Architecture: Packages & Entry Points

octez.js is a monorepo published as a family of scoped npm packages under @tezos-x. Each package owns one concern and can be installed on its own, while the umbrella @tezos-x/octez.js package re-exports the pieces most applications need. This page maps those entry points.

The umbrella package

@tezos-x/octez.js is the entry point for application code. It exposes TezosToolkit, Context, the operation classes, the contract and wallet API surfaces, and re-exports common helpers from the lower-level packages. Most projects depend on this package alone and reach for the others only when they need a specific capability.

Package map

Package	Responsibility
@tezos-x/octez.js	Umbrella package: TezosToolkit, operations, contract & wallet APIs
@tezos-x/octez.js-core	Shared interfaces and base types used across packages
@tezos-x/octez.js-rpc	RpcClient and the typed node RPC surface
@tezos-x/octez.js-local-forging	Local operation forging
@tezos-x/octez.js-michelson-encoder	JavaScript ↔ Micheline value encoding (Schema, Token)
@tezos-x/octez.js-michel-codec	Micheline parser, emitter and binary (un)packing
@tezos-x/octez.js-signer	InMemorySigner and signing helpers
@tezos-x/octez.js-remote-signer	Signing through a remote HTTP signer
@tezos-x/octez.js-ledger-signer	Signing on a Ledger hardware device
@tezos-x/octez.js-dapp-wallet	Wallet provider for dApps
@tezos-x/octez.js-wallet-connect	WalletConnect-based wallet provider
@tezos-x/octez.js-http-utils	Pluggable HTTP backend used by the RPC client
@tezos-x/octez.js-utils	Validation, encoding and formatting helpers
@tezos-x/octez.js-contracts-library	Caching of contract scripts and entrypoints
@tezos-x/octez.js-tzip12	TZIP-12 (FA2) token-metadata extension
@tezos-x/octez.js-tzip16	TZIP-16 contract-metadata extension
@tezos-x/octez.js-sapling	Sapling shielded-transaction support
@tezos-x/octez.js-timelock	Timelock encryption helpers

How the layers depend on one another

The packages form a layered stack:

• Encoding layer — octez.js-michel-codec (text/binary Micheline) sits at the bottom; octez.js-michelson-encoder builds the JS ↔ Micheline value mapping on top of it.
• Network layer — octez.js-rpc uses octez.js-http-utils for transport and exposes the typed RPC surface.
• Orchestration layer — octez.js composes the encoding and network layers through the Context and presents the contract, wallet and operation APIs.
• Pluggable extensions — signers (-signer, -remote-signer, -ledger-signer), wallet providers (-dapp-wallet, -wallet-connect) and metadata extensions (-tzip12, -tzip16) plug into the orchestration layer through the provider interfaces described in Architecture: Framework & Context.

Choosing what to install

Install @tezos-x/octez.js for general use. Add a signer package when you need to send operations, a wallet package when you build a dApp, and the metadata or Sapling packages only when those features are required. Because each package has a single responsibility, a bundler can tree-shake the parts you do not import — see the Package Bundle guide.