Getting Started

Overview

Wagmi is a React Hooks library for Ethereum. You can learn more about the rationale behind the project in the Why Wagmi section.

Automatic Installation

For new projects, it is recommended to set up your Wagmi app using the create-wagmi command line interface (CLI). This will create a new Wagmi project using TypeScript and install the required dependencies.

pnpm

pnpm create wagmi

npm

npm create wagmi@latest

yarn

yarn create wagmi

bun

bun create wagmi

Once the command runs, you'll see some prompts to complete.

Project name: wagmi-project
Select a framework: React / Vanilla
...

After the prompts, create-wagmi will create a directory with your project name and install the required dependencies. Check out the README.md for further instructions (if required).

Manual Installation

To manually add Wagmi to your project, install the required packages.

pnpm

pnpm add wagmi viem@2.x @tanstack/react-query

npm

npm install wagmi viem@2.x @tanstack/react-query

yarn

yarn add wagmi viem@2.x @tanstack/react-query

bun

bun add wagmi viem@2.x @tanstack/react-query

• Viem is a TypeScript interface for Ethereum that performs blockchain operations.
• TanStack Query is an async state manager that handles requests, caching, and more.
• TypeScript is optional, but highly recommended. Learn more about TypeScript support.

Create Config

Create and export a new Wagmi config using createConfig.

config.ts

import { http, createConfig } from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

export const config = createConfig({
  chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
  transports: {
    [mainnet.id]: http(),
    [sepolia.id]: http(),
  },
})

In this example, Wagmi is configured to use the Mainnet and Sepolia chains, and injected connector. Check out the createConfig docs for more configuration options.

TypeScript Tip

If you are using TypeScript, you can "register" the Wagmi config or use the hook config property to get strong type-safety across React Context in places that wouldn't normally have type info.

register config

import { useBlockNumber } from 'wagmi'

useBlockNumber({ chainId: 123 })
Type '123' is not assignable to type '1 | 11155111 | undefined'.

declare module 'wagmi' {
  interface Register {
    config: typeof config
  }
}

hook config property

import { useBlockNumber } from 'wagmi'

useBlockNumber({ chainId: 123, config })
Type '123' is not assignable to type '1 | 11155111 | undefined'.

By registering or using the hook config property, useBlockNumber's chainId is strongly typed to only allow Mainnet and Sepolia IDs. Learn more by reading the TypeScript docs.

Wrap App in Context Provider

Wrap your app in the WagmiProvider React Context Provider and pass the config you created earlier to the value property.

app.tsx

import { WagmiProvider } from 'wagmi'
import { config } from './config'

function App() {
  return (
    <WagmiProvider config={config}>
      {/** ... */}
    </WagmiProvider>
  )
}

config.ts

import { http, createConfig } from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

export const config = createConfig({
  chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
  transports: {
    [mainnet.id]: http(),
    [sepolia.id]: http(),
  },
})

Check out the WagmiProvider docs to learn more about React Context in Wagmi.

Setup TanStack Query

Inside the WagmiProvider, wrap your app in a TanStack Query React Context Provider, e.g. QueryClientProvider, and pass a new QueryClient instance to the client property.

app.tsx

import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
import { WagmiProvider } from 'wagmi'
import { config } from './config'

const queryClient = new QueryClient()

function App() {
  return (
    <WagmiProvider config={config}>
      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
        {/** ... */}
      </QueryClientProvider>
    </WagmiProvider>
  )
}

config.ts

import { http, createConfig } from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

export const config = createConfig({
  chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
  transports: {
    [mainnet.id]: http(),
    [sepolia.id]: http(),
  },
})

Check out the TanStack Query docs to learn about the library, APIs, and more.

Use Wagmi

Now that everything is set up, every component inside the Wagmi and TanStack Query Providers can use Wagmi React Hooks.

profile.tsx

import { useAccount, useEnsName } from 'wagmi'

export function Profile() {
  const { address } = useAccount()
  const { data, error, status } = useEnsName({ address })
  if (status === 'pending') return <div>Loading ENS name</div>
  if (status === 'error')
    return <div>Error fetching ENS name: {error.message}</div>
  return <div>ENS name: {data}</div>
}

app.tsx

import { QueryClient, QueryClientProvider } from '@tanstack/react-query'
import { WagmiProvider } from 'wagmi'
import { config } from './config'
import { Profile } from './profile'

const queryClient = new QueryClient()

function App() {
  return (
    <WagmiProvider config={config}>
      <QueryClientProvider client={queryClient}>
        <Profile />
      </QueryClientProvider>
    </WagmiProvider>
  )
}

config.ts

import { http, createConfig } from 'wagmi'
import { mainnet, sepolia } from 'wagmi/chains'

export const config = createConfig({
  chains: [mainnet, sepolia],
  transports: {
    [mainnet.id]: http(),
    [sepolia.id]: http(),
  },
})

Next Steps

For more information on what to do next, check out the following topics.

• TypeScript Learn how to get the most out of Wagmi's type-safety and inference for an enlightened developer experience.
• Connect Wallet Learn how to enable wallets to connect to and disconnect from your apps and display information about connected accounts.
• React Hooks Browse the collection of React Hooks and learn how to use them.
• Viem Learn about Viem and how it works with Wagmi.