# Source: https://docs.near.org/tools/explorer.md

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id: explorer
title: Explorer
sidebar_label: Explorers
description: "Explore the chain through a Web UI."
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Explorers are web applications that allow you to quickly obtain information from the blockchain through a friendly user interface. An explorer can help you to check the balance of an account, search for a transaction and its receipts, check the history of interactions in an account or contract, and view block creations in real time.

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## NearBlocks

Created by the community, [NearBlocks](https://nearblocks.io/) enables to check accounts and transactions with an interface similar to etherscan.

![NearBlocks](/assets/docs/data-infrastructure/explorers/nearblocks.png)
*Main page of [NearBlocks](https://nearblocks.io/)*

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## Nearscope

[Nearscope](https://nearscope.net/) provides a NEAR node validator and delegator explorer.

![Nearscope](/assets/docs/data-infrastructure/explorers/nearscope.png)
*Main page of [Nearscope](https://nearscope.net/)*

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## DappLooker

[DappLooker](https://dapplooker.com/) lets you analyze and query NEAR blockchain data, build dashboards to visualize data and share with your community.

![DappLooker](/assets/docs/data-infrastructure/explorers/dapplooker.png)
*Main page of [DappLooker](https://dapplooker.com/)*

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## Pikespeak

[Pikespeak](https://pikespeak.ai/) provides access to real-time and historical data on the NEAR Protocol.

![Pikespeak](/assets/docs/data-infrastructure/explorers/pikespeak.png)
*Main page of [Pikespeak](https://pikespeak.ai/)*

## NEARCatalog

[NEARCatalog](https://nearcatalog.xyz/) provides access to trending decentralized applications (DApps) on the NEAR Protocol.


![Nearcatalog](/assets/docs/data-infrastructure/explorers/nearcatalog.png)
*Main page of [NEARCatalog](https://nearcatalog.xyz/)*