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+Welcome to the [Deployer](https://github.com/0xProject/0x-monorepo/tree/development/packages/deployer) documentation! Deployer is a tool for compiling and deploying Solidity smart contracts with ease.
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+It serves a similar purpose as parts of the [Truffle framework](http://truffleframework.com/), but with the UNIX philosophy in mind: Make each program do one thing well. This tool is for intermediate to advanced Solidity developers that require greater configurability and reliability.
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+Deployer has the following advantages over Truffle:
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+*   Deploy each smart contract with a specific version of Solidity.
+*   Improved artifact files:
+    *   Properly segregated artifacts to support storing different versions of smart contract deployed on different networks.
+    *   Storage of constructor args, source maps and paths to all requisite source files.
+    *   An easy to maintain codebase: TypeScript + Single repo.
+    *   Allows you to specify the deployer RPC address.
+    *   Supports Solidity version ranges - contract compiled with latest Solidity version that satisfies the range.
+    *   Migrations that work with `async/await`.
+    *   Migrations that can be written synchronously in order to guarentee deterministic contract addresses.
+    *   No race conditions when running migrations.
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+Deployer can be used as a command-line tool or as an imported module.