ethersphere/bee
Bee is a Swarm client implemented in Go. It’s the basic building block for the Swarm network: a private; decentralized; and self-sustaining network for permissionless publishing and access to your (application) data. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 47
- age_days: 2420
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 12
Adoption not part of the score
1482 stars · 387 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Bee is a Go client for the Swarm network, a decentralized peer-to-peer storage and communication network built on the Gnosis blockchain. Running a Bee node lets you publish, store, and retrieve data permissionlessly while contributing storage and bandwidth to the network.
Use cases
- run a Swarm node to store and serve decentralized data
- publish content on a censorship-resistant p2p network
- build serverless dapps backed by decentralized storage
- earn rewards by providing storage and bandwidth to Swarm
- host private, zero-leak application data without a central server
When to choose
- you want to participate in or build on the Swarm decentralized storage network
- you need permissionless, DDoS-resistant publishing infrastructure
- you're building Web3 dapps that need decentralized file storage
When to avoid
- you just need conventional cloud object storage like S3
- you're unwilling to manage an Ethereum-format account and BZZ token incentives
- you need a simple client library rather than a full node - use bee-js instead
Facets
application · maturity active
http-server p2p object-storage cryptography api-framework blockchain microservices privacy self-hosted windows go cli swarm ethereum decentralized-storage p2p-network web3 dapps bzz gnosis-chain node-client linux macos docker
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ethersphere/bee · fetched 2026-08-28 · 8e46862a3949
- homepage: https://www.ethswarm.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · 923990dd7476
- site_page: https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/dapps-on-swarm/introduction · fetched 2026-08-29 · ebe9cc4398a8
- site_page: https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 744d7a535005
- site_page: https://bee-js.ethswarm.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · f38c31dd9da4
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ethersphere/bee | main | 95 |
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