EOS dApps directory: which projects are still alive

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The live EOS dApp directory

Use the filters to switch between DeFi, gaming, NFT marketplaces, infrastructure and social apps. Each card shows a status label. Active means the project’s main contract recorded on-chain actions in the days before our check. Low activity means sporadic use or a quiet website. Migrated and closed are there for context, because you will still see them mentioned in older EOS guides.

Status was checked with the public Hyperion history API (latest action per contract) and a basic website check. Activity changes quickly, so always confirm a project is maintained before depositing funds.

The EOS dApp ecosystem in numbers

EOS used to top the dApp charts. In 2018 and 2019 it hosted some of the most-used blockchain apps in the world, many of them betting games. Today the ecosystem is smaller and more focused on finance. Here’s the snapshot we took while building this directory.

Two things stand out. First, most of the value locked on the chain sits in the protocol’s own staking pool rather than in independent apps. Second, the network is running far below its capacity, which you can see on our EOS vs Ethereum TPS comparison. For users, that means fast and cheap transactions. For the ecosystem, it means there’s plenty of room and not much traffic.

DeFi on EOS: swaps, stablecoins and lending

DeFi is where EOS is most alive. These are the projects with recent on-chain activity:

• Alcor Exchange (alcor.exchange): a DEX that combines a concentrated-liquidity AMM with an order book, plus an NFT market. Contract swap.alcor was active on the day we checked.
• Defibox (defibox.io): swaps, lending and the USN over-collateralized dollar stablecoin, governed by the BOX token.
• PayCash (paycash.app): a payments wallet and swap service built around fiat-pegged tokens.
• DFS Network (dfs.land): a DEX and DeFi suite that grew out of the Chinese EOS community.
• USDT on Vaulta: Tether issues USDT natively on the chain (contract tethertether), so stablecoin transfers settle in about a second without gas.
• Vigor and Newdex: lending and one of the original order-book DEXs. Both still exist, but activity is low.

On DefiLlama, WhaleEx shows around $3.5M of TVL, but we did not verify recent activity on its contract, so we label it cautiously.

Native protocol “dApps”: REX and the RAM market

Two of the biggest pools on the chain are part of the system itself. REX is the native staking pool: you lock A, receive non-transferable REX, and earn a share of the Staking Rewards Reserve, with a 21-day unstaking period. The RAM market lets you buy and sell on-chain storage at a price set by a Bancor algorithm. Both are reachable through Unicove, the web portal built by Greymass. Our EOS staking guide explains how REX works step by step.

Gaming and NFTs on EOS

Gaming put EOS on the map, and also where it lost the most ground. A few projects remain active:

• Prospectors (prospectors.io): a real-time economic strategy MMO set in a gold rush, one of the first big games on EOS and still active on Vaulta.
• BetHash: on-chain lottery and dice games paid in A. Games of chance carry obvious risks; treat them as entertainment, not income.
• SportBet: a sports prediction dApp with recent on-chain actions, although its website timed out during our checks.
• EOS Knights: an early idle RPG. Its contract shows almost no gameplay activity now.

For NFTs, AtomicHub runs the AtomicAssets standard and marketplace on Vaulta (the old eos.atomichub.io address redirects to vaulta.atomichub.io), and Alcor has its own NFT market. Volumes are low compared with the 2021 boom.

Infrastructure: Bitcoin data, resources and treasury tools

The Vaulta rebrand reframed the network as infrastructure for “Web3 banking”. Several projects fit that picture:

• exSat (exsat.network): a Bitcoin “docking layer” incubated in the EOS ecosystem in 2024. It indexes Bitcoin’s UTXO set into Vaulta RAM and runs its own XSAT EVM. Its bridge contract was active days before our check.
• Omnitrove: an institutional treasury-management platform announced by the Vaulta Foundation in October 2025. The website is online; we could not independently confirm usage.
• Greymass Fuel: a cosigning service that covers CPU and NET for Anchor users, which is why many transactions feel free.
• EOS PowerUp (eospowerup.io): a community service for free and paid CPU/NET top-ups.

If a dApp ever tells you that you’re “out of CPU”, these services, or your wallet’s own resource tools, are the fix. Our EOS PowerUp and resources guide explains what is happening.

Status overview by category

How to start using an EOS dApp

1. Get an EOS (Vaulta) account

   Unlike Ethereum, you need a named account, 12 characters long. Anchor can create one for free after Google or Apple sign-in. See how to create an EOS account.

2. Fund it with a little A

   Withdraw A from an exchange to your account name. Double-check whether the exchange requires a memo. Our guide to buying EOS covers which exchanges list A.

3. Open the dApp and click “Connect” or “Login”

   Most apps use WharfKit, which shows a list of compatible wallets. Choose Anchor (or the wallet you use) and approve the login request.

4. Read every signing request

   Your wallet shows the contract and action you’re about to sign, for example transfer on core.vaulta. If it doesn’t match what you expect, reject it.

5. Verify on a block explorer

   Paste your account name into our EOS block explorer to confirm the transaction landed and your balance changed.

Red flags before you connect a wallet

A small ecosystem attracts fewer scammers than Ethereum, but they exist. Watch for these signs:

• Sites that ask for your private key or recovery phrase. No legitimate dApp ever needs it.
• “Swap your EOS before the deadline” messages. There is no deadline for the EOS → A swap; the official route is described in our EOS to A swap guide.
• Promises of fixed high yields. Real staking rewards on EOS vary and come from a finite reserve.
• Projects with no on-chain activity for months but loud social media marketing.
• Links that claim to be EOS explorers on bloks.io. That domain no longer serves EOS and redirects to another network.

For a broader look at network risks, read our Is EOS safe? review.

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