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title: IPFS in JS
description: Developer resources for working in JavaScript with IPFS, the InterPlanetary File System.
---

# IPFS in JavaScript

## JavaScript libraries

There are three main JavaScript libraries for working with IPFS in JavaScript: `ipfs`, `ipfs-http-client`, and `kubo-rpc-client`. All three work in Node.js and modern web browsers. JS-IPFS in Node.js is long-running and supports transports like TCP and UDP along with WebSockets and WebRTC, while JS-IPFS in the browser is short-lived and limited to Web APIs available on a web page; it only supports WebSockets and WebRTC as transports. The browser is also resource constrained and does not support all of the interfaces found in the Node.js version.

- `ipfs-http-client` is the official JavaScript client for talking to a js-ipfs node.
- `kubo-rpc-client` is the official JavaScript client for talking to a Kubo node.

### JS-IPFS

:::warning 
### js-ipfs being discontinued
Development of the [js-ipfs project](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) is being discontinued to focus on [Helia](https://github.com/ipfs/helia), a leaner, more modular, modern implementation of IPFS in JavaScript scheduled for release in 2023. To learn more about Helia and the current state of IPFS in JS, see the [blog post](https://blog.ipfs.tech/state-of-ipfs-in-js/). 

Because of this, js-ipfs tutorials may be out of date, and will eventually be archived.

:::

[JS-IPFS](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/packages/ipfs) is a full implementation of IPFS, similar to [Kubo (Go-IPFS)](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo). You can use it either as a command-line application or as a library to start an IPFS node directly in your program, as JS implementation is available as two Node.js packages, `ipfs-core` and `ipfs`.

- [ipfs-core](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-core) includes the core IPFS API and is intended to be used to run an IPFS node as part of your application without the need to start external processes or manage API ports and servers.

::: tip IPFS Core API

See the [JS core API reference →](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/docs/core-api)

:::

- [ipfs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs) is built on `ipfs-core` but also includes the CLI, an HTTP RPC API server and, other tools to run ipfs as a background process, so it is a larger install with more dependencies.

::: tip ipfs-core vs. ipfs

If you are writing an application that needs to access the IPFS network, use `ipfs-core`. If you wish to use **js-ipfs** in a terminal window or run it as a server for use by multiple otherwise unrelated processes, use `ipfs`.

:::

### HTTP clients

The [kubo-rpc-client API](https://www.npmjs.com/package/kubo-rpc-client) is a client library that controls an active Kubo node running through its [RPC API](../kubo/rpc.md).
  - Use this library to talk to a Kubo node from your JavaScript application
  - You can also interact with the [RPC API](../kubo/rpc.md) directly using `fetch()` in a browser or a module like `request` in Node.js, but using this library can be much more convenient.

::: warning Changes to IPFS HTTP RPC API

There is ongoing work that will result in HTTP RPC API divergence in the future. See https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/issues/9125 for more information.

:::

The [ipfs-http-client API](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-http-client) is a library that controls an active JS-IPFS node running through its own version of the [RPC API over HTTP](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/packages/ipfs-http-server).
  - JS-IPFS will internally use this library if it detects another node is running on your machine. You can also interact with the HTTP version of JS-IPFS RPC API directly using `fetch()` in a browser or a module like `request` in Node.js, but using this library can be much more convenient.
  - When using JS-IPFS as a backend, use the [ipfs-client](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ipfs-client) instead to leverage gRPC connections over WebSockets to allow some commands to achieve the bidirectional streaming necessary to have full duplex streams running in the browser.

All the libraries have the [same interface](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/tree/master/docs/core-api) for using all the major IPFS commands. This client library implements the interface-ipfs-core enabling applications to change between an embedded js-ipfs node and any remote IPFS node without changing the code. In addition, this client library implements a set of utility functions.

::: tip Interacting with IPFS

We recommend the second method (interacting with a separate IPFS node via RPC API) whenever reasonable. Keeping the IPFS node in a separate process (even if it’s one of your program spawns) isolates you from any stability problems with the node. If a user already has IPFS installed, this also means that you can take advantage of a single, standard installation on their machine. It’s also less code to load in a browser. If you need to spawn a separate IPFS process, you might want to take a look at [`js-ipfsd-ctl`](https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl), which uses the same interface to spawn a Kubo (Go-IPFS) node, a JS-IPFS node, or an in-process JS-IPFS node.

:::

::: warning Browsers

The `ipfs`, `kubo-rpc-client`, and `ipfs-http-client` libraries work in browsers, but each has special considerations noted in their READMEs.

