Host a GUI
This guide offers instructions on how to create and host your own GUI on Serum.
How do you Host a DEX GUI?
Want to help support the Serum ecosystem? Host a GUI and get a fraction of the fees!
Open source GUI: https://github.com/project-serum/serum-dex-ui
More about staking and voting: https://projectserum.com/#/staking-and-voting
Anyone can trade on any of the DEX markets, as they are not permissioned:
https://github.com/project-serum/serum-js
(Has some interfacing code to make it easier to trade)
In the spirit of DeFi, users are invited to compose with, it, and host their own GUIs.
Serum GUI
You will find the official repository of Serum DEX UI here:
This repository provides everything you need to start your own Serum GUI.
Once you have forked the repository, you can run a local environment by running:
Customizing
The Serum DEX UI uses React and Ant Design UI library. To learn how to customize it, refer to their official guide.
Collecting Fees
Serum allows you to collect 20% of the fees for the orders made on your GUI. In order to collect the fees, you need to modify the .env file that looks like this:
To collect fees enter your USDT SPL and USD SPL addresses, for example:
Setting your own Domain Name
The package.json file contains a field called homepage, change it to your name domain.
Hosting
There are different solutions to host your GUI. You can host it for free on Github Pages or host it on your own server.
Github Pages
This is the easiest way of hosting and deploying a GUI, you simply have to use the following command to deploy your GUI
The GUI will then be hosted on the gh-pages branch of your Github repository.
Hosting on your own Server
Alternatively, you can host your GUI on your own server and use Nginx for instance to serve it. To create the production build run:
The build will be created in the build folder of the working directory.
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