Vega Wallet

Resources: Vega Wallet

This section is part of a series on the topic of the Vega Wallet.

What is Vega Wallet?

Apps:

• Get the desktop app
• Create a wallet with the CLI app
• Guides for the CLI app

Develop with the wallet API:

• Before you start
• How it works
• Accessing the API
• Using the JSON-RPC API

Other resources:

• See the code on GitHub ↗

A Vega Wallet is essential for interacting with Vega, whether it's for staking or trading. The Vega Wallet apps allow you to manage wallets and key pairs, deposit and withdraw assets, stake and sign transactions.

You can interact with a Vega wallet and its keys through two different apps, or integrate using the API.

Vega Wallet desktop app

The desktop wallet provides a visual interface to:

• Connect to existing Vega wallet
• Create new wallet
• Connect to networks
• Sign transactions
• Run and connect to Vega apps, such as the governance dApp

Vega Wallet CLI app

Use the command line app to do everything you can do with the desktop app, plus:

• Customise key details
• Isolate keys
• Build and send transactions

Vega Wallet API

Integrate with the Vega Wallet API to build UIs or create other headless applications like bots or scripts.

What is a wallet?

Wallet concepts: Read about how the Vega Wallet works and what the terms like 'wallet name' and 'recovery phrase' mean.