The builder path isn’t always linear, so I’ve collected helpful things to make your ride smoother. These aren’t just docs, they’re tools put together by people who want to see you win!

Whether you're a beginner or a veteran, everything here is built to make your path to onchain success smoother and more fun. Here’s how to get started building on Base:

Step 1 - Get Based

Set up your home base and start building on Base. Whether you're deploying to mainnet or testnet, these tools will help you get started quickly.

• Review Base Website and the Base Builder Website created for you

• Use Base Mainnet or Base Sepolia Testnet

• Get access to free RPC endpoints available through these Node Providers

• Bridge assets from Ethereum using Base Bridge

• Testnet ETH is available via a large selection of Faucets

• Start building with the Base quickstart guide

Step 2 - Learn

No matter your experience level, Base has learning pathways to help you grow as an onchain builder.

• Beginners - Base Learn: Your go-to learning hub for smart contract development. Whether you’re new to coding or expanding your skills, Base Learn offers guided lessons across EVM-compatible chains. Complete modules to earn NFTs that showcase your progress.

• Experienced Builders - Base Bootcamp: Base Bootcamp is an eight-week, cohort-based program to turn experienced developers into smart contract developers. Get more information here and apply here

Step 3 - Use Essentials

Whether you’re learning smart contracts for the first time or debugging production apps, these guides and tools meet you where you are.

• Base Documentation

• Coinbase Developer Platform APIs

• The Builder Services Hub: Discounts on software and services that help Base projects ship faster, scale growth and build onchain.

• OnchainKit: Frontend components for wallet connection, balances, and transactions. Anyone can build an onchain app in 15 minutes with OnchainKit. No blockchain experience required.

• MiniKit: MiniKit is the easiest way to build Mini Apps on Base, without needing to know the details of the SDK implementation.

• Agentkit: Everything needed to create autonomous agents that can perform sophisticated blockchain operations.

• Paymaster: Let your app cover gas fees for users, perfect for onboarding

• Smart Wallet: A passkey-enabled smart contract wallet with no seed phrase required

• Onramp: Embed fiat-to-crypto checkout directly in your app

• Flashblocks: Build low-latency apps with access to pre-confirmation block data

• Basenames: Onchain usernames like you.base.eth to make onchain identity easy

• Coinbase commerce: To accept crypto payments on your app

• Base MCP: A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides onchain tools for AI applications like Claude Desktop and Cursor, allowing them to interact with the Base Network and Coinbase API. 

Infra and Analytics

• BaseScan and other Block explorers: Inspect contracts and transactions

• Dune and Artemis and: Analytics platforms for onchain metrics and insights

• Pinata and NFT.storage: IPFS storage for media, metadata, and NFTs

• Chainlink and other Oracles: Decentralized oracles for prices, randomness, and external data

• Account Abstraction tools

Identity and Social Tools

• Neynar: Powerful API for working with Farcaster social data, ideal for building social or mini apps

• Farcaster: Permissionlessly build and distribute social apps.

Guides

• Base Launch Playbook: Whether you're launching your first smart contract or scaling a big idea, the Launch Playbook is your friendly companion for going from zero to onchain. It walks you through everything from tokens to full apps, with step-by-step support, no-code tools like DappBuilder, and community-backed strategies to help you succeed. It's approachable, empowering, and packed with real-world insights from builders like you.

• Thinking Social: A blueprint for designing social mini‑apps that people love to revisit. 

• AI Prompting: Leverage AI tools effectively in your coding workflow. These strategies will help you get better results and integrate AI smoothly into your development process.