Introduction

Build powerful apps, secured by Bitcoin.

New to building with Stacks? Check out these weekly virtual meets!

Stacks DevRel office hours: Follow and enable notifications for @StacksDevs on Twitter to catch alerts for our weekly livestreams every Thursday at 10am EST. Office Hours are the easiest way to stay in the loop on product drops, live demos, community builder spotlights, and more. Stay up-to-date with release discussions, real-time walkthroughs, and builder highlights that matter.
Clarity Working Group: An open, developer-focused initiative dedicated to supporting builders across the Stacks ecosystem. The group brings together experienced Clarity engineers (“Clarity giga chads”), auditors, educators, grant project teams, and new developers to collaborate, learn, and advance smart contract development on Bitcoin. Check out the calendar link to join every other Tuesday.
AI BTC Working Group: Join the AI BTC Working Group's (WG) weekly meeting on AIBTC's twitter account, where they delve into the exciting intersection of AI and Bitcoin. Check out the calendar link to join every Thursday.
Runes Capsule Webinars: Join a weekly deep-dive into Runes Capsule architecture, Bitcoin bridging, and trust minimized design patterns on Stacks. Check out this link to join every Sundays.

Stacks ranks #5 among all crypto ecosystems for new developers in 2025! [source: Electric Capital]

Hello, Builders 👋

Stacks is a fast, low-cost, builder-friendly layer 2 network on Bitcoin. It’s built on Bitcoin, inheriting Bitcoin’s battle-tested security. By jumping into our docs, you’re joining the Stacks builder community that’s bringing a global onchain economy to Bitcoin.

If you're here on this page, hopefully you've already gotten a good sense of what Stacks' purpose is, if not, head to the Learn section. Or if you're still on the edge of why you should build with Stacks, head to Why Build with Stacks.

Pick your learning path

We all have different styles of learning. If you've already got a good concept of web3 fundamentals and want to get a quick taste of what the DevEx is like on Stacks, then check out the Developer Quickstart. Or find the path that clicks for you — and if bandwidth allows, tackle them all!