Blockchain development firm Consensys has announced it is going to stop offering Truffle and Ganache web3 developer tools as it shifts focus to MetaMask Snaps and its software development kit (SDK). 

Ganache and Truffle are toolkits used for developing, deploying, and testing smart contracts on Ethereum and other networks.

“Consensys is announcing the sunset of Truffle and Ganache, as we shift our focus towards empowering developers with MetaMask toolings like Snaps and SDK,” the web3 software company said in an X post.

On Thursday, Consensys outlined in a blog post plans to invest in new web3 developer tools. “We are investing in new tools and APIs to empower developers to build powerful dapps with MetaMask, Infura, and Linea.” The blog post added that Truffle engineers will join these new teams to accelerate the buildout of developer offerings. 

The firm will support Truffle and Ganache users’ transition to alternative ecosystem tools like Hardhat, Foundry, Remix, Thirdweb, and OpenZeppelin, providing documentation outlining the migration process.

Consensys will be partnering with HardHat to provide a smooth transition process, it added.

Migration support for developers

Consensys assured it will provide support for developers to tr