:::

The implementation is split into several modules.

::: details Node modules

* [`/packages/interface-ipfs-core`](./packages/interface-ipfs-core) Tests to ensure adherence of an implementation to the spec
* [`/packages/ipfs`](./packages/ipfs) An aggregator module that bundles the core implementation, the CLI, HTTP API server and daemon
* [`/packages/ipfs-cli`](./packages/ipfs-cli) A CLI to the core implementation
* [`/packages/ipfs-core`](./packages/ipfs-core) The core implementation
* [`/packages/ipfs-core-types`](./packages/ipfs-core-types) Typescript definitions for the core API
* [`/packages/ipfs-core-utils`](./packages/ipfs-core-utils) Helpers and utilities common to core and the HTTP RPC API client
* [`/packages/ipfs-daemon`](./packages/ipfs-daemon) Run js-IPFS as a background daemon
* [`/packages/ipfs-grpc-client`](./packages/ipfs-grpc-client) A gRPC client for js-IPFS
* [`/packages/ipfs-grpc-protocol`](./packages/ipfs-grpc-protocol) Shared module between the gRPC client and server
* [`/packages/ipfs-grpc-server`](./packages/ipfs-grpc-server) A gRPC-over-websockets server for js-IPFS
* [`/packages/ipfs-http-client`](./packages/ipfs-http-client) A client for the RPC-over-HTTP API presented by js-ipfs
* [`/packages/kubo-rpc-client`](./packages/kubo-rpc-client) A client for the RPC-over-HTTP API presented by Kubo
* [`/packages/ipfs-http-server`](./packages/ipfs-http-server) JS implementation of the [Kubo RPC HTTP API](https://docs.ipfs.io/reference/kubo/rpc/)
* [`/packages/ipfs-http-gateway`](./packages/ipfs-http-gateway) JS implementation of the [IPFS HTTP Gateway](https://docs.ipfs.io/concepts/ipfs-gateway/)
* [`/packages/ipfs-http-response`](./packages/ipfs-http-response) Creates a HTTP response for a given IPFS Path
* [`/packages/ipfs-message-port-client`](./packages/ipfs-message-port-client) A client for the RPC-over-message-port API presented by js-ipfs running in a shared worker
* [`/packages/ipfs-message-port-protocol`](./packages/ipfs-message-port-protocol) Code shared by the message port client & server
* [`/packages/ipfs-message-port-server`](./packages/ipfs-message-port-server) The server that receives requests from ipfs-message-port-client

:::

## Packages

Listing of the main JS packages in the IPFS ecosystem:

