IPFS ​

Is interesting but has issues.

I do like the distinction of distributing content over distributing links. Each piece of content being represented by a unique hash.

Notes ​

• HTTP isn't the reason things are centralizing so much as economies of scale and convenience are.

Links ​

• What is IPFS? - A Beginner's Guide (2021)
• Go IPFS
• JS IPFS (Web)
• Share files via IPFS
• IPFS Collaborative Notebook for Research
• gx - Packaging tool built around the distributed, content addressed filesystem IPFS.
• Textile - Set of open source tools that provide a decentralized database, IPFS-based storage, content hosting, and more over Libp2p, IPFS, and Filecoin. (GitHub)
• Textile's Threads protocol & database (js-threads)
• go-textile - Textile implementation in Go.
• Textile Docs
• IPFS Project Roadmap
• WebFS - File system Built On Top of the Web.
• Awesome IPFS - Useful resources for using IPFS and building things on top of it. (Code)
• Rust IPFS - Interplanetary File System (IPFS), implemented in Rust.
• Terminal - Everything you need to build fast modern websites hosted on IPFS.
• IPFS Protocol docs
• IPFS 0.5.0 (HN)
• IPFS Pinning Summit - 2-day virtual conference designed for the infrastructure and service providers of the distributed web.
• Wikipedia-IPFS: An exploration to host Wikipedia in IPFS (HN)
• brig - File synchronization on top of ipfs with git like interface& web based UI.
• go-ipfs-api - Go interface to ipfs's HTTP API.
• Deploying This Site with IPFS and Scheme (2020) (Lobsters)
• I built an IPFS crawler with libp2p (2020) (HN)
• Blog Restructure and IPFS (2020)
• IPSE - IPFS Search Engine. Distributed Search.
• Nix × IPFS – Milestone 1 (2020) (HN)
• go-orbit-db - P2P Database on IPFS.
• Sci-Hub and Library Genesis on IPFS (2020)
• DKV (Decentralized Key-Value Store) built on IPFS
• js-ipfs-fetch - Use the same fetch() API browsers provide for HTTP, but for IPFS.
• IPFS Live Streaming
• IPFS Companion - Browser extension that simplifies access to IPFS resources on the web.
• IPFS Desktop - Gives you all the power of IPFS in a convenient desktop app.
• Offchain IPFS - IPFS node embedded within Substrate.
• galacteek - Multi-platform Qt5-based browser/toolbox for the IPFS peer-to-peer network.
• IPFS Web UI - Web interface to IPFS. (Web)
• IPDR - IPFS-backed Docker Registry.
• Forest - IPFS-backed package manager proxy cache.
• IPFS Support in Brave (2021) (HN) (GitHub Issue)
• IPSQL - Decentralized database that can run in IPFS. It implements the SQL schema, data model, and query language.
• IPFS telegra.ph clone - Minimalist publishing tool for post data to IPFS network. UI cloned from Telegra.ph
• gomobile-ipfs - IPFS and libp2p on Mobile, with Gomobile.
• Gantry - Move container images to and from IPFS.
• ipget - Retrieve files over IPFS and save them locally.
• Distributed Web Gateway | Cloudflare - Simplify, speed up, and secure access to both the Ethereum network and the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS).
• Hic et Nunc Tools - Auditing, IPFS Pinning, and other tools for creators, collectors, and network support of Hic et Nunc.
• IPFS-Lite - Embeddable, lightweight IPFS-network peer for IPLD applications.
• Uploading Files to IPFS from a Web Application (2021)
• IPDS - Subdomains for IPFS. (HN)
• Building Permanent and Censorship-Resistant Blog with Ethereum ENS and IPFS (2021) (HN)
• ipfs-embed - Small, fast and reliable ipfs implementation designed for embedding in to complex p2p applications.
• ipcs - Containerd meets IPFS. Peer-to-peer distribution of content blobs.
• Nebulus - IPFS-Less IPFS.
• Web3 Storage - Simple file storage service for IPFS & Filecoin. (Code)
