  • Choose the language or project type first: examples are organized for Motoko and Rust canisters, frontend hosting, native apps and WebAssembly.
  • Local command-line setup requires Node.js LTS and the ICP CLI; Motoko and Rust examples have additional language-specific prerequisites.
  • A VS Code Dev Container is documented as an alternative setup route with a preconfigured ICP toolchain for Motoko and Rust.
  • The repository warns that examples may not implement all security best practices and are not intended as commercial applications.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Set up a local example project

Prepare a repository example for local development and continue with its own documented deployment instructions.

Before you start

  • Node.js LTS
  • The ICP CLI packages: @icp-sdk/icp-cli and @icp-sdk/ic-wasm
  • For Motoko examples: ic-mops
  • For Rust examples: Rust and the wasm32-unknown-unknown target

Steps

  1. Install Node.js LTS and the ICP CLI packages.

  2. For a Motoko example, install ic-mops; for a Rust example, install Rust and add the wasm32-unknown-unknown target.

  3. Clone the repository and change into the selected language and example directory.

  4. Follow that example's README for deployment instructions.

Expected outcome

A local copy of a selected example with the documented language prerequisites in place, ready for its README's next steps.

Guide limitations

  • Deployment steps vary by example and are not detailed in the repository overview.
  • The examples are not intended as commercial applications and do not include an express or implied support or warranty commitment.
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