# Hive Developer Portal - Resources

### Overview

Hive has an active developer community that is constantly innovating on the blockchain. While the their presence on this page doesn’t constitute endorsement, it’s likely a few of these projects could be beneficial for your Hive idea.

### Client Libraries

Radiator - https://github.com/inertia186/radiator

Radiator is a Ruby API client to interact with the steem blockchain.

Hive-JS - https://github.com/steemit/steem-js

Pure JavaScript Hive crypto library for node.js and browsers. Can be used to construct, sign and broadcast transactions in JavaScript.

Steem-TX-JS - https://github.com/mahdiyari/steem-tx-js

Lightweight JavaScript library for creating and signing transactions. Works with frameworks like Nativescript. This library is a solution to such cases when other libraries are not working. And also an alternative for only creating, signing, and broadcasting transactions.

DHive - https://gitlab.syncad.com/hive/dhive

A Typescript Hive crypto library for node.js and browsers.

Beem - https://github.com/holgern/beem

A python library to interact with the Hive blockchain. It includes the CLI tool beempy.

PHP Hive - https://github.com/lukestokes/php-steem-tools

Various tools and scripts written in PHP for exploring the STEEM blockchain.

### Bluepaper

The Steem Bluepaper describes how the Steem blockchain works, and provides an overview of the key features.

https://steem.com/steem-bluepaper.pdf

### Whitepaper

The Steem Whitepaper provides a more in depth technical analysis of how the Steem blockchain operates.

https://steem.com/SteemWhitePaper.pdf

### Tools

ChainSync - https://github.com/aaroncox/chainsync

A simple library to stream blocks and operations for digesting into other mediums.

Interactive Hive API - https://hive.hivesigner.com/

Interactive Hive API swagger, open-source script allows you to simply studying Hive API + Hivesigner API so you can start building decentralized apps in matter of hours.

HiveSQL - https://hivesql.io/

A private Microsoft SQL server database with Hive blockchain data, subscription based, allows you to do flexible queries and analyze blockchain data.

eSync - https://github.com/eSteemApp/esync

eSync extracts Steem blockchain data and saves into Mongodb, written in Nodejs.

SteemPress - https://github.com/drov0/steempress

SteemPress is a WordPress plugin to allow you to automatically publish your articles to the Steem blockchain whenever you publish them on your blog.

Many more projects and tools can be found at https://hiveprojects.io

### Hivesigner Libs

Most people who will be implementing OAuth2 will want to find and utilize a library in the language of their choice.

If you’re wondering what Hivesigner is, go here.

Hivesigner SDK - https://github.com/ledgerconnect/hivesigner.js

An official javascript library for utilizing Hivesigner.

### Hive Keychain

Hive Keychain is a browser extension solution to integrate web sites with the Hive blockchain.

Installation for Hive Keychain on:

- Google Chrome or Brave - https://github.com/stoodkev/hive-keychain (how to install)
- Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hive-keychain/

For information on integrating Steem Keychain into your own web application, see: Website Integration

### Community & Help

HiveDevs Chat - https://discord.gg/B29Bbng

HiveDevs chat is a public Discord chat community where members of the Steem development community go to discuss Steem development, and other related topics.

It is a great place to go to ask questions, meet other developers that are working on Steem projects, share tips and code snippets, and discuss the items you are working on.

This discord also has an accompanying Hive Community: HiveDevs