ton.app

ton.app is the official ecosystem catalogue maintained by the TON Foundation. It lists mini-apps, wallets, DEXes, NFT marketplaces, GameFi projects, Telegram bots and information channels — each with a description, direct link and category. Effectively it is the «app store» of the TON ecosystem: a curated entry point so users discover legitimate projects instead of clicking random links pasted in chats.

Why a catalogue is needed

In the Telegram ecosystem the single biggest user-facing problem is phishing clones. Fake «Tonkeeper» pages, look-alike wallet sites and bogus airdrops drain millions of dollars a day from inattentive users. ton.app counters this with:

• Manual moderation. Every project is reviewed before it appears in the listing.
• Categories and tags. DeFi, GameFi, Telegram-bot, NFT, Channel, Tools — users immediately see what a project is for.
• Direct links to source. «Open» sends the user to the official domain or t.me/... link, with no obfuscated redirect chains.
• Community signals. Each entry shows a rating, click-through count, channel activity.

For end users this cuts the risk of landing on a drainer site. For projects it is a free organic-traffic channel.

What is inside

ton.app splits its listings into several top-level sections:

• Apps — mini-applications that open inside Telegram via TON Connect (games, services, exchanges).
• Wallets — both non-custodial and custodial wallets that support TON.
• DEX & DeFi — STON.fi, DeDust, EVAA, Storm Trade and others.
• Channels — educational and news Telegram channels about TON, with one-click subscribe.
• Tools — explorers, analytics, developer utilities.

Each project gets its own page with a multi-language description, screenshots, an official-site link and an «Open in Telegram» button.

How to get listed

Submissions go through a form on the site: a project provides description, category, link, logo and a contact for the responsible person. Moderation typically takes several days. A paid «Featured» tier lifts a card to the top of the relevant section — the analogue of an ad slot — but ordinary listings remain free.

TON Adoption itself is also indexed in the catalogue — you can see how a publication card looks on our profile page on ton.app. It is a convenient one-click subscribe point for our Russian-language TON coverage straight inside Telegram.

Why ton.app matters for security

A useful rule of thumb for any new TON user: before clicking a link pasted into a chat, check it against ton.app. If the project is not in the catalogue, or has a tiny click count and no rating, that is a red flag. The catalogue is not a 100% guarantee — fraudsters sometimes pass first-pass moderation before complaints surface — but it filters out most of the obvious copycats and gives a clear picture of what actually lives in the ecosystem versus what is a one-day scam.

Limitations

• Not an SEO replacement. ton.app is an in-ecosystem catalogue, not a search engine. For a deep dive on any project you still need blogs, audits and forums.
• Uneven localisation. Not every card has a full English/Russian translation; some entries are English-only.
• Featured slots. Paid placements at the top are labelled but not always visually separated from the organic listings — worth keeping in mind.

For a newcomer to TON, ton.app should be a default first stop: that is where to start with any new application, wallet or channel before installing anything on a phone or connecting a wallet.