This thread is for high-level discussion about Motoko ecosystem gaps. For specific feature requests and library needs, contribute to the Motoko Wishlist 2025 thread . The Gap Motoko has strong fundamentals but struggles with production adoption. Most serious IC projects default to Rust, not because …

I think on of the hard parts about this, even as a developer, is coming up with a list of specific libraries that are needed, because each project is different and requires different things. So it seems like a lot are required and maybe there is just a point where its saturated enough to be more bro…

Tbh its all about the network effects. However since wasm components will allow you to choose any language while still benefiting from the whole ecosystem, that would also make it unnecessary to choose it instead of existing languages that also support the component model. Perhaps the strong integra…

I think EOP is a great USP for Motoko, isn’t it? :slight_smile: thanks for starting this thread @Gekctek , curious about other opinions out there.

I find the lack of JSON support really painful.

Lack of protobuf support is another pain point (particularly given the abundant use of protobuf encoded data on the IC).

Can you elaborate on specifics, just to make sure im aware of all cases there is a Json library now But I think its a big issue that we cant say Json.deserialize<T>(json) in the Motoko language right now due to lack of reflection-esque features

@Lorimer I would be curious on your exact needs I am actually starting work on a protobuf library for IPLD related things and im trying to figure out the minimum that would be helpful I don’t plan on doing things like auto code generation, but at least basic parsing Also could you point me to whe…

[image] Gekctek: at least basic parsing This would be very useful, thanks @Gekctek . [image] Gekctek: Also could you point me to where the protobuf encoded data is on the IC Two things off the top of my head are: IC ledger blocks ( get_blocks ) Registry data (such as info about nodes a…

Looking at adoption from a differnet angle and I ask - What is Motoko’s use case outside of ICP? I believe more can be done to promote it as a general language and for other specific usage. Without expanding adoption into other areas of development i think Motoko will always be second class to Rust …

I think the fact that none of the protocol or application canisters managed by the NNS are written in Motoko is problematic for the language being taken seriously (it certainly doesn’t signal that it’s ready for serious projects). If Motoko is the official language of the IC, there should be an ini…

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Wasn’t as pointed to dfinity as i remember but essentially

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