Show HN: Ethnode, a Lightweight Alternative to Ganache-CLI

Hi HN,

ethnode is actually built mostly by my dear friend @vrde. We had quite some frustration setting up our own private nodes for Ethereum. Ganache-CLI didn't always work for us.

That's why @vrde took the opportunity to build ethnode. It's essentially just a JavaScript wrapper around geth or parity in clique (Geth) or InstantSeal (Parity) mode.

With geth it's compatible with http://remix.ethereum.org. Both Parity and Geth are compatible with truffle.

The tool is pretty young still and if you have feature requests or bugs, please open an issue on GitHub.

I use it on a daily basis to develop my smart contracts.

Feedback, usage and contributions are obviously welcome :) Give it a try!

$ npm i -g ethnode && ethnode