The Short Version
Jupiter automatically picks up any token with an active Raydium or Orca liquidity pool — usually within 15 minutes to 2 hours. For your token to show with its logo and no warning, you need complete Metaplex metadata (name, symbol, valid IPFS logo). For Jupiter's strict mode (full listing without the warning banner), you need to meet their liquidity and community requirements and submit a request.
How Jupiter Discovers Tokens
Jupiter is an aggregator, not a traditional exchange. It doesn't have a manual listing process for basic swap access — it indexes liquidity from DEXs it supports (Raydium, Orca, Meteora, and others) automatically. Create a liquidity pool on one of those DEXs and Jupiter will find your token.
What Jupiter does control is how your token appears after indexing. There are essentially three tiers:
Indexed (default)
Token is swappable on Jupiter but shows a yellow warning banner. Users must manually confirm they understand the risks. No logo displayed if metadata is missing or uncached. This is automatic — no action needed beyond creating a liquidity pool.
Metadata Visible
Your logo and name display correctly. Still has the warning banner. Requires complete Metaplex on-chain metadata with a valid IPFS logo URI. If you created your token with Solana Token Creator, this is handled automatically during creation.
Strict Mode
No warning banner. Token appears in Jupiter's search by default. Requires meeting Jupiter's liquidity and community criteria and submitting a listing request. This is the hard one — requires an established project, real trading volume, and community verification.
Step 1: Getting Your Token Indexed (Automatic)
The only thing you need for basic Jupiter swap access is an active liquidity pool. Jupiter monitors Raydium, Orca, and other supported DEXs and indexes new pools continuously. There's nothing to submit or apply for.
Typical indexing time: 15 minutes to 2 hours after pool creation. If your token still doesn't appear after 6 hours, check:
- Is the liquidity pool actually open (not set to open in the future)?
- Does the pool have liquidity on both sides?
- Is it on a DEX Jupiter supports?
- Try searching Jupiter by your full mint address, not just the token name
Step 2: Getting Your Logo and Name to Display
Jupiter pulls token metadata from the Metaplex Token Metadata standard on Solana. If your token has complete on-chain metadata with a valid logo URI, Jupiter will display it correctly. If not, your token appears with a generic icon and "Unknown Token" label — which immediately signals risk to potential buyers.
Here's what your metadata needs:
If you used Solana Token Creator with a logo, all of this was handled automatically during creation. Check your token on Solscan to verify the metadata is present and the logo URI resolves correctly.
Step 3: Getting Into Jupiter's Strict Mode
Strict mode is Jupiter's curated token list. Tokens in strict mode appear without warning banners and show up by name in Jupiter's default search. It's the difference between "token exists" and "token is trusted enough for users to find easily."
Getting into strict mode is genuinely hard for new tokens. Jupiter's criteria as of 2026:
Why Isn't My Token Showing on Jupiter?
No liquidity pool exists yet
Jupiter can only index tokens with active DEX liquidity. If you haven't created a Raydium or Orca pool, your token isn't swappable yet.
Pool was created too recently
Indexing takes 15 minutes to 2 hours. Give it time before assuming something is wrong.
Searching by name but metadata is missing
Without metadata, Jupiter can't display your token by name. Try searching by the full mint address instead — if it appears that way, the metadata is the issue.
The pool has no liquidity on one side
A pool with $0 on one side isn't functional. Both the token side and the SOL/USDC side must have actual liquidity deposited.
The pool is set to open in the future
If you set a start time when creating the Raydium pool, trading is disabled until that time.
FAQ
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Related Guides
How to Add Your Token to Raydium
Create a liquidity pool — the prerequisite for Jupiter indexing.
How to Create a Solana Token
Start here if you haven't created your token yet.
SPL Token Metadata
Understanding what metadata fields Jupiter and wallets read.
Full Token Launch Guide
Everything after token creation: liquidity, listings, and community.
Solana vs Ethereum Tokens
Comparing the two chains for token creation — costs, speed, and ecosystem.