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title: Guides
description: Hands-on guides to using and developing with IPFS to build decentralized web apps and services.
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# IPFS Guides and Tutorials

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No matter what you're looking to do with IPFS, you can find how-tos and tutorials here. These items are a work in progress, so please check back periodically to check what we've added!

See the site navigation menu for all our how-tos, organized by topic area, including favorites like these:

- **Customize your install** by [configuring a node](configure-node.md), modifying the [bootstrap list](modify-bootstrap-list.md), and more
- **Learn how to manage files** in IPFS with tutorials on concepts like [pinning](pin-files.md), how to [work with blocks](work-with-blocks.md), learning how to [troubleshoot file transfers](https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/docs/file-transfer.md), and understanding [working with large datasets](https://github.com/ipfs/archives/tree/master/tutorials/replicating-large-datasets)
- **See how to work with peers** using methods like [customizing libp2p bundles](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples/tree/master/examples/custom-libp2p) and using circuit relay
- **Understand website hosting** by starting with how to [host a simple single-page site](websites-on-ipfs/single-page-website.md)
- **Learn how to build apps** on IPFS, starting with [exploring the IPFS API](https://github.com/ipfs/camp/tree/master/CORE_AND_ELECTIVE_COURSES/CORE_COURSE_C) and [making a basic libp2p app](https://github.com/ipfs/camp/tree/master/CORE_AND_ELECTIVE_COURSES/CORE_COURSE_B)
- **Understand how IPFS works in the browser** by learning how to [address IPFS on the Web](address-ipfs-on-web.md), seeing how to [exchange files between nodes](https://github.com/ipfs-examples/js-ipfs-examples/tree/master/examples/browser-exchange-files), seeing [how IPFS can be used in your favorite browser tools and frameworks](browser-tools-frameworks.md), and more

## Don't see what you're looking for?

We're adding more documentation all the time and making ongoing revisions to existing docs, but if you don't see what you need, please [file an issue](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-docs/issues/new?assignees=&labels=OKR+3%3A+Content+Improvement%2C+docs-ipfs&template=content-request.md&title=%5BCONTENT+REQUEST%5D+%28add+your+title+here%21%29) to let us know! We also recommend visiting the [IPFS forums](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/) for support and discussion with IPFS enthusiasts and experts worldwide.