Dear Polkadot forums community,
We are pleased to share the latest addition to our XCM Tool stack. We also have some deprecations to cover, and we wanted to give you sort of general overview of what is new.
Meet ParaSpell CLI
A short configuration wizard collects your requirements, generates a complete starter project, and installs its dependencies. The result is a working codebase ready for your first cross-chain transfer.
# Example of startup command, you can also use bun, npm or yarn
pnpm dlx paraspell-cli@latest
The wizard covers:
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XCM SDK or XCM API, whichever suits your architecture
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React, Vue, or Node.js as your target
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PAPI, Polkadot.js, or Dedot as your Polkadot client
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Swap, EVM, and Snowbridge extensions, on demand
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Your package manager of choice and an optional development wallet
Every option is also available as a flag, so starter projects can be generated in one line for CI pipelines or internal templates. Where each of our templates offered exactly one project shape, the CLI generates dozens, always on current package versions.
ParaSpell CLI GitHub ・ 
ParaSpell CLI Docs ・ 
ParaSpell CLI Web
Deprecated: XCM SDK and XCM API starter templates
The XCM SDK and XCM API starter templates are now deprecated and fully replaced by the CLI. They served their purpose well, but a static repository can only ever represent one combination of framework, client, and extensions.
Winding down: XCM Visualizer
The XCM Visualizer is winding down. It was the first XCM visualization tool in the ecosystem and it was fully funded by a 
second place at the Polkadot Global Series North America 2024 Hackathon, so this is not a decision we took lightly.
The reason comes down to the data behind it. The Visualizer relies on indexed historical XCM data, and as there are fewer chains overall than in 2024, with only a portion of them indexed by Subscan this makes continued maintenance harder to justify, so we are redirecting the effort into the parts of the stack developers use daily.
The Visualizer stays online until the end of 2026 at xcm-visualizer.paraspell.xyz, so there is plenty of time to explore it or export any graphs and data you may still need.
Deprecated does not mean gone
All three repositories stay public and open source permanently. Nothing is being taken down, hidden, or relicensed, and anyone is free to fork, study, self-host, or carry them forward:
Work funded by the community belongs to the community, including the parts we step away from maintaining ourselves.
The rest of the stack continues as usual
The XCM SDK 
, XCM API 
, XCM Analyser 
, XCM Playground 
, and XCM Docs are all actively maintained and improving. Full overview on our landing page.
We would love your feedback
Tell us which frameworks, clients, or extensions the CLI should support next. If your team’s stack is not covered yet, this thread is the right place to say so.
Thank you for your time, and happy scaffolding 
With kind regards,
Team ParaSpell