# Go QRL Execution Client

> The official Go execution-layer client for QRL 2.0, providing full, archive, and light node modes, QRVM smart-contract execution, HTTP, WebSocket, and IPC JSON-RPC interfaces, and contract developer utilities.

- Canonical page: [Go QRL Execution Client](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/projects/go-qrl/)
- Status: Beta · Testnet + Local/Private
- Type: Infrastructure (`infrastructure`)
- Primary category: Network operations (`network-operations`)
- Capabilities: Node clients, RPC services
- QRL relationship: Native
- QRL support: QRL 2.0 (testnet, local-private)
- Publisher: [The QRL](https://www.qrlecosystem.com/publishers/the-qrl/index.html.md)
- Source availability: Full
- Listed: 2026-08-17
- Data updated: 2026-08-17
- Search keywords: node, execution-client, json-rpc, qrvm

## Project links

- [Website](https://github.com/theQRL/go-qrl)
- [Documentation](https://test-zond.theqrl.org/install)


## Repositories

- [Infrastructure repository](https://github.com/theQRL/go-qrl) — license: GPL-3.0 AND LGPL-3.0


## Features

- Full, archive, and light QRL 2.0 execution-node modes
- QRVM smart-contract execution and state management
- HTTP, WebSocket, and IPC JSON-RPC endpoints
- Contract bindings, QRVM debugging, and network utilities