https://github.com/block-core/blockcore-explorer

Cross-Chain Multi-Chain Block Explorer
https://github.com/block-core/blockcore-explorer

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Cross-Chain Multi-Chain Block Explorer

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/block-core/blockcore-explorer
• Owner: block-core
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-05-02T10:51:11.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-07-16T20:27:54.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-10T15:25:55.672Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: blockchain-explorer
• Language: TypeScript
• Homepage: https://explorer.blockcore.net
• Size: 5.98 MB
• Stars: 19
• Watchers: 6
• Forks: 23
• Open Issues: 40
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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    About Blockcore Explorer

  

  


    Cross-Chain Multi-Chain Block Explorer

  

  


      

      

  

  
"This explorer is ... amazing man. So fast (by far the fastest for me) and complete" - buta


# Blockcore Explorer

The Blockcore Explorer is a cross-chain block explorer that can also run in a multi-chain mode. Individual chains that builds on Blockcore, can run this explorer for their own chain, without the multi-chain capability.

## Screenshots

Home screen:

![Home screen](/doc/blockcore-home-screenshot.png?raw=true "Blockcore Explorer Home screenshot")

Explorer screen:

![Alt text](doc/blockcore-explorer-screenshot.png?raw=true "Blockcore Explorer screenshot")

## Technologies

This block explorer support multiple blockchains in the same running instance, or can be run with only a single blockchain. It is built on Angular and runs an Single Page Application.

## Development

Blockcore Explorer is an Angular app that is hosted by the .NET runtime with an Visual Studio C# project.

It is possible to develop on the explorer without needing Visual Studio, but you need [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/).

When the Angular App first runs, it will make an HTTP request to a single REST API that is hosted on the Visual Studio C# project. This REST API will return which blockchain the explorer should display.

It can either run in multi-chain mode and list all blockchains that exists in the [public JSON file](https://chains.blockcore.net/CHAINS.json).

Or it can run in one specific chain mode, e.g. "City Chain".

If you run from console/terminal using Node.js and Angular CLI, you do NOT get this functionality. You will always get multi-chain mode when running without the Visual Studio C# project.

To run the explorer in an auto-reload mode with Angular, WITHOUT needing .NET at all, you must navigate to the following folder:

"blockcore-explorer/src/Blockcore.Explorer/ClientApp"

Then run: 

```sh

npm install -g @angular/cli

npm install

npm start

```

This will host an web server on: http://localhost:4200/

The other alternative is to open the Blockcore.Indexer.sln using Visual Studio 2022 and clicking F5 (start debugging). This will run the explorer on the following URL: http://localhost:9911/

Out of the box, the explorer will connect to locally running indexer. If you are not running your own indexer, you must do a minor configuration change so you rely on the public indexers that is hosted by the Blockcore team.

Edit this file and change the `useLocalIndexer: true` to `useLocalIndexer: false`.

[src/Blockcore.Explorer/ClientApp/src/environments/environment.ts](src/Blockcore.Explorer/ClientApp/src/environments/environment.ts)

## Legacy Explorer

Our previous Block Explorer was built on ASP.NET Razor technology and the repo has been moved

to [blockcore-explorer-legacy](https://github.com/block-core/blockcore-explorer-legacy) repository.

If you want to use and deploy the legacy explorer, make sure you run version 0.0.X of the docker images.

From version 0.1.X, the docker images will be our new explorer.