The latest articles on DEV Community by Luka Kechexmadze (@mlytc). https://dev.to/mlytc https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4173499%2F56946e85-8582-4bfd-84e6-7e0c66bf9ff2.jpg https://dev.to/mlytc en Luka Kechexmadze Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:06:30 +0000 https://dev.to/mlytc/smod-stop-rebuilding-start-building-55m1 https://dev.to/mlytc/smod-stop-rebuilding-start-building-55m1 <h1> I Built SMOD: A Package Manager for Reusable Solana Programs </h1> <p>If you've built more than one Solana program, you've probably written the same logic more than once.</p> <p>Payments, escrow, common instructions, account validation, and other building blocks often end up copied between projects. It works, but maintaining and reusing that code isn't always straightforward.</p> <p>I wanted to explore a better approach, so I built <strong>SMOD</strong>.</p> <p>🔗 <strong>GitHub:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/MLYTC1/smod" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/MLYTC1/smod</a></p> <h2> What is SMOD? </h2> <p>SMOD is a CLI package manager for reusable Solana on-chain modules.</p> <p>Think of Cargo for Rust or npm for JavaScript, but designed around reusable Solana program modules.</p> <p>The idea is simple: instead of repeatedly copying common logic between projects, developers should be able to manage reusable modules as dependencies.</p> <p>SMOD currently supports:</p> <ul> <li> <strong>Project initialization</strong> — create a project with <code>smod init</code>.</li> <li> <strong>Dependency management</strong> — track modules in a human-readable <code>smod.toml</code> manifest.</li> <li> <strong>Lockfiles</strong> — use <code>smod.lock</code> to track resolved dependencies.</li> <li> <strong>Dependency updates</strong> — update installed dependencies with <code>smod update</code>.</li> <li> <strong>Local module registry</strong> — work with locally stored module packages and metadata.</li> </ul> <p>The CLI is implemented and working. The registry is currently local, so I'm not claiming that SMOD already has a decentralized, production-ready package ecosystem. That's part of the direction I'd like to explore next.</p> <h2> Why build this? </h2> <p>Solana developers have excellent tools for building programs, but I think there's room to improve how reusable on-chain code is packaged, distributed, and maintained.</p> <p>I want SMOD to make common modules easier to reuse and give the ecosystem a more standardized way to manage them.</p> <p>Longer term, I'm interested in exploring a decentralized registry, potentially using IPFS for module storage and Solana accounts for registry metadata.</p> <p>That's the vision. Right now, I'm focused on making the core tool useful first.</p> <h2> Want to try it? </h2> <p>I'd really appreciate feedback from Solana developers, Rust developers, and anyone interested in developer infrastructure.</p> <p>Check out the repository, follow the setup guide, and try SMOD in a test project:</p> <p>👉 <strong><a href="https://github.com/MLYTC1/smod" rel="noopener noreferrer">Explore SMOD on GitHub</a></strong></p> <p>If you find it useful, consider giving the repository a ⭐. It helps other developers discover the project and motivates me to keep improving it.</p> <p>Even more valuable: tell me what doesn't work, what features are missing, or whether you'd actually use a package manager like this in your Solana workflow.</p> <p><strong>A few questions for the community:</strong></p> <ul> <li>How do you currently share and reuse common Solana program logic across projects?</li> <li>Would you prefer a centralized registry, a decentralized registry, or a combination of both?</li> <li>What would SMOD need before you'd consider using it in a real project?</li> </ul> <p>I'm building this independently and would love to hear what the community thinks.</p> <p>Thanks for checking it out!</p> rust solana devtools opensource