# Installation

Let's install Dedot to your project and start connecting to blockchain networks

### Install `dedot` package

Dedot provides an umbrella package named `dedot`, it's the only package you need to install to access to most of the primitives & APIs when you're working with Dedot.

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```sh
npm i dedot
```

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```sh
yarn add dedot
```

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```sh
pnpm add dedot
```

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### Enable auto-completion/IntelliSense

Each Substrate-based blockchain has their own set of Data Types & APIs to interact with, so being aware of those Types & APIs when working with a blockchain will greatly improve the overall development experience. Dedot exposes TypeScript's Types & APIs for each individual Substrate-based blockchain via [`ChainApi`](https://github.com/dedotdev/chaintypes/blob/main/packages/chaintypes/src/index.ts) interfaces, we recommend using TypeScript for your project to have the best experience.

Types & APIs for each known Substrate-based blockchains are defined in package [`@dedot/chaintypes`](https://github.com/dedotdev/chaintypes)

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```sh
npm i -D @dedot/chaintypes
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```sh
yarn add -D @dedot/chaintypes
```

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```sh
pnpm add -D @dedot/chaintypes
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Make sure to install `@dedot/chaintypes` as a `dev dependency`.

### Next

After setting up your project & installing all the necessary packages, let's start connecting to a blockchain network and have some fun!