cargo-pvm-contract

A cargo subcommand to build Rust contracts to PolkaVM bytecode.

This tool scaffolds Rust contract projects from Solidity interface files (.sol). It automates:

• Function selector generation
• Input/output encoding and decoding (ABI)

This tool is designed for building smart contracts in Rust using the low-level API provided by pallet-revive-uapi. For a more high-level, user-friendly API, see Ink!.

Contract Generation

Contracts can be generated using two approaches:

• High-level API: Uses the sol! macro with automatic struct generation for type-safe contract development
• Low-level API: Provides more manual control over the contract implementation

To learn more, visit the Rust Contract Template.

Installation

cargo install --force --locked cargo-pvm-contract

Usage

Once installed, you can use it as a cargo subcommand:

cargo pvm-contract

This launches an interactive prompt to initialize a new contract project. Just build the generated project with cargo build. The PolkaVM bytecode will be written to target/<bin>.<profile>.polkavm.