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Aptos Name Service

Aptos Name Service is a repository of Aptos Move smart contracts for name-service functionality, including a reverse-lookup registry and router.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when developing Aptos name-service functionality and you need the repository’s Move contracts or its documented testnet deployment and setup workflow.

Who it is for

  • Aptos developers building name-resolution or address-to-name lookup features.
  • Move developers who need to test or deploy the contracts to Aptos testnet.

Documented uses

  • Build an Aptos name-resolution service around the contracts.
  • Create a registry for resolving addresses to names.
  • Deploy the contracts and initialize the reverse-lookup registry and router on testnet.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

  • The code is written in Move and targets the Aptos ecosystem.
  • The README distinguishes current development, mainnet and testnet branches.
  • The documented deployment and setup sequence is for testnet and uses Aptos CLI profiles plus repository scripts.

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

Deploy and set up the contracts on Aptos testnet

Publish the contracts to testnet and initialize the reverse-lookup registry and router using the repository’s documented scripts.

Before you start

  • Aptos CLI, for the documented aptos init step.
  • The repository’s move_publish.sh and testnet_setup.sh scripts.

Steps

  1. Run aptos init to create a profile.

  2. Update the target address and profile in move_publish.sh.

  3. Run ./sh_scripts/move_publish.sh to deploy.

  4. Set the same addresses in testnet_setup.sh, then run ./sh_scripts/testnet_setup.sh.

Expected outcome

The setup script initializes the reverse-lookup registry, switches the router to V1+V2 mode and sets testnet metadata URLs.

Guide limitations

  • This guide covers the documented testnet workflow; it does not describe mainnet deployment steps.
  • The README requires addresses in the setup configuration to match those used for deployment.
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17 October 2026
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