One thing I noticed when joining Steemit three days ago is that information is hard to find on what Steem and Steemit actually is. Also there are many good tools and resources available but no one knows them. This post tries to adress that issue.

So many new users ask themselves:

What is Steem and what is Steemit?

Steemit is a social network, similar to https://www.reddit.com/ where you can post, comment and vote on content. But the twist is, you get Steem when others like your content. And Steem is worth money. Currently over a dollar. So unique content creators can earn money without the users having to pay for it.

That sounds nice, but how do i get in?

Steemithelp has a wonderful tutorial for this.

Is Steemit the only way to view posts?

No, there are many other clients available. Some of the popular are listed here:

Esteem – Mobile Steem Client for iOS and Android
Busy – Facebook like design for Steem
Zappl – Soon to come twitter like client for Steem
chainBB – A forum like client for Steem
SteepShot – An instagram like client for Steem

How do I get all the details on what happens?

There are many good tools to view the Steem blockchain:

SteemD – See all internal data for anything on the blockchain
SteemStats – Here you can watch users and get live updates
SteemDollar – Liveticker on Steem price compared to other currencies
Steemviz – Livefeed of what happens on Steem
SteemWatch – Configure notifications for events you are interested in
Phist – See the history of any post
Mention – See who mentioned you
SteemitPond – Visualize what happens on Steemit
Steemification – Chrome extension for Notifications

What else is out there for the Steemer in me?

Here are some cool projects for Steem:

SteemLink – A Steem based URL shortener
Steemlink – A minimalistic blog for your Steem account
SteemVids – See the latest videos on Steem
SteemQ – Soon to come Video Platform for Steem
SteemitBoard – Achievements for Steemit
Vessel – Lite wallet for Steem
Reprint – Blog powered by Steem
SteemConnect – Oauth like login for Steem apps
AskSteem – Search Engine for Steem
FloatVote – Add a floating vote button to every post

What cool community projects exist?

Here are some I find interesting:

SteemShop – Buy and Sell goods with Steem
SteemGig – Start your own Community Project
SteemDonate – Collectively fund charities with an upvote
SteemitHealth – Daily selfcare exercises you get paid for

I want to develop an app for Steem, what can help me?

Here is a list of Apps and Libraries for Steem:

SteemData – A MongoDB service to get Steem data from
SteemConnect – Add auth to your app without storing keys
SteemFeed – Steem Price SDK for python
API Explorer – Try out requests to the Steem API
Steem – The blockchain
- SteemJS – Javascript SDK for Steem
- SteemPython – Python SDK for Steem
  - SteemTools – Extra Utilities for SteemPython
- Piston – Python SDK for Steem
  - PistonCLI – Command Line Interface for Steem
- SteemJ – Java SDK for Steem

Useful Links:

Steemithelp – a wonderful site linking to many helpful posts
SteemD Distribution – See some statistics on how users are distributed
SteemDollar VoteWorth – See how much one of your votes is worth
Steemviz PendingPayouts – See how much in pending payout to expect
Steemviz Deleted – See all deleted posts
Steemviz Promo – See how much a promotion costs
SteemVids Create – Easy youtube video embed to your post
Steem TradingView – Realtime Steem price chart with candles
SteemInvest – Copy curators and support them with your voice
Streemian – Automate common tasks while you are not online
Conductor – Manage your Witness Node
SteemMonitor – Monitoring App for Witnesses
SteemWhales – See the top users on Steem
SteemDown – See what whales power down
SteemCap – See the Steem Market cap live
SteemCool – See the level of any user
SteemSupply – See statistics of users
SteemSplit – Split the reward of a post with other users

This post is an aggregation of many useful resources and tools, please give them credit! If there is an error or you feel misrepresented, please comment below and I will edit the post.

This post will be updated with new information when new tools come out. Please comment if you found I missed a tool.

Any feedback is appreciated. Follow @reggaemuffin for updates!