# Pact Language Support for JetBrains IDEs 🚀  [](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23581) [](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23581) This plugin provides support for [Kadena's](https://kadena.io/) Pact smart contract language to the IntelliJ Platform. _**Warning:** While effort is made to ensure a stable and reliable user experience, this plugin is under heavy development and includes features based on the experimental IntelliJ Platform Language Server API._ ## What is Kadena? Kadena is the industry’s only truly scalable Layer-1 Proof-of-Work blockchain. More to the point, it’s the only blockchain scalable enough to fully replace the global financial system — and other legacy centralized systems — without compromising on speed or security. With Chainweb, Kadena’s multi-braided, infinitely scalable blockchain technology, and Pact, our industry-leading smart contract language, Kadena transcends the limits of conventional Layer-1 and Layer-2 blockchains, enabling builders to create meaningful solutions to real-world problems. In other words, Kadena is operating on a whole other layer: Layer H, the Human Layer. ### What is Pact? 🤝 Pact is a human-readable smart contract language. It allows anyone to write clearly, directly and safely onto a blockchain — a true innovation for secure and simple smart contract development. Pact will enable you to create entirely new business models and on-chain services. - [**Get started with Pact**](https://docs.kadena.io/pact) ### What is a smart contract? 📑 Smart contracts are like regular, paper contracts, except that their terms are enforced by computer code, instead of humans. Imagine if a baseball player received an automatic bonus in his next paycheck because he hit a certain number of home runs. Smart contracts are the next generation of legal contracts. And Pact is the next generation of smart contracts. ## Features ### Pact Language Server (LSP) - Error highlighting - Code completion - Documentation Please refer to the [documentation](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-lsp/tree/main#supported-features) for a full list of supported features. _**Note:** Support for Language Server Protocol features on the IntelliJ Platform is currently experimental._ ### Native (IntelliJ Platform) - Syntax highlighting - Error highlighting - Code assistance - Run configurations ## Roadmap Please refer to the [project overview](https://github.com/users/lukeribchester/projects/1) for a full list of planned features. --- ## Requirements ✅ ### Pact 4 #### 1. Pact Interpreter Install [Pact 4](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact) by downloading a [prebuilt binary](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact#binary-downloads) or by [building from source](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact#building-from-source). > [!TIP] > The easiest way to install Pact 4 on **macOS** is by using the [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) package manager. With > Homebrew installed, run the following commands: ```bash brew update brew install kadena-io/pact/pact ``` #### 2. Pact Language Server (LSP) The latest [Pact 4 Language Server](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-lsp) releases for macOS, Linux, and Windows are included with this plugin. Alternatively you can install a different version by downloading a [prebuilt binary](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-lsp/releases/latest) or by [building from source](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-lsp#building-from-source). ### Pact 5 (Alpha) #### 1. Pact Interpreter Install [Pact 5](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-5) by downloading a [prebuilt binary](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-5?tab=readme-ov-file#binary-downloads) or by [building from source](https://github.com/kadena-io/pact-5?tab=readme-ov-file#building-from-source). > [!TIP] > The easiest way to install Pact 5 on **macOS** or **Linux** is by using the > [Pactup](https://github.com/kadena-community/pactup) version manager. With [Node](https://nodejs.org) installed, run > the following commands: ```bash npx pactup install development-latest npx pactup which development-latest ``` #### 2. Pact Language Server (LSP) The Pact 5 interpreter contains an integrated language server, therefore separate installation is not required. ## Installation 💿 ### JetBrains Marketplace Install using your IDE's built-in plugin marketplace: 1. Navigate to Settings/Preferences 2. Select Plugins > Marketplace 3. Search for 'Pact' 4. Select Install Plugin View on the [JetBrains Marketplace](https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/23581-pact). ### Manual Download the [latest release](https://github.com/lukeribchester/pact-intellij/releases/latest) and install it manually from disk through your IDE: 1. Navigate to Settings/Preferences 2. Select Plugins > ⚙️ > Install Plugin from Disk... 3. Open the downloaded `.zip` file ## Configuration ⚙️ Configuration is required to enable functionality from the Pact language server: 1. Navigate to Settings/Preferences 2. Select Languages & Frameworks > Pact 3. Specify your Pact interpreter and Pact language server paths #### Pactup If you installed Pact 5 via [Pactup](https://github.com/kadena-community/pactup) then run the following command to retrieve the path of the interpreter and integrated language server: ```bash npx pactup which development-latest ``` #### Homebrew If you installed Pact 4 via [Homebrew](https://brew.sh) then run the following command to retrieve the path of the interpreter: ```bash brew info pact ```