A Tour of the Tezos Tooling Landscape

As the ecosystem eases back into rhythm, this week’s focus is less about announcements and more about usefulness.

Community member Cryptonio took the time to compile a thoughtful list of Tezos tools that people actually use. Not speculative ideas or half-finished experiments, but things that quietly make daily life on Tezos easier for artists, collectors, builders, and community organizers.

What stands out about this list is how broad it is. Analytics, governance, onboarding, security, notifications, education, and creativity all show up here. It is a reminder that Tezos has grown a deep layer of practical infrastructure that often runs in the background, doing its job without much noise.

Below is the first part of Cryptonio’s curated tour.

Analytics, Visibility, and Network Insight

Bandog
An analytics and visual tool designed for artists and collectors. Bandog lets you track sales, mints, wallet networks, and spot unusual activity simply by pasting a wallet address. No wallet connection required, which makes it useful for quick checks and exploration.

Tez.cool
An open-source playground for staking data and network analytics. Tez.cool helps compare bakers, visualize wallet flows, experiment with staking ratios, and explore Tezos network activity in a way that feels both informative and human.

TzFlow
A live feed of what is happening on Tezos right now. NFT sales, token swaps, transfers, fees, TPS, and volume all surface in real time. It is especially useful for spotting patterns or discovering projects as activity unfolds.

Security, Governance, and Coordination

TzSafe
A straightforward way to create multisig wallets on Tezos. TzSafe is ideal for teams, DAOs, and shared treasuries, making collective control of funds easier to set up and manage without compromising security.

Homebase DAOs
A no-code DAO builder that supports both tez-based and token-based voting. Homebase lowers the barrier to on-chain governance, letting communities create formal decision-making structures without writing smart contracts.

Onboarding and Community Infrastructure

Mooncakes
A gamified onboarding experience built by the Kukai team. Mooncakes teaches wallets, NFTs, and on-chain basics through quests and interaction rather than documentation. It is one of the friendliest entry points for newcomers.

TTC Calendar
A community-powered calendar that tracks spaces, shows, launches, and events across Tezos. Anyone can submit events, making it a shared source of truth for what is happening and when.

Notifications and Engagement

CryptoNoises Bot
A Telegram and Discord bot that sends on-chain notifications for NFT sales, auctions, transfers, and rewards. It supports multiple wallets and users on the free tier, making it useful for collectors and teams alike.

This is only the beginning of Cryptonio’s full list, but even this first section shows how much of the Tezos ecosystem is built around practical tools that solve real problems.

Next week, we will continue exploring more of the tools that quietly power everything from art drops to governance votes.

This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem

Standing With Bosque Gracias

This week also brings difficult news from the Tezos art community.

In Epuyén, in the Argentine Patagonia, a series of devastating wildfires tore through the region and surrounded Bosque Gracias, an art residency that has been lovingly built and cared for over more than a decade. Despite every effort to protect the land, the community was forced to evacuate. Five houses were lost, including the family home and the space where the residency itself took place.

For twelve years, Bosque Gracias has been more than a location. It has been a living project. A place built by hand, repaired by hand, and shared across generations. A place where children grew up, where elders were cared for, and where artists from around the world came together to create, reflect, and connect nature with art and Tezos.

The fires made continuing the residency impossible for now. What remains is grief, exhaustion, and also a quiet determination to rebuild when it is safe to do so.

Members of the extended community, including artists who were part of recent residencies, also lost everything. The evacuation prioritized safety, especially for children, but the material loss is total. Studios, tools, homes, and years of work disappeared in a matter of hours.

This is a moment of deep sadness, but also one where the strength of a community matters.

If you are able and willing to help, support is being accepted directly to assist with immediate needs and the long road toward rebuilding:

• Tezos: nikoalerce.tez

Even sharing their story helps. Bosque Gracias has given so much to the Tezos art ecosystem over the years, offering a rare space where people could slow down, create together, and imagine different futures. Standing with them now is one way to return that care.

Our thoughts are with everyone affected, and we will continue to hold space for their recovery in the weeks ahead.

🔴 Now Streaming: How Tezos Art Took Root in Serbia

This week on TezTalks Live, host Stu welcomes Ivana Ehrensvärd, artist, community builder, and founder of Hartverse, for a wide-ranging conversation about growing the Tezos art ecosystem from the ground up in Serbia.

Joining from Belgrade, Ivana shares how her background in archaeology, museum work, and collection management shaped her approach to blockchain art. From early NFT experiments in collectibles and retail to founding Hartverse, her work has centered on education, care, and building sustainable local communities for artists exploring Tezos.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.