Nectar Validator Assistant

An interactive terminal user interface for configuring and managing validators on the Nectar network. Built with Bubble Tea and styled using Lip Gloss.

Features

• 💡 Vibrant full-screen TUI with a stylized ASCII Nectar logo
• 🧭 Menu-driven wizard for creating a new validator
• 🧾 Live YAML preview of configuration as you type
• 🔧 Hooks for updating validators, Grafana setup, snapshots and reset tooling
• 🧱 Extensible architecture for future enhancements like automated deployment and dashboards

Requirements

• Go 1.20+
• Git

Running

To launch the assistant locally, run the project with Go:

go run .

This will start the interactive terminal UI. If you prefer to build a binary first, run:

go build -o validator-assistant
./validator-assistant

Navigation

• ↑/↓ move
• Enter select or confirm
• Esc go back
• q or Ctrl+C quit

The assistant guides you through filling out validator details. Configuration is previewed live and can later be used to automate deployment.

Project Layout

validator-assistant/
├── main.go                 # Entry point
├── assets/                 # ASCII logos and other static assets
├── ui/                     # Bubble Tea models, views and styles
├── config/                 # Validator configuration structs and helpers
├── deploy/                 # Deployment logic (future)
└── utils/                  # Shared helpers

Full Validator Setup

Need help from a fresh server all the way to a running validator with monitoring? Follow the Full Validator Step-by-Step Guide.

Contributions and feature requests are welcome!