IPFS is an open system to manage data without a central server

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. Many popular Web3 projects are built on IPFS - see theecosystem directory for some of these projects.

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specsspecsPublic
Technical specifications for the IPFS protocol stack
HTML 1.2k 233
ipfs-desktopipfs-desktopPublic
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux.
JavaScript 6.2k 877
ipfs-companionipfs-companionPublic
Browser extension that simplifies access to IPFS resources on the web
JavaScript 2.1k 325
kubokuboPublic
An IPFS implementation in Go
Go 16.4k 3.1k
heliaheliaPublic
An implementation of IPFS in TypeScript
TypeScript 1.1k 122
service-worker-gatewayservice-worker-gatewayPublic
IPFS Gateway implemented in Service Worker
TypeScript 49 15

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boxo Public
A set of reference libraries for building IPFS applications and implementations in Go.
ipfs/boxo’s past year of commit activity
Go 226 114 158 (21 issues need help) 24 UpdatedMar 21, 2025
ipfs-webui Public
A frontend for an IPFS Kubo and IPFS Desktop
ipfs/ipfs-webui’s past year of commit activity
JavaScript 1,585MIT 505 154 (46 issues need help) 34 UpdatedMar 21, 2025
ipfs-docs Public
📚IPFS documentation platform
ipfs/ipfs-docs’s past year of commit activity
Go 307 430 31 (4 issues need help) 20 UpdatedMar 20, 2025
ipfs-blog Public
IPFS Blog & News
ipfs/ipfs-blog’s past year of commit activity
Vue 48MIT 39 18 (1 issue needs help) 8 UpdatedMar 20, 2025
ipfs-desktop Public
An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux.
ipfs/ipfs-desktop’s past year of commit activity
JavaScript 6,152MIT 877 104 (43 issues need help) 3 UpdatedMar 20, 2025
kubo Public
An IPFS implementation in Go
ipfs/kubo’s past year of commit activity
Go 16,385 3,064 1,039 (193 issues need help) 89 UpdatedMar 20, 2025
npm-kubo Public
Install Kubo (go-ipfs) from NPM
ipfs/npm-kubo’s past year of commit activity
JavaScript 43MIT 30 9 (2 issues need help) 0 UpdatedMar 21, 2025
distributions Public
Legacy dist.ipfs.tech website and artifact build tools. Currently only used for notarizing builds of Kubo and IPFS Cluster.
ipfs/distributions’s past year of commit activity
Less 47MIT 33 46 (19 issues need help) 8 UpdatedMar 20, 2025
helia Public
An implementation of IPFS in TypeScript
ipfs/helia’s past year of commit activity
TypeScript 1,092Apache-2.0 122 50 (3 issues need help) 7 UpdatedMar 20, 2025
aegir Public
AEgir - Automated JavaScript project building
ipfs/aegir’s past year of commit activity
JavaScript 97Apache-2.0 59 37 (5 issues need help) 27 UpdatedMar 20, 2025