Hydra Controller

Hydra Controller Lightweight Orchestrator for Cardano Hydra Heads by Mesh

Project Overview

Hydra Controller is a comprehensive dashboard for managing Hydra head operations, providing an intuitive interface for connecting nodes, committing UTXOs, executing transactions, and monitoring head state.

Features

• Node Management: Connect and manage multiple Hydra nodes
• Head Operations: Initialize, commit, close, and fanout Hydra heads
• Transaction Management: Create transactions, decommit UTXOs, and recover transactions
• UTXO Visualization: Visual representation of UTXO flows using GoJS
• Real-time Monitoring: Track head balance, transactions, and node status
• Dark/Light Mode: Seamless theme switching
• Mesh Wallet Integration: Connect Cardano wallets using Mesh SDK

Technologies

• Frontend: React 18 + TypeScript
• Build Tool: Vite
• UI Framework: Shadcn UI + Tailwind CSS
• Blockchain: Mesh SDK for Cardano
• Visualization: GoJS for UTXO diagrams
• State Management: React Query

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ and npm
• Git

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd hydra-flow-nexus

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Start development server
npm run dev

The application will be available at http://localhost:8080

Build for Production

npm run build

Project Structure

src/
├── components/     # Reusable UI components
├── pages/         # Page components
├── hooks/         # Custom React hooks
└── lib/           # Utility functions

License

MIT