Liquid Terminal

🧠 Project Name

Liquid terminal

🔍 Description

Liquid Terminal is a comprehensive navigation tool designed to simplify exploration of the HyperLiquid ecosystem. As HyperLiquid grows with its dual architecture (HyperCore and HyperEVM) and expanding community, finding and processing information becomes increasingly complex and time-consuming. 

Our free, open-source terminal provides a unified suite of tools including on-chain exploration, market analytics, ecosystem resources, and educational content. 

Additionally, Liquid Product will complement the terminal with premium services like alert tracking, API access, RPC/Node infrastructure, and trading tools, creating a sustainable revenue model while maintaining our core mission of making HyperLiquid navigation effortless and free.

🛠️ How It Works

The Problem

HyperLiquid is growing fast (600k+ users, $25B+ open interest) but information is scattered everywhere. Navigating between multiple sources is time-consuming and frustrating.

Our Solution

A unified terminal that aggregates all HyperLiquid ecosystem data in one place.

Technical Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 15 + React 19 + TypeScript
• Backend: Node.js + Express with comprehensive API
• Database: PostgreSQL with Prisma ORM
• Caching: Redis for high-performance data access
• Authentication: Privy integration with JWT
• Data Sources: HyperLiquid APIs + Hypurrscan + DefiLlama

What We Built

Market Section

• Real-time spot and perpetual market data
• Trading volumes, market caps, price movements
• Auction system tracking and timing
• Global market statistics

Explorer Section

• Block and transaction details
• Address activity monitoring
• Validator information and staking data
• Comprehensive on-chain data

Ecosystem Section

• Project database and categorization

Wiki Section

• Educational content and guides
• Documentation for ecosystem navigation

Performance Optimizations

• Smart caching: Market data cached for 10 seconds, static content for 1 hour
• Rate limiting: 72k requests/hour with burst protection
• Circuit breaker: Prevents external API failures from affecting users
• Database optimization: Prisma ORM with efficient queries

Security Implementation

• Privy authentication with role-based access control
• Input validation using Zod schemas
• CORS configuration for secure cross-origin requests
• Multi-tier rate limiting to prevent abuse

Backend API Abstraction

We've implemented HyperLiquid and Hypurrscan API calls directly in our backend to:

• Remove rate limit burden from frontend users
• Handle business logic server-side for better performance
• Centralize API management with proper error handling and retries
• Provide consistent data format regardless of source API changes

📂 Project Links

App: https://liquidterminal.xyz/dashboard

Github:https://liquid-terminal.gitbook.io/liquid-terminal

• Front: https://github.com/Yaugourt/liquidterminal_front
• Back: https://github.com/Liquid-Terminal/LiquidTerminal_Back

X: https://x.com/liquidterminal

Discord: https://discord.gg/UXSS2qzPNk

Documentation:

• Terminal: https://liquid-terminal.gitbook.io/liquid-terminal
• Product: https://liquid-terminal.gitbook.io/liquid-terminal/liquid-products
• API: https://liquid-terminal.gitbook.io/liquid-terminal/liquid-api