Create Aptos Dapp Token Minting Dapp Template

The Token minting dapp template provides an end-to-end Fungible Asset minting dapp.

With this dapp, you can:

1. Create a Fungible Asset on Aptos.
2. Modify a pre-made UI to build a Token minting dapp users can quickly adjust.
3. Learn how to write a Move contract and front end connected to that contract.

Read more about the Aptos Fungible Asset Standard

The Token minting dapp template provides 3 pages:

1. Public Mint Fungible Asset Page - A page for the public to mint Fungible Assets.
2. Create Fungible Asset page - A page for creating new asset. This page is not accessible on production.
3. My Fungible Assets page - A page to view all the assets created under the current Move module (smart contract). This page is not accessible on production.

Quick Start

• Create a token on chain
• Customizing the frontend
• Deploy to a live server

Generate the Token minting dapp template

On your terminal, navigate to the directory you want to work in and run:

npx create-aptos-dapp@latest

Follow the CLI prompts.

Publish the Move Contract

VITE_APP_NETWORK=testnet
VITE_FA_CREATOR_ADDRESS=0xC0FEE

npm run move:publish

Publishing the asset on-chain

After you have published the Move contract to chain

npm run dev

Customizing the Front-End

Most data on the front end is customizable in frontend/config.ts.

Set the fa_address config

In order to add a fungible asset to the public mint page, set fa_address in .env with the asset address.

You can use an assset that you have minted using the tool by going to the “My Assets” page and copying its address.

Modify static content

Once the fungible asset address has been configured, view the frontend/config.ts file to change any static content on the page. You can also modify the code itself as you wish.

How to add static images?

The public mint page uses static images in the UI. Initially, the images are imported from the frontend/assets/placeholder folder. To use custom images, you should add the image you want to use to the frontend/assets folder (under any new folder you want to create) and then import the image as seen below in the frontend/config.ts file and add it under the section you want to have it.

import MyImage from "@/assets/<my-new-folder>/my-image.png";

My Assets Page

This page displays all the assets that have been created under the current Move module. You can click on the asset address, which redirects you to the Aptos Explorer site where you can see your asset.

When you are ready to use an asset on the Public Mint Page, you need to copy the asset address and assign it to the fa_address on the frontend/config.ts file.

Some stats are available on this page, like the max supply of the asset and the number of asset minted.

How can I take it from here?

Remember, one of the goals of this template is to educate and provide a real life example on how a Fungible Asset minting dapp can be on Aptos. We provide some basic concepts and features but there is much more you can do for your dapp.

Some ideas you can try are:

1. Allowlist mint stages
2. Custom flows after someone mints an asset (or even token gated experiences)
3. Check out our TS SDK to see what other API queries you can use to support more features and fetch more data.

Ready for Mainnet

If you started your dapp on testnet, and you are happy with your asset testing, you will want to get the asset on mainnet.

Creating a asset on mainnet is the same flow as creating on testnet, but we need to change some configuration.

Note: Make sure you have created an existing account on the Aptos mainnet

1. Change the VITE_APP_NETWORK value to mainnet on the .env file
2. Update the VITE_MODULE_PUBLISHER_ACCOUNT_ADDRESS to be the existing account address on the .env file
3. Update the VITE_MODULE_PUBLISHER_PRIVATE_KEY to be the existing account private key on the .env file
4. Create or get the account you want to create a asset with, open the .env file and assign the account address as the VITE_FA_CREATOR_ADDRESS value.
5. Finally, run npm run move:publish to publish your move module on Aptos mainnet.
6. The next step would be to create an asset using the account you set as the VITE_FA_CREATOR_ADDRESS. Simply follow Create a Fungible Asset Page

Deploy to a live server

create-aptos-dapp provides an npm command to easily deploy the static site to Vercel.

At the root of the folder, simply run

npm run deploy

Then, follow the prompts. Please refer to Vercel docs to learn more about the Vercel CLI

If you are looking for different services to deploy the static site to, create-aptos-dapp utilizes Vite as the development tool, so you can follow the Vite deployment guide. In a nutshell, you would need to:

1. Run npm run build to build a static site
2. Run npm run preview to see how your dapp would look like on a live server
3. Next, all you need is to deploy your static site to a live server, there are some options for you to choose from and can follow this guide on how to use each

Update the look and feel of the dapp

This template is styled with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui. These libraries provide the app with a neutral and clean look and feel while leaving it open to a lot of customization so that you can make the app truly yours.

Please refer to the following questions in the FAQ to learn about how to customize the UI of your dapp:

• What is Tailwind CSS?
• What is shadcn/ui?
• How to modify the theme?
• How to add components?
• How to add colors?
• How to add dark mode?