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Light Token Program

High performance token standard for rent-free DeFi and Payments.

ZK Compression Core

Core primitives for rent-free tokens & accounts.

Features

Rent-free Accounts

Create Solana accounts without paying upfront rent.

L1 Performance & Security

Execution and state onchain on Solana.

Fully Composable

Works with existing programs and accounts.

Quickstart

Installations

npm
yarn
pnpm

Install packages in your working directory:

npm install @lightprotocol/stateless.js@alpha \
            @lightprotocol/compressed-token@alpha

Install the CLI globally:

npm install -g @lightprotocol/zk-compression-cli@alpha

Install packages in your working directory:

yarn add @lightprotocol/stateless.js@alpha \
         @lightprotocol/compressed-token@alpha

Install the CLI globally:

yarn global add @lightprotocol/zk-compression-cli@alpha

Install packages in your working directory:

pnpm add @lightprotocol/stateless.js@alpha \
         @lightprotocol/compressed-token@alpha

Install the CLI globally:

pnpm add -g @lightprotocol/zk-compression-cli@alpha

Get started

Mint tokens in under 3 minutes.

Toolkits

Light Token
Compressed Tokens

Stablecoin Payments

Integrate light-token APIs with familiar SPL patterns.

Wallets

Allow users to display and swap light-tokens.

Streaming Mints

Stream mint events from the network in real-time.

Streaming Tokens

Stream token events from the network in real-time.

Cookbooks

Light Token Program

Program and client guides for mints, token accounts, and transfers.

Compressed Tokens

Client guides for compressed token accounts.

Compressed PDAs

Program and client guides for PDA accounts.

Solana Attestation Service (Devnet)

Build with compressed attestations using Rust or Typescript.

Using AI in Development


MCP	Connect AI tools to the Light Protocol repository via Model Context Protocol
DeepWiki	Use Deepwiki for advanced AI assistance with your development.

Claude Code
Codex
Most Clients (Windsurf, Cursor, ...)

claude mcp add -s user -t http deepwiki https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp
claude mcp add -s user -t http zkcompression https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp

codex mcp add zkcompression -- npx -y mcp-remote@latest https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp
codex mcp add deepwiki -- npx -y mcp-remote@latest https://mcp.deepwiki.com/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepwiki": {
      "serverUrl": "https://mcp.deepwiki.com/sse"
    },
    "zkcompression": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote@latest", "https://www.zkcompression.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}

AI Tools Guide

Resources

Security Audits

View security audits and formal verification.

Light Token Standard

Learn core concepts of the Light token program.

ZK Compression

Learn core concepts of ZK Compression.

SDK Reference

TypeScript

@lightprotocol/stateless.js

Client SDK for Light Token and Compressed Accounts

@lightprotocol/compressed-token

Client for Light Token and Compressed Tokens.

Rust

light-client

Rust client for Light Token and ZK Compression.

light-sdk

Core SDK for on-chain programs.

light-program-test

Testing framework for programs.

Overview

Scale Anything on Solana.

Light Token Program

ZK Compression Core

Features

Rent-free Accounts

L1 Performance & Security

Fully Composable

Quickstart

Installations

Get started

Mint tokens in under 3 minutes.

Toolkits

Stablecoin Payments

Wallets

Streaming Mints

Streaming Tokens

Airdrop without Claim

Airdrop with Claim

Wallets

Token-2022

Example Web Client

Example Node.js Client

Example Token Distribution Flows

Cookbooks

Light Token Program

Compressed Tokens

Compressed PDAs

Solana Attestation Service (Devnet)

Using AI in Development

AI Tools Guide

Resources

Security Audits

Light Token Standard

ZK Compression

SDK Reference

TypeScript

@lightprotocol/stateless.js

@lightprotocol/compressed-token

Rust

light-client

light-sdk

light-program-test