Franco Zeoli is a seasoned software leader and entrepreneur with 16 years of experience building developer-focused infrastructure, currently serving as Co-founder & CEO of Nomic Foundation in Uruguay. He co-created Hardhat—a widely used open-source Ethereum development environment—and continues to contribute as a full-stack developer, improving tooling, documentation, and UX. Franco has a track record of founding and scaling technical startups in crypto and payments (including Nomic Labs and Muun) and blends product leadership with hands-on engineering. Known for shipping pragmatic developer experiences, he often surfaces subtle UX and documentation improvements that amplify adoption across open-source ecosystems.
Hardhat is a development environment to compile, deploy, test, and debug your Ethereum software.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:17 reviews, 137 commits, 27 PRs in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Franco contributed to the Hardhat project by implementing and improving various aspects of the software. They added functionality to the flattened output, updated UI copy for improved user experience, and made copy changes across the codebase. Furthermore, they improved the sample project by adding a sample task and suggesting plugin installations. They also made significant updates and adjustments to the documentation site.
OpenZeppelin is a library for secure smart contract development
Contributions:3 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
securesmart-contractethereumcontractblockchain
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Franco Zeoli - Co-founder & CEO at Nomic Foundation