Launch a token

This guide takes a Solana token from idea to live and tradable. You mint it, finalize the metadata, revoke the authorities that worry holders, and open a pool. A wallet-list airdrop is optional at the end. Each step is its own tool, linked below.

If you only want the fastest possible mint, the Quick start covers that in five minutes.

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FROM IDEA TO A LIVE TOKEN

1. 1 Prepare name, symbol, supply and logo
2. 2 Create the token token-creator
3. 3 Check the metadata, fix it if needed update-metadata
4. 4 Revoke the authorities cannot be undone make-immutable
5. 5 Open a liquidity pool create-lp
6. 6 Airdrop to holders optional multi-sender
7. 7 Your token is live and tradable

Tip

J Tools is non-custodial. We never store your wallet’s private keys and never ask for your seed phrase. Every transaction you approve in a connected wallet is signed inside that wallet, and its key never reaches our servers. A few multi-wallet tools do let you paste private keys for throwaway hot wallets, which stay in your browser tab and sign there. Holder Booster is the one tool that hands a key to our worker: the fresh distributor wallet it creates for each run, sent encrypted. Never paste a key tied to long-term holdings, and if a page ever asks for your seed phrase, stop and close it.

Before you start

#before-you-start

• A connected wallet (how to connect).
• Enough SOL for network fees, platform fees, and account rent across several transactions. Launching is more than one signature, so keep a buffer.
• Your token’s name, symbol, decimals, supply, and a logo image ready to upload.

Caution

About fees. Every action has two costs: the Solana network fee paid to validators, and the J Tools platform fee. The platform fee always shows in the app before you confirm, and nothing is charged until you sign. Fees can change over time, so trust the in-app summary rather than a number you saw once.

The launch path

#the-launch-path

Work top to bottom. Each step hands off to the next, and most are optional once the token exists, so stop wherever your launch calls for it.

1. Create the token

   Open the Token Creator, fill in name, symbol, decimals, and supply, then upload your logo and a short description. Sign once and the mint is live in your wallet.

   Open Token Creator in the app →

   Need transfer fees or other on-chain behavior? Use the Token-2022 Creator instead. A transfer fee collects in your holders’ token accounts, and Token-2022 Tax Collector sweeps it to your wallet later.

2. Check and fix the metadata

   Make sure the name, symbol, image, and socials read exactly the way you want on-chain. If anything needs a fix, use Update Metadata while you still hold the update authority.

   The next step makes this permanent, so get it right here first.

3. Revoke authorities

   Use Make Immutable to revoke all three token authorities at once. The token authorities page breaks down what each one controls and why holders check.

   Revoke authorities in the app →

4. Add liquidity

   Open a pool with Create LP so people can trade your token against SOL or a stablecoin. Pick a DEX, set the amounts, and review the fee summary before you sign. The pool is what makes the token buyable on-chain. You do not have to open it here: the token is yours the moment it mints, and you can take the mint address to any platform. New to how pools work? See DEXes and liquidity for the basics. On a concentrated pool (Raydium CLMM, Meteora DLMM, Orca Whirlpool), the swap fees your position earns wait until you collect them with LP Fee Claim.

   Create a pool in the app →

5. Airdrop to holders (optional)

   Seeding a community or rewarding early supporters? Multi Sender sends your token to a list of wallets in batches. Paste the addresses and amounts, review, and sign. Skip this step if you only want the pool.

   Open Multi Sender in the app →

Note

About wallet warnings. Some tools bundle several instructions into one transaction, for example creating a token and its metadata together. Phantom can show a caution banner for these transactions, and where the tool tells you to expect one, it does not mean something is wrong. Read what you are signing, then approve if it matches what you set up. If a warning appears that the tool did not mention, decline it and tell support.

Pick your order carefully

#pick-your-order-carefully

The sequence above is the common one, but the timing of the revoke step is a real decision.

Lock before liquidity Liquidity first, lock after

Revoke authorities first, then open the pool. Buyers who check the mint see a fixed token from the moment trading opens. This is the most trust-forward order and the one most launches use.

The tradeoff: once authorities are gone, you cannot mint more supply or edit metadata. Be sure everything is final first.

Open the pool, confirm everything trades correctly, then revoke. This gives you a short window to fix a metadata typo or adjust supply before you commit.

The tradeoff: anyone watching the chain in that window sees a token with live authorities, which can read as a risk. Keep the window short and lock as soon as you are satisfied.

Note

You do not have to revoke everything at once. Revoke Mint, Revoke Freeze, and Revoke Update Authority each lock a single authority, so you can cap the supply now and keep the update authority until the metadata is final.

Next: make it rug-proof

#next-make-it-rug-proof

The launch path above gets you live. To see which token authorities matter most and what holders look for before they buy, read the deeper rug-proof token walkthrough.

• Revoke Mint The trust checklist that turns a fresh Solana token into one buyers can hold: revoked authorities, locked metadata, locked liquidity, clean distribution.