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Essential Eth

The Essential Library
for Ethereum

A minimal, performant, and correct toolkit for interacting with the Ethereum blockchain. Drop-in ethers.js replacement at a fraction of the size.
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🚀 Up to 20× Smaller Bundle Size

Essential Eth is laser-focused on performance. Ship less JavaScript, load faster, delight your users.

8KB
Essential Eth
160KB
ethers.js v5

Why Essential Eth?

Blazing Fast

Tree-shakeable ESM modules mean you only ship what you use. Up to 20× smaller than alternatives—your users will notice the difference.

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  <h3>Drop-in Compatible</h3>
  <p>Familiar ethers.js API surface. Migrate incrementally without breaking changes or rewriting your entire codebase.</p>
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  <h3>TypeScript First</h3>
  <p>100% TypeScript with complete type coverage. Catch errors at compile time and enjoy best-in-class autocomplete.</p>
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  <h3>Zero Config Providers</h3>
  <p>JsonRpcProvider, FallthroughProvider, and AlchemyProvider work out of the box with sensible, production-ready defaults.</p>
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  <h3>Complete Toolkit</h3>
  <p>Everything you need: addresses, ABIs, hashing, encoding, unit conversion, ENS resolution, and contract interactions in one package.</p>
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  <h3>Battle Tested</h3>
  <p>Comprehensive test suite with 100% coverage. Trusted in production by teams building the future of Ethereum.</p>
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npm install essential-eth