ipfs/ipfs
Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
41/100
- Activity 19
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4586
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 489
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
23055 stars · 1548 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is an open peer-to-peer protocol and suite of tools for content-addressed storage and transfer of data without a central server. This repository serves as the umbrella project for the protocol, pointing to implementations like Kubo (CLI node), IPFS Desktop (GUI), IPFS Companion (browser extension), and SDKs like Helia and Boxo.
Use cases
- share and retrieve files by content identifier without a central server
- host static websites and dapps on a decentralized network
- build resilient data sync across unreliable or offline networks
- publish verifiable, tamper-evident data with CIDs
- run a local IPFS node to pin and serve content
- add ipfs:// support to a browser via an extension
When to choose
- you need content-addressed, verifiable data storage or transfer
- you want to publish sites or data resilient to single-server failure or censorship
- you are building decentralized applications that need p2p data addressing
- you need offline-tolerant file sync across distributed locations
When to avoid
- you need a traditional centralized database with query capabilities
- you require guaranteed low-latency retrieval of frequently changing dynamic content
- you need strict data deletion guarantees, since content persists as long as any peer pins it
- you want a turnkey managed storage service rather than running nodes or using pinning services
Facets
service · maturity stable
networking p2p file-system object-storage developer-tools microservices networking web-development privacy censorship-circumvention files cross-platform windows browser cli self-hosted ipfs content-addressing peer-to-peer distributed-file-system ipld multiformats decentralized-web protocol cid static-site-hosting linux macos docker
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 390a662a3c96
- homepage: https://ipfs.tech · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7be716badf3b
- site_page: https://docs.ipfs.tech/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b89d3d0e0e01
- site_page: https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop · fetched 2026-08-29 · 461804ceae39
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| ipfs/ipfs | main | 41 |
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