Practical overview
When it fits
Use Lore when you already have a Solana protocol in view and want to organize token-focused underwriting questions before making an allocation decision.
Who it is for
- Solana token buyers seeking a structured initial diligence pass.
- Researchers comparing protocol governance, token economics, treasury runway, unlock pressure and traction.
Documented uses
- Assess whether protocol activity and fee retention support a token’s investment case.
- Surface governance concentration, treasury runway and upcoming supply pressure.
- Compare multiple protocols using a shared diligence framework.
- Turn protocol research into a concise allocation memo with reasons to act, wait or avoid.
Requirements & limits
- The scoring framework covers governance, fee retention, treasury runway, unlock overhang and traction quality.
- The README describes a comparison view for multiple Solana protocols.
- The project is TypeScript-based, identifies version 5.x, and documents local setup with Git and npm.
- The README names Claude in the project description.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Set up Lore locally
Prepare the repository and start its documented development command.
Before you start
- Git
- npm
- A local environment file based on the repository’s .env.example
Steps
Clone https://github.com/LoreResearch/Lore.
Change into the Lore directory.
Run npm install.
Copy .env.example to .env.
Run npm run dev.
Expected outcome
The documented local setup sequence reaches the project’s development command.
Guide limitations
- The instructions do not specify required environment-variable values.
- These setup steps do not establish that a research memo has been generated.
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 14 October 2026
- Original website title
- LoreResearch/Lore · Official homepage title · retained in its source language

