Indy Agents
Agents come in all varieties. Some are simple and static; these might be appropriate for IoT use cases that are hard-wired for a single connection. Others are complex and cloud-based, suitable for enterprise use. Still others run on mobile devices for individual users. For more information about general agent theory or about agent categories, see the Agents Explainer HIPE.
This repo contains a handful of reference agents. To run them, you must have a build of libindy plus a running ledger. If you are just trying them out, we recommend running a ledger locally using docker. See the README in each implementation directory for more details.
The repo also has some useful tools for agent developers--especially a test suite that can exercise agent interoperability.
Known Agent Implementations
The following agents are known to the general community. If you would like to list your agent here, please submit a pull request.
| Name | Source | Use Cases | Interop Results from Test Suite | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| python ref agent | community / Sovrin Foundation (see github contributors) | cloud (web-based) | not yet published on the web, but 100% passed in Feb 2019 | see python/README.md in this repo |
| node.js ref agent | community / BYU (see github contributors) | cloud (web-based) | not yet tested | see nodejs/README.md in this repo |
| Sovrin Connector | Sovrin Foundation | mobile app (assumes cloud support) | not yet tested | github.com/ sovrin-foundation/ connector-app |
| IndyCat | Government of British Columbia | Cloud for institutions (besides agent, includes drive to enable injection of business rules in messaging protocols) | 100% passed in Feb 2019 | https://github.com/bcgov/indy-catalyst/ |
| StreetCred | StreetCred | commercial mobile app + .NET framework for agents of all types | not yet published on the web, but X% passed in Feb 2019 | github.com/ streetcred-id/ agent-framework |
| Verity | Evernym | commercial enterprise agent, focused on credential issuance and proving for login and onboarding | not yet tested | evernym.com |
| Connect.Me | Evernym | commercial mobile agent for individuals (free but requires SaaS subscription for supporting cloud agent) | not yet tested | Android or iOS App Store |
| Pi Agent | Evernym | Simple cli agent for connecting and sending basic messages. Useful in IOT (Raspberry Pi) applications. | not yet tested | https://github.com/evernym/connectathon-agent |
Related Topics
If you are interested in developing indy-sdk, please visit the indy-sdk repository and follow the Getting Started Guide there.