# Local Stacks Dev Workflow There are a few tools you'll want to be familiar with when you start working on your Stacks projects locally. The big one is [Clarinet](https://docs.stacks.co/build/learn-clarinet/overview). Clarinet is going to be your go-to tool for building Stacks projects. It's how you'll configure your local devnet environment, orchestrate your contracts and deployments, write and test your contracts locally, and write your test suite. {% embed url="" %}