Ross ROSS = Recommend OSS · open-source software intelligence for agents

a16z/halmos

A symbolic testing tool for EVM smart contracts observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/a16z/halmos · Python · AGPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

50/100

  • Activity 35
  • Release rhythm 41
  • Longevity 97
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 23.5
  • age_days: 1360
  • days_rel: 399
  • days_push: 392
  • n_releases_24m: 11

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1028 stars · 110 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Halmos is a symbolic testing tool for EVM smart contracts, primarily targeting Solidity projects via a Foundry frontend. It leverages existing test suites to perform formal-verification-style checks using symbolic execution and SMT solvers.

Use cases

  • symbolically test solidity smart contracts
  • formally verify evm contract invariants using existing foundry tests
  • find counterexamples to contract properties automatically
  • check smart contract equivalence between implementations
  • run formal verification on ethereum contracts from the command line

When to choose

  • you have a foundry/solidity test suite and want stronger guarantees without rewriting tests
  • you want lightweight formal verification of evm contracts
  • you need automated counterexample generation for contract properties

When to avoid

  • you need full formal verification of complex contracts beyond what symbolic testing can prove
  • your contracts are written in languages not yet supported like vyper or huff
  • you need runtime fuzzing rather than symbolic execution

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

testing security developer-tools cli security blockchain developer-tools testing python cli evm smart-contracts solidity formal-verification symbolic-execution foundry smt-solver linux macos docker

2 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
a16z/halmosmain50

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="a16z/halmos")

Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem