InterPlanetary File System

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for storing and sharing data in a distributed file system. IPFS uses content-addressing to uniquely identify each file in a global namespace connecting IPFS hosts.

InterPlanetary File System
Original author(s)Juan Benet and Protocol Labs
Developer(s)Protocol Labs
Initial releaseFebruary 2015 (y)
Stable release
0.27.0 / 4 March 2024 (4 March 2024)
Repositorygithub.com/ipfs/ipfs
Written in
  • Protocol implementations: Go (reference implementation), JavaScript, C, Python
  • Client libraries: Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Haskell, Swift, Common Lisp, Rust, Ruby, PHP, C#, Erlang
Available inGo, JavaScript, Python
Type
LicenseMIT license, Apache license 2.0
Websiteipfs.tech
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IPFS can among others replace the location based hypermedia server protocols HTTP and HTTPS to distribute the World Wide Web.

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