# 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.

Repository: https://github.com/ethersphere/bee
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ethersphere-bee
Homepage: https://www.ethswarm.org
Language: Go
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: ethereum, swarm, go, golang, bee
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:52:26+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2420, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 7, "gap_med": 47, "n_releases_24m": 12}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1482, forks 387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:51.136807+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: http-server, p2p, object-storage, cryptography, api-framework
- domain: blockchain, microservices, privacy, self-hosted
- platform: windows, go, cli
- tags: swarm, ethereum, decentralized-storage, p2p-network, web3, dapps, bzz, gnosis-chain, node-client, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ethersphere/bee (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.136807+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:34:06.667994+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ethersphere/bee (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:51.136807+00:00, sha 8e46862a3949)
  - homepage: https://www.ethswarm.org (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:40.532038+00:00, sha 923990dd7476)
  - site_page: https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs/dapps-on-swarm/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:40.534682+00:00, sha ebe9cc4398a8)
  - site_page: https://docs.ethswarm.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:40.536325+00:00, sha 744d7a535005)
  - site_page: https://bee-js.ethswarm.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:40:40.537890+00:00, sha f38c31dd9da4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.