| Package | Version | Deps | CI/Travis | Coverage | Lead Maintainer |
| ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------- |
| **Files** |
| [`ipfs-unixfs`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-unixfs.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-unixfs) | [Alex Potsides](mailto:alex.potsides@protocol.ai) |
| **Repo** |
| [`ipfs-repo`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-repo.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo) | [Alex Potsides](mailto:alex@achingbrain.net) |
| [`ipfs-repo-migrations`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-repo-migrations.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-repo-migrations) | N/A |
| **Exchange** |
| [`ipfs-bitswap`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-bitswap.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-bitswap) | [Dirk McCormick](mailto:dirk@protocol.ai) |
| **IPNS** |
| [`ipns`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipns) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipns.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipns/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipns.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipns) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipns/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipns) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipns/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipns) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| **Generics/Utils** |
| [`ipfs-utils`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-utils.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [Hugo Dias](mailto:hugomrdias@gmail.com) |
| [`ipfs-http-client`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-http-client.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs) | [Alex Potsides](mailto:alex@achingbrain.net) |
| [`kubo-rpc-client`](//github.com/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/kubo-rpc-client.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client) | [![test & maybe release](https://github.com/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client/actions/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client/actions/workflows/js-test-and-release.yml) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-kubo-rpc-client) | [Marcin Rataj](mailto:lidel@lidel.org) |
| [`ipfs-http-response`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfs-http-response.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfs-http-response) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`ipfsd-ctl`](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/ipfsd-ctl.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-ipfsd-ctl) | [Hugo Dias](mailto:mail@hugodias.me) |
| [`is-ipfs`](//github.com/ipfs/is-ipfs) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/is-ipfs.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/is-ipfs/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/is-ipfs.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/is-ipfs) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/is-ipfs/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/is-ipfs) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/is-ipfs/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/is-ipfs) | [Marcin Rataj](mailto:lidel@lidel.org) |
| [`aegir`](//github.com/ipfs/aegir) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/aegir.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipfs/aegir/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/aegir.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipfs/aegir) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipfs/aegir/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipfs/aegir) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/aegir/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/aegir) | [Hugo Dias](mailto:hugomrdias@gmail.com) |
| **libp2p** |
| [`libp2p`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| [`peer-id`](//github.com/libp2p/js-peer-id) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/peer-id.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-peer-id/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-peer-id.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-peer-id) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-peer-id/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-peer-id) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-peer-id/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-peer-id) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:santos.vasco10@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-crypto`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-crypto.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-crypto) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-floodsub`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-floodsub.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-floodsub) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`libp2p-gossipsub`](//github.com/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-gossipsub.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/gossipsub-js) | [Cayman Nava](mailto:caymannava@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-kad-dht`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-kad-dht.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`libp2p-mdns`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-mdns.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-mdns) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-bootstrap`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-bootstrap.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-bootstrap) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`@chainsafe/libp2p-noise`](//github.com/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-noise.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ChainSafe/js-libp2p-noise) | N/A |
| [`libp2p-tcp`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-tcp.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-tcp) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-webrtc-star`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-webrtc-star.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-webrtc-star) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`libp2p-websockets`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-websockets.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-websockets) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-mplex`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-mplex.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-mplex) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`libp2p-delegated-content-routing`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-delegated-content-routing.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-content-routing) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| [`libp2p-delegated-peer-routing`](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/libp2p-delegated-peer-routing.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing/master)](https://travis-ci.com/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/libp2p/js-libp2p-delegated-peer-routing) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |
| **IPLD** |
| [`@ipld/dag-pb`](//github.com/ipld/js-dag-pb) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@ipld/dag-pb.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipld/js-dag-pb/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipld/js-dag-pb.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipld/js-dag-pb) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipld/js-dag-pb/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipld/js-dag-pb) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipld/js-dag-pb/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipld/js-dag-pb) | N/A |
| [`@ipld/dag-cbor`](//github.com/ipld/js-dag-cbor) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@ipld/dag-cbor.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/ipld/js-dag-cbor/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/ipld/js-dag-cbor.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/ipld/js-dag-cbor) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/ipld/js-dag-cbor/master)](https://travis-ci.com/ipld/js-dag-cbor) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/ipld/js-dag-cbor/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipld/js-dag-cbor) | N/A |
| **Multiformats** |
| [`multiformats`](//github.com/multiformats/js-multiformats) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/multiformats.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/multiformats/js-multiformats/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/multiformats/js-multiformats.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/multiformats/js-multiformats) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/multiformats/js-multiformats/master)](https://travis-ci.com/multiformats/js-multiformats) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/multiformats/js-multiformats/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/multiformats/js-multiformats) | N/A |
| [`mafmt`](//github.com/multiformats/js-mafmt) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/mafmt.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/multiformats/js-mafmt/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/multiformats/js-mafmt.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/multiformats/js-mafmt) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/multiformats/js-mafmt/master)](https://travis-ci.com/multiformats/js-mafmt) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/multiformats/js-mafmt/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/multiformats/js-mafmt) | [Vasco Santos](mailto:vasco.santos@moxy.studio) |
| [`multiaddr`](//github.com/multiformats/js-multiaddr) | [![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/multiaddr.svg?maxAge=86400&style=flat-square)](//github.com/multiformats/js-multiaddr/releases) | [![Deps](https://david-dm.org/multiformats/js-multiaddr.svg?style=flat-square)](https://david-dm.org/multiformats/js-multiaddr) | [![Travis CI](https://flat.badgen.net/travis/multiformats/js-multiaddr/master)](https://travis-ci.com/multiformats/js-multiaddr) | [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/multiformats/js-multiaddr/branch/master/graph/badge.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/multiformats/js-multiaddr) | [Jacob Heun](mailto:jacobheun@gmail.com) |

## Hands-on examples

::: callout

**Explore js-ipfs through interactive coding challenges at [ProtoSchool](https://proto.school/course/ipfs).**

:::

There are lots of JS-IPFS use-case examples in the [`ipfs/js-ipfs` GitHub repository](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples). They're all self-contained projects that let your spin up and test environments quickly. [Check them out →](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples/tree/master/examples)

A good starting place is the [IPFS 101, spawn a node and add a file to the IPFS network](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples/tree/master/examples/ipfs-101).