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76. What is Codama?

Standardized, framework-agnostic IDL & client generator.

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Codama is the modern, standard IDL manipulation and code generation suite for Solana. It accepts IDLs from Anchor, Shank, or custom parsers and generates high-quality, tree-shakeable client libraries for TypeScript, Rust, and other languages.

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1. What is Codama's primary purpose on Solana?
A framework-agnostic toolchain for managing IDLs and generating client SDKsA new consensus algorithmA block explorerA validator monitor
2. Which IDL sources does Codama support?
Anchor IDLs, Shank IDLs, and custom program definitionsOnly AnchorOnly Solidity ABIsNone

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