Practical overview
When it fits
Use it when beginning an Ethereum dApp and you want a paired frontend and contract-development starter with a documented local example workflow.
Who it is for
- Developers starting an Ethereum dApp project who want frontend and contract-development environments in one scaffold.
- Teams seeking a local starter workflow for testing and deploying an example contract.
Documented uses
- Generate a Web3 project structure through a CLI.
- Start a local Hardhat chain and deploy the scaffold's example contract locally.
- Launch a React frontend development server alongside contract development.
Requirements & limits
The project is documented as an open-source repository under the MIT license.
- Frontend tooling choices listed include Next.js and Vite, with JavaScript or TypeScript.
- The README lists Hardhat and Foundry for Ethereum development, and Wagmi and RainbowKit among included libraries.
- The documented example deployment is local; no public-network deployment sequence is provided.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Create a project and run its local example
Generate a starter project, launch a local Hardhat environment, deploy its example contract locally and start the frontend dev server.
Before you start
- A terminal with npx, plus Yarn or npm for dependency installation.
- The generated project directory.
Steps
Run the command below to create the project.
npx create-web3In the generated project, install dependencies with
yarnor the command below.npm installRun
yarn chainor the command below in the project directory to start the local Hardhat environment.npm run chainIn another terminal, enter the project directory and run
yarn deployor the command below to deploy the example contract locally.npm run deployRun
yarn devor the command below to start the development server.npm run dev
Expected outcome
A generated project with a running local chain, the example contract deployed locally and the frontend development server started.
Guide limitations
- The documented deployment step is local; the README does not give public-network deployment instructions.
- The README calls the frontend server a Next development environment, while listing both Next.js and Vite as frontend tooling choices.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 16 October 2026
- Original website title
- e-roy/create-web3 · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

