# NIGHTFORGE - Dev Tool for Midnight

**URL:** <https://forum.midnight.network/t/nightforge-dev-tool-for-midnight/1069>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** ecosytem, community\
**Created:** [March 9, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/nightforge-dev-tool-for-midnight/1069 "2026-03-09T22:51:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Cadalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Cadalt](https://forum.midnight.network/u/Cadalt)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/nightforge-dev-tool-for-midnight/1069/1 "2026-03-09T22:51:44Z")

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Hey everyone 👋

I’ve been working on **NIGHTFORGE** , a comprehensive development toolkit for Midnight that aims to streamline the entire contract development workflow - similar to what Hardhat/Foundary does for Ethereum.

What is it?

NIGHTFORGE handles the repetitive stuff so you can focus on building:

- **Project scaffolding** - quick setup with `nightforge init`

- **Contract compilation** - simple `nightforge compile`

- **Wallet lifecycle** - create, restore, manage wallets

- **Proof server orchestration** - handles proof server setup

- **Auto deployment** - orchestrates the full deploy flow with one command

### Quick Start

```auto
npx nightforge init

```

### What’s Coming

We’re currently working on two major improvements:

1. **Wallet seed security** - Currently seeds are stored in the project folder. We’re moving to a secure keystore location (`~/.nightforge`) so sensitive data stays out of your codebase.

2. **Local network support** - Testing and deploying locally before hitting shared networks.

### Check it Out

- **GitHub:** https://github.com/cadalt0/NIGHTFORGE

- **Docs:** https://github.com/cadalt0/NIGHTFORGE/tree/main/Docs

- **Contributing:** https://github.com/cadalt0/NIGHTFORGE/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

- **Website** : [https://midnight-forge-pearl.vercel.app/](https://midnight-forge-pearl.vercel.app/)

We’d love feedback from the community - any issues, feature requests, or suggestions are welcome!

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**Author:** ![lolocoding](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.midnight.network/lolocoding/32/505_2.png) [@lolocoding](https://forum.midnight.network/u/lolocoding)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://forum.midnight.network/t/nightforge-dev-tool-for-midnight/1069/2 "2026-03-10T12:26:10Z")

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Welcome to [Midnight’s Awesome dApps Lis](https://github.com/midnightntwrk/midnight-awesome-dapps/pull/81)t, @Cadalt !! Excited to have you building in the ecosystem. What a cool and important tool!