Getting Started

Looking for to start building on Farcaster for free? Wield Labs built the second largest Farcaster client (far.quest) and offers the best set of free and open-source Farcaster L1 + L2 APIs. We proudly support over 400+ developers with these high-performance APIs, open-sourced under @wieldlabs/superhub, including FarMarket APIs!

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Getting a free API Key

Start by creating a free API key! We use API keys to prevent abuse.

curl -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "description": "YOUR_DESCRIPTION",
    "email": "YOUR_EMAIL"
  }' \
  https://build.wield.xyz/apikey/create
FieldDescriptionExample
YOUR_DESCRIPTIONThe name and description of the project.Project X
YOUR_EMAILYour email address for any notifications.[email protected]

You'll use this API key as a request header in your HTTP request (API-KEY). For Authentication, use farquest-default-auth-token from your cookies formatted as Bearer ${token}.


Free Farcaster Hubs

To do Farcaster L1 writes, there are tons of companies running free hubs as linked below! Join our Developer Telegram to chat with other developers and to report any issues.

You can also run a hub for only ~$200/month (before credits)!

Free Read/Write Hubs

Support and Updates

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