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README
The JavaScript implementation of the IPFS protocol
Getting started
- Read the docs
- Ensure CORS is correctly configured for use with the HTTP client
- Look into the examples to learn how to spawn an IPFS node in Node.js and in the Browser
- Consult the Core API docs to see what you can do with an IPFS node
- Head over to https://proto.school to take the IPFS course that covers core IPFS concepts and JS APIs
- Check out https://docs.ipfs.io for glossary, tips, how-tos and more
- Need help? Please ask 'How do I?' questions on https://discuss.ipfs.io
- Find out about chat channels, the IPFS newsletter, the IPFS blog, and more in the IPFS community space.
Table of Contents <!-- omit in toc -->
Getting Started <!-- omit in toc -->
Install as a CLI user
Installing ipfs
globally will give you the jsipfs
command which you can use to start a daemon running:
$ npm install -g ipfs
$ jsipfs daemon
Initializing IPFS daemon...
js-ipfs version: x.x.x
System version: x64/darwin
Node.js version: x.x.x
Swarm listening on /ip4/127.0
.... more output
You can then add a file:
$ jsipfs add ./hello-world.txt
added QmXXY5ZxbtuYj6DnfApLiGstzPN7fvSyigrRee3hDWPCaf hello-world.txt
Install as an application developer
If you do not need to run a command line daemon, use the ipfs-core
package - it has all the features of ipfs
but in a lighter package:
$ npm install ipfs-core
Then start a node in your app:
import * as IPFS from 'ipfs-core'
const ipfs = await IPFS.create()
const { cid } = await ipfs.add('Hello world')
console.info(cid)
// QmXXY5ZxbtuYj6DnfApLiGstzPN7fvSyigrRee3hDWPCaf
Documentation
- Concepts
- [Config](./docs/CONFIG.md)
- [Core API](./docs/core-api)
- Examples
- [Development](./docs/DEVELOPMENT.md)
Structure
This project is broken into several modules, their purposes are:
- [
/packages/interface-ipfs-core
](./packages/interface-ipfs-core) Tests to ensure adherence of an implementation to the spec - [
/packages/ipfs
](./packages/ipfs) An aggregator module that bundles the core implementation, the CLI, HTTP API server and daemon - [
/packages/ipfs-cli
](./packages/ipfs-cli) A CLI to the core implementation - [
/packages/ipfs-core
](./packages/ipfs-core) The core implementation - [
/packages/ipfs-core-types
](./packages/ipfs-core-types) Typescript definitions for the core API - [
/packages/ipfs-core-utils
](./packages/ipfs-core-utils) Helpers and utilities common to core and the HTTP RPC API client - [
/packages/ipfs-daemon
](./packages/ipfs-daemon) Run js-IPFS as a background daemon - [
/packages/ipfs-grpc-client
](./packages/ipfs-grpc-client) A gRPC client for js-IPFS - [
/packages/ipfs-grpc-protocol
](./packages/ipfs-grpc-protocol) Shared module between the gRPC client and server - [
/packages/ipfs-grpc-server
](./packages/ipfs-grpc-server) A gRPC-over-websockets server for js-IPFS - [
/packages/ipfs-http-client
](./packages/ipfs-http-client) A client for the RPC-over-HTTP API presented by both js-ipfs and go-ipfs - [
/packages/ipfs-http-server
](./packages/ipfs-http-server) JS implementation of the Kubo RPC HTTP API - [
/packages/ipfs-http-gateway
](./packages/ipfs-http-gateway) JS implementation of the IPFS HTTP Gateway - [
/packages/ipfs-http-response
](./packages/ipfs-http-response) Creates a HTTP response for a given IPFS Path - [
/packages/ipfs-message-port-client
](./packages/ipfs-message-port-client) A client for the RPC-over-message-port API presented by js-ipfs running in a shared worker - [
/packages/ipfs-message-port-protocol
](./packages/ipfs-message-port-protocol) Code shared by the message port client & server - [
/packages/ipfs-message-port-server
](./packages/ipfs-message-port-server) The server that receives requests from ipfs-message-port-client
Packages
List of the main packages that make up the IPFS ecosystem.
Package | Version | Deps | CI/Travis | Coverage | Lead Maintainer |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Files | |||||
[ipfs-unixfs ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs) |
[ |
Alex Potsides | |||
Repo | |||||
[ipfs-repo ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo) |
[ |
Alex Potsides | |||
[ipfs-repo-migrations ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations) |
[ |
N/A | |||
Exchange | |||||
[ipfs-bitswap ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap) |
[ |
Dirk McCormick | |||
IPNS | |||||
[ipns ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipns) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
Generics/Utils | |||||
[ipfs-utils ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) |
[ |
Hugo Dias | |||
[ipfs-http-client ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) |
[ |
Alex Potsides | |||
[ipfs-http-response ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[ipfsd-ctl ](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl) |
[ |
Hugo Dias | |||
[is-ipfs ](//github.com/ipfs/is-ipfs) |
[ |
Marcin Rataj | |||
[aegir ](//github.com/ipfs/aegir) |
[ |
Hugo Dias | |||
libp2p | |||||
[libp2p ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
[peer-id ](//github.com/libp2p/js-peer-id) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[libp2p-crypto ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
[libp2p-floodsub ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[libp2p-gossipsub ](//github.com/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js) |
[ |
Cayman Nava | |||
[libp2p-kad-dht ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[libp2p-mdns ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
[libp2p-bootstrap ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[@chainsafe/libp2p-noise ](//github.com/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise) |
[ |
N/A | |||
[libp2p-tcp ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
[libp2p-webrtc-star ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[libp2p-websockets ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
[libp2p-mplex ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[libp2p-delegated-content-routing ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
[libp2p-delegated-peer-routing ](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing) |
[ |
Jacob Heun | |||
IPLD | |||||
[@ipld/dag-pb ](//github.com/ipld/js-dag-pb) |
[ |
N/A | |||
[@ipld/dag-cbor ](//github.com/ipld/js-dag-cbor) |
[ |
N/A | |||
Multiformats | |||||
[multiformats ](//github.com/multiformats/js-multiformats) |
[ |
N/A | |||
[mafmt ](//github.com/multiformats/js-mafmt) |
[ |
Vasco Santos | |||
[multiaddr ](//github.com/multiformats/js-multiaddr) |
[ |
Jacob Heun |
This table is generated using the module
package-table
withpackage-table --data=package-list.json
.
Want to hack on IPFS?
The IPFS implementation in JavaScript needs your help! There are a few things you can do right now to help out:
Read the Code of Conduct and JavaScript Contributing Guidelines.
- Check out existing issues The issue list has many that are marked as 'help wanted' or 'difficulty:easy' which make great starting points for development, many of which can be tackled with no prior IPFS knowledge
- Look at the IPFS Roadmap This are the high priority items being worked on right now
- Perform code reviews More eyes will help a. speed the project along b. ensure quality, and c. reduce possible future bugs.
- Add tests. There can never be enough tests.
License
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the ipfs README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.