Overview
Cardano.org is the official community website for Cardano, where newcomers learn what the network is and existing users find guides, news, and community channels. Rather than promoting one company's product, it points you to the right place, whether that's a wallet, an app, a governance vote, or a grant program.
The Cardano Foundation, a not-for-profit based in Zug, Switzerland, publishes the site and lists it among its own websites1. The site's contribution guide says Cardano.org "should be managed by a collective and not a single entity"2. The site's code sits in a public GitHub repository under the Apache-2.0 open-source license3.
The contact page names the organizations that support Cardano, including the Cardano Foundation, Input Output, EMURGO, Intersect, and PRAGMA4. The site's entities page describes Input Output as a research and engineering company, EMURGO as a company focused on commercial adoption, Intersect as a not-for-profit, member-based organization for the Cardano ecosystem, and PRAGMA as a not-for-profit association for open-source blockchain software5.
Key Features
- A guided start for newcomers. The Cardano.org wallet finder compares wallets by platform and features, with a shortcut that shows the easiest options for people who are new to Cardano6.
- News from several Cardano organizations in one feed. The news section carries posts by the Cardano Foundation, Intersect, Input Output, and a community digest, covering development reports, governance updates, and ecosystem announcements7.
- A directory of apps by task. The apps showcase filters Cardano apps by what you want to do, such as staking, trading, voting, or minting NFTs, and a transaction leaderboard sorts them8.
- Funding programs gathered in one place. A grants and funding page lists programs such as Project Catalyst, proposals to the Cardano treasury (larger projects, funded by on-chain vote), accelerators, and a retainer for people who maintain core software, grouped by whether you have an idea, a product, or open-source work9.
- Governance explained for ADA holders. The governance section shows how holders can hand their voting power to a DRep, a representative who votes on their behalf, and notes that delegating never moves ADA out of their wallet10.
What to Expect
Newcomers land on a homepage that explains Cardano in plain terms, then branches into Learn, Use, Build, and Participate menus. From there you can read about ADA, pick a wallet, estimate staking rewards, or read the common-scams page before sending funds anywhere.
Community members get a map of where conversations happen. The communities page lists the main Telegram group, a developers group, a report-to-admin channel for moderation issues, three Discord servers, the Cardano Forum, and Reddit. Regional groups cover many languages11.
Builders and organizations can list themselves. The Cardano.org contribution guide walks project teams through adding an app, a company, an event, or a news article. It says adding a project takes about 5 to 10 minutes and needs no coding2. Changes go in as small, reviewable updates rather than full redesigns.
People who want to help with the site itself can fix typos, improve pages, or translate. Community translators work on Vietnamese, German, Japanese, and Spanish versions of the site12.
