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Tenderly Sandbox

Tenderly Sandbox

A fast prototyping environment for Solidity smart contracts that runs entirely in the browser with integrated debugging and transaction simulation.

originSan Francisco, USA
users100k-200k
launched2019
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Audience
๐Ÿ’ธDeFi Developers
๐Ÿ› ๏ธInfrastructure Developers
๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธDAO Tooling Developers
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Overview

Tenderly Sandbox is a browser-based development environment designed to simplify and accelerate Solidity smart contract prototyping and testing. It provides an integrated interface with Solidity and JavaScript editors, allowing developers to write, compile, and execute smart contracts without any local setup. The Sandbox creates a temporary Ethereum fork with pre-funded accounts for each session, enabling instant transaction simulation and debugging. This environment is especially useful for beginners, educators, and developers who want to quickly iterate on smart contract logic.

The Sandbox integrates tightly with the broader Tenderly platform, enabling seamless transition from prototyping to advanced debugging and monitoring. Developers can inspect transaction traces, state changes, and gas usage directly from the Sandbox interface or by loading transactions into the Tenderly Dashboard. It supports dynamic imports of external Solidity contracts from npm packages, and includes built-in support for popular JavaScript libraries like Ethers.js and Web3.js to interact with contracts programmatically.

What sets Tenderly Sandbox apart is its zero-install, shareable, and embeddable nature. Each Sandbox has a unique URL that can be shared or embedded in websites and tutorials, making it a practical tool for collaboration and education. Users can customize their environment by selecting network forks, block numbers, compiler versions, and optimization settings. The platform also offers advanced examples such as AAVE flashloan integration and BAYC land sale contract optimizations, demonstrating real-world use cases and gas efficiency improvements. Getting started requires only a web browser and optionally a Tenderly account to save and manage Sandboxes.

The Problem

Developers face high barriers when prototyping and testing Solidity smart contracts due to complex local setups, fragmented tools, and limited debugging capabilities. Sharing and collaborating on smart contract code is also cumbersome without easy-to-use, shareable environments.

Complex local environment setup for Solidity development

The Solution

Key Features

Temporary Ethereum forks with pre-funded accounts

Each run creates a fork with 10 accounts funded with 100 ETH for testing transactions.

Dual editors for Solidity and JavaScript

Write smart contracts and scripts to deploy/interact with them side-by-side.

Support for Ethers.js and Web3.js libraries

Built-in JavaScript libraries to interact with contracts on the fork.

Customizable environment settings

Select network, block number, compiler version, and optimization levels.

Key Strengths

Zero-install browser-based environment
Integrated debugging and transaction simulation
Shareable and embeddable Sandboxes

How Developers Use Tenderly Sandbox

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Rapid smart contract prototyping and testing

Developers can quickly write and test Solidity contracts with instant feedback and debugging without local setup.

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Educational tutorials and workshops

Educators use shareable Sandboxes to demonstrate Solidity concepts and blockchain interactions interactively.

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Gas optimization analysis

Developers analyze and optimize contract gas usage using detailed transaction traces and real contract examples.

Works Well With
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Resources

Tenderly provides comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and example Sandboxes to help developers get started quickly with the Sandbox environment and advanced smart contract debugging.