Five Doors Into Tezos
The Newest dApps Filling Gaps
8 minute read
There is a particular feeling that comes with trying new things, and on Tezos it is a shared passion for testing the applications of tomorrow. Years after hicetnunc sparked our first taste of a digital renaissance, I still get déjà vu from it, sometimes stronger than before. A small spark of curiosity can lead to many open doors if you let it.
Lately that spark has been firing more often. A wave of new dApps has landed across Tezos, built by small teams and solo developers I get to interact with daily. Inspired by the ‘ART’icle of the Month series, this edition turns the spotlight from the artists to the tools being shipped for them. Here are five dApps that have earned a permanent tab in my browser, along with a moment from each that has stayed with me.
TezCity: Dedicated Tezos Social Media #
TezCity was born as an idea by Ida Belle, a Montreal-based collector and generative art enthusiast whose love of art began with a family tradition of collecting. After months of building with her team, she introduced the platform in early October as a social home made for Tezos, something this community has wanted for years. It combines a social feed with direct support tools where artists set their own supporter tiers, share posts reserved for those supporters, and receive tips in tez.
Profiles carry collection badges and a total days held score, beginning with Smolskulls and Tezzardz, two infamous Tezos art collections. Every member also receives a permanent number at sign-up, much like the mint ID assigned to a new artwork. I am member #114. The count is growing slowly because the platform is still invite-only at the time of writing, which keeps the early days welcoming for testers. Smolskulls and Tezzardz holders can join without an invite. Animated GIF profile pictures, a points system, and unlockable content for supporters make it fun to come back. Join the waiting list, find a friend with an invite code, and get ready to join the newest movement on Tezos.
Aleatory: Generative Art Evolved #
Aleatory is the newest project from skllzarmy, a community developer who keeps earning spotlights for proactive and creative work on Tezos. A shared history shapes how closely I have followed him, but the benefit of using his tools has far outgrown any bias rooted in friendship. Aleatory is a fully on-chain generative art platform where artists publish their own custom generators and the code never changes once it is minted. Each mint is decided based on the code plus a seed taken from the moment a collector mints. Neither the artist nor the platform picks the final outcome fully.
The platform is open by design. Rendering is an open role any developer can fill, royalties are paid by the generator contract itself, and the interface is an open spec anyone can build on. For artists, this is Tezos doing what it does best. It keeps the work alive on-chain whether or not any single website stays online. I have always loved collecting generative art, and this was inviting enough to get me vibe coding my own. I have released four of the seventy generators launched so far, and many of my closest Tezos friends are making code-based art for the first time right alongside me.
The Discord feels alive with friendly, energized builders, and the platform keeps growing in response. Collaboration support, open editions, and a steady stream of fixes all shipped within the first days of launch, largely on user feedback. Because Aleatory is open source, anyone could fork it and build their own version. Instead, a family is forming, sharing code and testing like passionate volunteers aligned under one goal. Start exploring generators here.
TezTowers: A 3D Living World For Tezos Community #
TezTowers also comes from skllzarmy, so the same disclosure carries over. Where Aleatory is his passion project, he openly calls TezTowers his cash grab, and he is just as open that the idea is not an original one. That honesty is a big part of the charm, and devs do need to make money. Starting from a working 3D city codebase, he adapted it into a living picture of the Tezos community. Tezonians buy plots, raise towers, and keep upgrading them as the city fills in. Artists and projects can advertise on billboards and flying banners and see how many people view and click their buildings.
More than two hundred plots have sold already, and TezTowers is inviting Tezos organizations to claim a place in town. Tezos Commons stepped up as the first test case, and the Tezos Commons Town Hall now stands across from the residents, home to TC articles, news, and a radio station playing recorded talk shows. Outside, a little Blangs wanders the grounds, waiting for a high five from anyone who stops by. If you are a Tezos project hoping to be represented, there is likely a plot waiting for you, even if you don’t think you have the budget, so just reach out and ask skllzarmy for assistance. Take a stroll through TezTowers here, and expect many upgrades soon including a train to take you around town and even to other Tezos dApps.
The Wall Today: One Pixel Can Start a War #
Created by community baker and OG Tezos enthusiast Libertez, The Wall is one shared pixel canvas with a long memory. Everyone paints on the same surface, and once a month the whole wall is captured as a snapshot on Tezos, turning a month of chaotic graffiti into a permanent archive. Its tagline promises that “what happens on the Wall haunts the Block.” The Genesis beta is private and invite-only, which makes the early wall feel like a small room of people who know each other.
The current testers are artists and developers I know well, and a dedicated group chat lets them trade findings and, well… hack the wall. The early walls turned into a race to fill the canvas by any means necessary, with clever workarounds through AI agents and custom browser tools, so limits now govern how quickly pixels can be painted. Libertez is in the chat being a good sport about it, adjusting to find the best compromises. When I mentioned I was about to slap my first design onto the wall, a fellow tester warned me to choose my spot wisely, because “one pixel can start a war.” The chat agreed on the spot that it should be the new tagline. Whatever its final form, there will be fun and chaos for anyone who wants to tag the wall and it will create a storyline in the form of graffiti art. Keep an eye on The Wall Today, here.
Teztree: One Place For Your Tezos Links #
Teztree comes from FlexasaurusRex, a Tezos OG and active artist and builder. We have welcomed him on Tezos Commons Spaces, and I have spent time with him twice at TezCon in Seattle, so I came to Teztree already a fan of the person behind it. Where TezCity gives Tezos artists and collectors a social home, Teztree gives that same community a link page to share when networking outwards. Signing a message with your wallet claims your handle, so there is no email, no password, and no recovery flow to manage. The page puts the art first. A featured artwork can display its live objkt price, a grid of your latest mints updates itself, and a .tez domain shows up as a badge beside your name.
Visitors can send tips in tez directly from your page, and Teztree takes no cut. Claiming is free, and Teztree Funding, a new fundraising branch, lets creators receive 95% of each contribution right away. I have kept a Linktree page for about a decade, and Teztree is the first link page that feels truly aligned with the way I share my work. If you have multiple links to share within the Tezos ecosystem, claim your own Teztree here.
Still Connecting #
Looking across these five projects, I notice one thing they share. Each is a passion project at heart, even the one its builder cheerfully calls a cash grab. Every builder saw a small gap in their own experience and decided to fill it themselves. That reminds me why I keep trying new things on Tezos. The feeling of hope and excitement still lives in the dApps here, and there is a community to share it with. Thank you to every builder who keeps bringing life to the Tezos community. None of these spotlights are financial advice, only tools I enjoy using and people I am glad to build beside.