Installation

Rust Crates

Add BaseID crates to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
baseid-core = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
baseid-crypto = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
baseid-did = "0.1.0-alpha.1"
baseid-vc = "0.1.0-alpha.1"

Pick only the crates you need. The full list of available crates:

Crate	Purpose
baseid-core	Shared types, traits, bilingual errors
baseid-crypto	Key generation, signing, verification
baseid-did	DID creation and resolution
baseid-vc	W3C Verifiable Credentials (JWT-VC)
baseid-sd-jwt	SD-JWT Verifiable Credentials
baseid-mdl	ISO 18013-5 mobile driving licences

Web (npm)

npm install @baseid/wasm @baseid/react

CLI

cargo install baseid-cli

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/baseid-io/baseid.git
cd baseid/src/rust
cargo build --release -p baseid-cli

The binary will be at target/release/baseid.

Prerequisites

• Rust 1.75+ — install via rustup
• Node.js 20+ — for web SDKs
• wasm-pack — for WASM builds: cargo install wasm-pack

Verify Installation

# Check the CLI
baseid --version

# Run the test suite
cd src/rust
cargo test --workspace