Minifabric: A Hyperledger Fabric Quick Start Tool (with Video Guides) – Hyperledger Foundation 2025 Update: Off to a Fast Start! Read on → Search Join About About Explore membership Members Technical Advisory Council Governing Board Speakers Bureau Staff FAQ Store Contact us Technologies Ledger technologies Interoperability Integration & implementation Decentralized identity Cryptographic tools & protocols Project matrix Labs All projects Deploy Certified service providers Vendor directory Training partners Participate Why get involved? How to contribute Contribute to code Host your project with us Regional chapters Special interest groups Job board Resources Linux Foundation ID Logos & guidelines Trademarks & guidelines Charter Code of conduct Github repos Discord Wiki Mailing lists Report a security bug Learn Case studies Training & certifications Use case tracker Member webinars Insights News Blog Announcements Newsletters Events Events Meetups Meeting calendar Join Follow Us Blog Minifabric: A Hyperledger Fabric Quick Start Tool (with Video Guides) Hyperledger | Apr 29, 2020 Hyperledger Fabric is the clear leader in permission based blockchain frameworks. It has become the de facto standard for enterprise blockchain platforms. Its performance and data privacy capabilities are second to none in the very crowded blockchain fields. However, its powerful capabilities come with some challenges in its deployments, implementations and understanding, especially for those who are used to other blockchain systems such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.  It does not have to be that way. With the right tooling, one can easily deploy Fabric networks, learn how Fabric works, understand the life cycles of Fabric artifacts and become an expert as a Fabric network administrator or chaincode developer. With these goals in mind, I created a tool named Minifabric that allows you to easily setup a Fabric network, expand your network, install and upgrade your own chaincode, invoke transactions, inspect your ledger, and change configurations of your channel. By going through these tasks using Minifabric, you can gain valuable skills and a complete understanding of Hyperledger Fabric. Minifabric comes as a 10-line bash script (for Linux and OS X) or 30-line batch script (for Windows) and is available on github.com under Apache 2 license. You can get started with Minifabric to start your Hyperledger Fabric journey by simply following this README. To further aid the people using Minifabric, I’ve also made a series of videos to demonstrate how you can accomplish various tasks. Quick Start Introduction to Minifabric, how to stand up Fabric network and clean up Channels How to create channels, join peers to channels, inspect and change channel configuration Chaincode How to work with Chaincode including install, approve, commit, upgrade, invoke and query Policy and Organizations How to inspect and change endorsement policies, how to bring in new organizations and how to work with private data collections Artifacts and VSCode Fabric Extension How to use VSCode Fabric extension to work with a production like Fabric network. Minifabric creates many files that help Fabric SDK users easily connect to a Fabric network.  Inside Minifabric How Minifabric executes various commands and how Minifabric is able to always keep up with the latest Fabric. Discusses how Minifabric was designed and implemented, its commands and parameters. View previous blog post Back to all blog posts View next blog post The latest community news in your inbox Select the checkboxes below for the monthly decentralized digest and dev/weekly newsletters About LF Decentralized Trust The Linux Foundation's flagship organization for the development and deployment of decentralized systems and technologies. About Members TAC Governing board Speakers bureau Staff FAQ Contact us Technologies Ledger technologies Interoperability Integration & implementation Decentralized identity Cryptographic tools & protocols Project matrix Labs Participate Why get involved? How to contribute Contribute to code Host your project with us Regional chapters Special interest groups Job board Deploy Certified service providers Vendor directory Training partners Resources Linux Foundation ID Logos & guidelines Trademarks & guidelines Charter Code of conduct Github repos Discord Wiki Mailing lists Report a security bug Learn Case studies Training & certifications Use case tracker Member webinars Insights Events Events Meetups Meeting calendar News Blog Announcements Newsletters Meeting Calendar Copyright © 2025 The Linux Foundation®. All rights reserved. LF Decentralized Trust is a trademark of The Linux Foundation. For a list of LF Decentralized Trust's trademarks, please see our Trademark Usage page. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.