Overview
Adadrop is a free web tool for sending ADA or other Cardano tokens to long lists of wallet addresses in one guided session. Token issuers, stake pools, and NFT projects use it to handle reward payouts and community airdrops (free token distributions) without writing any code. The homepage doubles as a live feed of recent airdrops, with rolling counters for the last five minutes, hour, day, and five-day reward period1.
Adadrop is built on Cardano and maintained by independent developer Ben Elferink as an open-source side project. The interface is rendered as a visual airdrop map, so each step of a distribution shows up as a connected node rather than a long form. Adadrop uses Mesh SDK for wallet handling and Blockfrost for blockchain access, with React Flow drawing the airdrop map2. Anyone can read or fork the TypeScript source on GitHub before trusting the tool with a payout3.
Key Features
- Guided airdrop builder. A connect-your-wallet flow walks the sender from token selection through recipient list to broadcast, with each step rendered as a node on the airdrop map3.
- ADA and native-token support. Adadrop can send ADA or any token issued on Cardano, so the same workflow covers reward payouts, community drops, and NFT-holder rewards1.
- Spreadsheet-style recipient lists. Senders upload recipient wallet addresses in bulk through a spreadsheet input rather than entering wallets one at a time2.
- Open codebase. The full TypeScript source is published on GitHub under an active solo-maintainer account, so anyone can read the logic before signing a transaction3.
- Public airdrop feed. The Adadrop homepage lists recent distributions handled by the tool, alongside live counters for activity in the last five minutes, hour, day, and five-day reward period1.
What to Expect
A first-time visitor lands on a Cardano-blue dashboard showing the live airdrop counters and a list of recent distributions. Starting an airdrop requires connecting a self-custody Cardano wallet (one where you hold your own keys), after which the airdrop map opens the step-by-step flow. You pick the token, paste or upload the recipient list, review the batched payouts, and sign.
Recipient lists can be entered as a spreadsheet of wallet addresses or assembled from common holder snapshots (records of who held what at a chosen moment). A single sender can reach thousands of wallets without scripting. Adadrop fits the reward-distribution workflow rather than passive staking, because the sender funds and signs every transaction, so total cost scales with the size of the recipient list.
Community questions go through the linked Discord server and the @CardanoAirdrops x.com account. Adadrop sits inside the broader directory of Cardano DApps, and publishes its full source code, which not every airdrop tool does.
