# ipfs/helia

An implementation of IPFS in TypeScript

Repository: https://github.com/ipfs/helia
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/helia
Homepage: https://helia.io
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: ipfs, ipfs-helia
Last push: 2026-08-22T11:30:11+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1408, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 624}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1341, forks 159 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:26.211138+00:00)

## What it is
Helia is a lean, modular TypeScript implementation of IPFS for JavaScript and browser environments, succeeding js-ipfs. It lets applications add and retrieve content-addressed data (strings, JSON, DAG-JSON, DAG-CBOR, files) via a pluggable module ecosystem.

## Use cases
- run an IPFS node in a browser app
- store and fetch content-addressed data in JavaScript
- build a decentralized web app with IPFS
- pin and retrieve files over IPFS from Node.js
- share immutable linked objects using CIDs
- embed IPFS into an Electron or web application

## When to choose
- you need IPFS functionality in JavaScript/TypeScript, in Node or the browser
- you want a modular, modern implementation you can extend with @helia/* modules
- you're building dapps or decentralized storage features in web projects

## When to avoid
- you need a full desktop IPFS daemon with all reference features - use Kubo (Go IPFS) instead
- you need a simple high-level API without assembling modules yourself
- your stack is not JavaScript/TypeScript

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: p2p, file-system, http-client, serialization
- domain: microservices, web-development, files, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: ipfs, content-addressing, dweb, libp2p, cid, decentralized-storage, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- ipfs/helia (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.211138+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 2026-08-30T04:43:44.795943+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ipfs/helia (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:26.211138+00:00, sha 4f582aed0d70)
  - homepage: https://helia.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:02:59.033531+00:00, sha 7cdf5f1f2f78)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.