description
The Mangrove is an on-chain, orderbook-based exchange where offers are code.

Mangrove developer documentation

Who is this documentation for?

• This documentation is targeted at readers who want to learn technical details about the Mangrove for instance to interact with it through code on-chain or off-chain.
• For a higher-level intro to Mangrove, check out mangrove.exchange.
• Strategy builders or market makers should check out the contracts documentation on how to write offers as code or post offers on-chain.
• Off-chain builders writing, e.g., bots or UI, should check out the Mangrove API.
• If you want to modify and improve the core of Mangrove, read the annotated code and head to the GitHub repository.
• All GitHub repositories can be found in the mangrovedao.

Who interacts with Mangrove

There are 3 types of actors in play:

• Offer makers add liquidity promises to Mangrove. They own offers in offer lists and must manage contracts that react to offer execution.
• Takers go to Mangrove to find liquidity by executing offers already in Mangrove.
• Governance adjusts Mangrove parameters, opens new pairs, sets fees, etc.