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Solidity Shell

Solidity Shell is a JavaScript command-line REPL for interactively evaluating Solidity. It starts with a temporary Ganache instance and supports remote compiler selection, lightweight session recording, contract interface fetching, and inspection commands for deployed contract data.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when you want a command-line Solidity workspace for quick evaluation or focused contract inspection, including a documented fork-mode workflow for reading contract storage.

Who it is for

  • Solidity developers who want to evaluate expressions and define contracts or functions in an interactive session.
  • Developers investigating contract interfaces, bytecode, opcodes, storage layout, or storage through a Ganache-backed provider.

Documented uses

  • Evaluate Solidity expressions and inspect returned values in a REPL.
  • Save, restore, undo, or reset interactive sessions.
  • Select a Solidity compiler version through a pragma that attempts to load a matching remote compiler.
  • Fetch an interface declaration from an Etherscan ABI specification and use it in the shell.
  • Inspect contract bytecode, opcodes, storage layout, or storage, including storage on a fork.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository provides the npm installation command `npm install -g solidity-shell`.

  • The tool is a CLI REPL rather than a general-purpose code editor.
  • Compiler versions are selected by pragma, with matching remote compiler loading attempted by the shell.
  • Ganache is part of the documented session workflow; fork use requires a fork URL.
  • The README warns against concurrent shells when relying on previous-session restoration or saved settings.
  • HTTPS URL imports are described as experimental.

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

Install and start the Solidity Shell

Install the npm package globally and open an interactive Solidity session.

Before you start

  • A command-line environment with npm available.

Steps

  1. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    npm install -g solidity-shell

  2. Run solidity-shell from a command prompt.

  3. Enter Solidity expressions or declarations; use .help for shell commands and .exit to leave.

Expected outcome

An interactive Solidity session in which Solidity input can be evaluated.

Guide limitations

  • The README shows the shell starting a temporary Ganache instance.
  • The guide does not establish compatibility with particular operating systems or npm versions.
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Source-based practical guide

Inspect contract storage on a Ganache fork

Display storage slots for a contract at the latest block in fork mode.

Before you start

  • Solidity Shell installed and runnable from a command line.
  • A fork URL, such as the documented Infura-style URL with an API token.
  • A contract address and storage slot range to inspect.

Steps

  1. Start the shell with solidity-shell --fork .

  2. At the prompt, run .inspect storage 0 10 to request storage beginning at slot 0 for 10 slots.

Expected outcome

The shell displays contract storage for the requested range, as illustrated for the latest block.

Guide limitations

  • The example relies on a fork provider URL; the README does not establish provider availability or access terms.
  • The documented example covers a storage read, not contract deployment or transaction execution.
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