IPFS Project

A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol

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README.md

Building blocks for a better web

IPFS is a modular suite of protocols for addressing, routing, and transferring data, designed from the ground up with the principles of content addressing and peer-to-peer networking. We believe in open and resilient networks that belong to the users. These are the building blocks to make that possible.

You can find a wide array of real-world projects built with IPFS in the ecosystem directory and awesome-ipfs list.

Want to contribute? Here are some good places to start: join a forum discussion or community event, file an issue directly in the relevant repo, or check out the good first issues.

Resources

Quickstarts

Concepts

Implementations

Libraries: Boxo (Go SDK), Helia (JS SDK)
Daemons: Kubo (All-purpose, batteries-included IPFS Node), Rainbow (Standalone Gateway), Someguy (Standalone Router), Service Worker Gateway, IPFS Cluster (enterprise scale)
Tools: IPFS Check
GUIs: Desktop App, Companion Browser Extension
and more!

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specs specs Public

Technical specifications for the IPFS protocol stack

HTML 1.2k 248
ipfs-desktop ipfs-desktop Public

An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux.

JavaScript 6.6k 903
ipfs-companion ipfs-companion Public

Browser extension that routes ipfs:// addresses and content-addressed websites through your own local IPFS node

JavaScript 2.2k 337
kubo kubo Public

IPFS implementation in Go: a daemon that stores and serves content-addressed data, with a CLI, HTTP Gateway, and RPC API

Go 17.1k 3.2k
helia helia Public

An implementation of IPFS in TypeScript

TypeScript 1.3k 157
service-worker-gateway service-worker-gateway Public

IPFS Gateway implemented in Service Worker

TypeScript 125 39

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someguy Public
Delegated Routing V1 server that proxies provider, peer, and IPNS lookups to the Amino DHT and other routers

ipfs/someguy's past year of commit activity

Go 58 10 3 (1 issue needs help) 7 Updated Aug 19, 2026
service-worker-gateway Public
IPFS Gateway implemented in Service Worker

ipfs/service-worker-gateway's past year of commit activity

TypeScript 125 39 11 (1 issue needs help) 8 Updated Aug 19, 2026
helia Public
An implementation of IPFS in TypeScript

ipfs/helia's past year of commit activity

TypeScript 1,339 Apache-2.0 157 26 (3 issues need help) 6 Updated Aug 19, 2026
js-hamt-sharding Public
JavaScript implementation of hash array mapped tries for use in sharding

ipfs/js-hamt-sharding's past year of commit activity

TypeScript 5 5 2 7 Updated Aug 19, 2026
boxo Public
A set of reference libraries for building IPFS applications and implementations in Go.

ipfs/boxo's past year of commit activity

Go 311 164 126 (21 issues need help) 13 Updated Aug 18, 2026
in-web-browsers Public
Tracking IPFS support in web browsers: ipfs:// addressing, transports browsers can dial directly, and work with browser vendors

ipfs/in-web-browsers's past year of commit activity

359 MIT 27 4 0 Updated Aug 18, 2026
specs Public
Technical specifications for the IPFS protocol stack

ipfs/specs's past year of commit activity

HTML 1,237 248 63 (1 issue needs help) 26 Updated Aug 18, 2026
ipfs-docs Public
📚IPFS documentation website

ipfs/ipfs-docs's past year of commit activity

Go 331 495 57 (4 issues need help) 27 Updated Aug 18, 2026
kubo Public
IPFS implementation in Go: a daemon that stores and serves content-addressed data, with a CLI, HTTP Gateway, and RPC API

ipfs/kubo's past year of commit activity

Go 17,104 3,161 794 (159 issues need help) 76 Updated Aug 18, 2026
helia-delegated-routing-v1-http-api Public
The Routing V1 HTTP API powered by Helia

ipfs/helia-delegated-routing-v1-http-api's past year of commit activity

TypeScript 6 9 1 1 Updated Aug 18, 2026