• IPFSify Documentation (2021) (HN)
• Estuary - Custom IPFS/Filecoin node that makes it easy to pin IPFS content and make Filecoin deals.
• Deno Estuary - Deno API client for Estuary, a custom IPFS / Filecoin node.
• IPFS Community - General discussion and documentation on community practices. (Code)
• HTTP is obsolete – it's time for the distributed, permanent web (2015) (HN)
• Bitswap - Core module of IPFS for exchanging blocks of data. (Go Code)
• rainbow - Standalone IPFS gateway.
• IPFS-Nucleus - Minimal IPFS replacement for P2P IPLD apps.
• IPFS Cluster - Automated data availability and redundancy on IPFS. (Web)
• NFT Storage - Free decentralized storage and bandwidth for NFTs on IPFS and Filecoin. (Video) (Code)
• IPFS backed storage implementation for docker/OCI registry
• How IPFS is broken (HN)
• ipfs-ds-postgres - PostgreSQL datastore for IPFS.
• IPFS Specifications - Technical specifications for the IPFS protocol stack.
• Go-IPFS-HTTP-Client - Go-IPFS API implementation over HTTP API.
• How a Hypercore P2P innovation could bring more privacy to IPFS (2022)
• go-libp2p-quic-transport - Uses quic-go to provide QUIC support for libp2p.
• sql.js-ipfs - SQLite hosted on IPFS.
• IPFS crawler
• Explore the Merkle Forest - Explore the Merkle Forest from the comfort of your browser. (Code)
• peer-id - IPFS Peer ID implementation in JavaScript.
• IPFS Python - Python client library for the IPFS API.
• A guide to IPFS connectivity in web browsers (2021) (HN)
• Swift IPFS API
• IPFS Backed by Decentralized Storage (HN)
• ipfs-check - Check if you can find your content on IPFS.
• Hole punching in libp2p - Overcoming Firewalls (2022)
• IPFS Docs (Code)
• IPFS web browsers integration group
• IPFS Bootcamp
• IPFS Camp - 3 day hacker retreat designed for the builders of the Distributed Web. (Code)
• Performance Evaluation of IPFS in Private Networks (2021) (HN)
• go-path - Utilities for dealing with IPFS paths.
• Bacalhau - Compute over Data framework for IPFS & Filecoin.
• IPFS Only Hash - Just enough code to calculate the IPFS hash for some data.
• is-ipfs - Set of utilities to help identify IPFS resources.
• Get started Building Web3 Apps with Cloudflare (2021)
• S4 - 100% compatible AWS S3 storage, accessed through Tor and distributed using IPFS.
• IPFS Gateway Monitor - Detect the errors and measure the response time of IPFS gateways.
• IPFS HTTP client in Rust
• How We Put IPFS in Brave (2022) (HN)
• Planet - Decentralized blogs and websites powered by IPFS and Ethereum Name System. (Code)
• Why's Principled File Server - Alternative IPFS daemon.
• IPFS Ecosystem Directory (Code)
• JS IPFS Examples
• Design and evaluation of IPFS: a storage layer for the decentralized web (2022) (HN)
• IPFS Camp 2022 (Code)
• Iroh - New Implementation of IPFS. (HN) (Code)
• VerkleIPFS - Verkle Tree stored on IPFS.
• IPFS-Utils - Utilities for working with IPFS links.
• Design and Evaluation of IPFS: A Storage Layer for the Decentralized Web (2022) (HN)
• Help seed Z-Library on IPFS (2022) (HN)
• ipns - Utilities for creating, parsing, and validating IPNS records.
• GraphSync - IPFS data transfer protocol used across the IPFS and Web3 ecosystem for exchanging IPLD data.
• Autoretrieve - Server to make GraphSync data accessible on IPFS.
• IPFS client for Deno
• go-libipfs - Library for building IPFS implementations.
• S5 - Decentralized content-addressed storage network.
• helia - Implementation of IPFS in JavaScript.
• dagula - Suck a DAG out of a peer in the IPFS network.
• Admarus - Peer-to-peer search engine for IPFS.
• homestar - Reference implementation of IPVM.