# Useful Tools and APIs

Over the course of cheqd's product development we have identified various tools required to help the cheqd team, cheqd validators, and community members better monitor the network.

All of these are **open-source** and **available to be used within your project**.

## Get started

Please find a selection of tools and APIs to obtain more information about the cheqd Network or its associated services:

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Block Explorer</strong></mark></td><td>Visit our block explorer to explore the cheqd mainnet or testnet.</td><td><a href="tools/block-explorer">block-explorer</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Testnet Faucet</strong></mark></td><td>Use the testnet faucet to acquire free testing CHEQ tokens.</td><td><a href="tools/testnet-faucet">testnet-faucet</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Validator Status API</strong></mark></td><td>Monitor your validator status or other validator statuses with alerts.</td><td><a href="tools/validator-status-api">validator-status-api</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Cosmos Data APIs</strong></mark></td><td>Explore different tokenomic variables, such as circulating supply.</td><td><a href="tools/data-apis">data-apis</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Airdrop Helpers</strong></mark></td><td>Use our pre-built UI and distribution engine for airdrops to simplify your own.</td><td><a href="tools/airdrop">airdrop</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Address Convertor</strong></mark></td><td>Convert any cheqd address into a Cosmos address or vice-versa.</td><td><a href="tools/address-convertor">address-convertor</a></td></tr><tr><td><mark style="color:blue;"><strong>Ethereum Bridge</strong></mark></td><td>Understand how we have created an ERC20 wrapped token, and how this is made available</td><td><a href="tools/ethereum-bridge">ethereum-bridge</a></td></tr></tbody></table>