- DEX Modules — features that plug into a DEX through the Orderly SDK: a frontend plugin, optionally backed by its own service (maintained by you or a third party). This handbook is about building and shipping these.
- Apps — standalone apps, services, and tools that live beyond the frontend plugin system. Coming soon — see List an app.
Terminology: A module is the complete feature you ship — a plugin (the frontend UI
that plugs into your DEX via the Orderly SDK) plus an optional backend service for persistent
logic. “Plugin” is the developer-level term for the frontend code; “module” is how the feature
is listed in the marketplace.
Install a module
Browse modules at marketplace.orderly.network (AI agents can discover them via the marketplace APIGET /api/plugins?search=... or the /llm.txt catalog), then install the npm package and register it in your OrderlyAppProvider:
Develop a module
The plugin system requires Orderly SDK v3.0.0 or above.
- Frontend-only modules run entirely client-side: SDK hooks, direct Orderly REST/WebSocket API calls (the SDK provides the authenticated context), or embedded third-party services. For example: UI/styling enhancements, analytics dashboards, market screeners, social PnL sharing, custom deposit/withdraw UI.
- Modules with your own backend add a builder-hosted service for persistent logic that outlives a browser session (strategy execution, scheduled orders, cross-user features), talking directly to the Orderly API. For example: TWAP, Grid Bot, DCA, Copy Trading, alert systems.
| Tool | What it does | Install |
|---|---|---|
| orderly-devkit CLI | Scaffold, build, and submit modules | pnpm add -g @orderly.network/devkit |
| Plugin agent skills | Guided AI-agent workflows (create → write → integrate → submit) | orderly-devkit skills install |
| SDK Docs MCP | Query Orderly SDK docs from your agent | orderly-devkit mcp install |
Submit a module
Once your module is published to npm, you can list it on the Builders Marketplace. Submission is permissionless, with a security review before it goes live. Submit any of these ways:- Web — sign in with GitHub at marketplace.orderly.network and fill in the form.
- CLI / AI agent —
orderly-devkit submit, or run the/orderly-plugin-submitagent skill.
- Distribution — listed modules appear across Orderly-powered UIs, giving your work instant reach.
- Discoverability — builders and AI agents find and install modules through the marketplace web UI, its API, and the
/llm.txtcatalog. - Monetization — modules that provide a service can run their own business model (transaction fees, subscriptions, or profit sharing through the module’s backend).