ACA-Py

Overview

Hyperledger Aries Cloud Agent Python (ACA-Py) is a foundation for building Verifiable Credential (VC) ecosystems. It supports issuing, verifying, and holding VCs.

With ACA-Py, developers can build Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) services without learning the nuts and bolts of low-level SDKs. You create a business logic “controller” that talks to ACA-Py, and ACA-Py does the rest.

Architecture

Characteristics

• Provides a communications framework and a secure wallet
• Uses Hyperledger Indy’s VCs
• Implements Aries RFCs features and protocols
• Written in Python but controlled over HTTP, so you can write your business logic controller in any language
• Runs in the cloud, and can be a cloud “edge” agent
• Cannot run as an “edge” agent on mobile, but a separate mobile agent (e.g. a wallet app) could communicate with it

Developer starting points

• ACA-Py repository
  • Introductory read me
  • Developers read me
  • Demos read me
• ACA-Py controller demo repository
• Architecture deep dive video
  • Slides from deep dive

Examples

• (Coming soon)