Glossary
Jupiter
Solana's dominant DEX aggregator — routes swaps across every Solana AMM and order-book DEX, with a perp DEX, LST, and launchpad surfacing under the same brand.
Jupiter handles the majority of Solana DEX volume by routing each swap across every venue (Raydium, Orca, Meteora, Phoenix, OpenBook) to find the best execution. The aggregator UI is the default front-end most Solana users see for trading.
The Jupiter team has expanded into a perpetuals DEX (Jupiter Perps, backed by the JLP liquidity pool), a liquid staking token (jupSOL), and a launchpad. The JUP governance token rolled out in 2024 via one of the largest airdrops in crypto history.