Overview
AdaStat is a free Cardano explorer that helps you pick a stake pool to delegate your ADA to. It lists every Cardano pool with detailed numbers on past rewards, blocks produced, fees, and how much ADA is currently staked with each one. The site also covers blocks, transactions, native tokens, and Cardano governance, so it works as a one-stop tool for following the network.
AdaStat is built and maintained by community contributors and runs without ads or paid placements.1 The project pays its own bills through its STAT stake pool and grants from Project Catalyst, Cardano's community funding program. It is open source under a permissive licence, with all of the code published on GitHub.2
Where AdaStat stands out among Cardano block explorers is the depth of its staking and governance sections. The pool pages show the full life of every pool, and the governance pages list every proposal with who voted how.
Key Features
- Full history for every pool. Each pool page shows the full track record, including blocks produced, rewards paid out, and how delegations have moved in and out over time, which helps you spot reliable operators1.
- Governance in one place. A dedicated section lets you browse Delegated Representatives (DReps), watch open proposals, and see how DReps and stake pool operators voted on each one.
- Available in four languages. The interface is published in English, German, Russian, and Ukrainian, which broadens access for community members outside the English-speaking world.
- Open source you can self-host. The full codebase is on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 license, so anyone can read it, contribute, or run their own copy against the live Cardano network or a test version2.
- Telegram alerts. The ADAstatBot sends pool reward notifications to your phone, so you do not need to keep checking the site to know when rewards arrived.
What to Expect
AdaStat opens to a clean dashboard with a top menu for pools, blocks, transactions, tokens, DReps, and governance actions. The landing page shows live network activity alongside recent blocks and freshly minted tokens, giving a quick sense of what is happening right now.
The stake pools section is the strongest part of AdaStat. It offers a sortable table with columns for lifetime rewards per ADA, live stake, number of delegators, fees, declared pledge, and blocks produced this cycle. Click into any pool and you get the full history laid out, which is useful when comparing operators. The governance section shows every proposal with its status and a clear breakdown of how the votes landed.
The look is functional rather than fancy. Pages load fast, real-time updates keep numbers fresh, and the main menu gets you anywhere in one click. The Cardano Foundation profiled AdaStat's lead developer in a community spotlight, recognising the project's role in the ecosystem.3
