# ipfs-inactive/js-ipfs-http-client

[ARCHIVED] now part of the https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs repo

Repository: https://github.com/ipfs-inactive/js-ipfs-http-client
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/js-ipfs-http-client
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: ipfs-client, javascript
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-03-06T17:51:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4371, "days_push": 2371, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1042, forks 290 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:20.758421+00:00)

## What it is
A JavaScript client library for the IPFS HTTP API that implements the interface-ipfs-core specification, letting applications talk to a remote IPFS daemon or swap between an embedded js-ipfs node and remote nodes without code changes. The repository has been archived and its contents merged into the ipfs/js-ipfs repo, so it no longer receives releases or maintenance.

## Use cases
- talk to an IPFS node from JavaScript
- upload and add files to IPFS from a Node.js app
- retrieve IPFS content from a browser application
- connect a JavaScript app to a remote IPFS daemon over its HTTP API
- pin content on IPFS programmatically
- switch between embedded js-ipfs and a remote node without changing code

## When to choose
- you maintain an existing codebase already depending on ipfs-http-client and cannot migrate yet
- you must integrate with an older IPFS node's HTTP API using the last released version of this library

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - use ipfs/js-ipfs or its successor packages instead
- you need recent IPFS protocol features, bug fixes, or security updates
- you need a maintained client with active community support

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, p2p, developer-tools
- domain: microservices, web-development, developer-tools, files
- platform: browser
- tags: ipfs, p2p, dweb, content-addressing, distributed-web, archived, deprecated, javascript, http-api, ipfs-client, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ipfs-inactive/js-ipfs-http-client (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.758421+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 2026-08-30T07:02:47.146588+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ipfs-inactive/js-ipfs-http-client (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.758421+00:00, sha 0865ad754ea2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.