Nwaku

Introduction

The nwaku repository implements Waku, and provides tools related to it.

• A Nim implementation of the Waku (v2) protocol.
• CLI application wakunode2 that allows you to run a Waku node.
• Examples of Waku usage.
• Various tests of above.

For more details see the source code

How to Build & Run

These instructions are generic. For more detailed instructions, see the Waku source code above.

Prerequisites

The standard developer tools, including a C compiler, GNU Make, Bash, and Git. More information on these installations can be found here.

Wakunode

# The first `make` invocation will update all Git submodules.
# You'll run `make update` after each `git pull` in the future to keep those submodules updated.
make wakunode2

# See available command line options
./build/wakunode2 --help

For more on how to run wakunode2, refer to:

• Run using binaries
• Run using docker
• Run using docker-compose

Waku Protocol Test Suite

# Run all the Waku tests
make test

Examples

Examples can be found in the examples folder. This includes a fully featured chat example.

Tools

Different tools and their corresponding how-to guides can be found in the tools folder.

Bugs, Questions & Features

For an inquiry, or if you would like to propose new features, feel free to open a general issue.

For bug reports, please tag your issue with the bug label.

If you believe the reported issue requires critical attention, please use the critical label to assist with triaging.

To get help, or participate in the conversation, join the Waku Discord server.