ipfs/kubo

Features

• Content-Addressable Storage - Identifies data by the hash of its content rather than its location to ensure integrity and deduplication.
• Peer-to-Peer File Sharing - Provides a decentralized system for hosting and retrieving files across a peer-to-peer network.
• Peer-to-Peer Distribution Protocols - Implements a decentralized system for distributing and retrieving data using content-addressing and distributed hash tables.
• Content Pinning - Allows locking specific content identifiers to the local node to prevent garbage collection.
• Filesystem Mounts - Maps the peer-to-peer filesystem onto the local operating system directory structure for direct file access.
• Network Namespace Mounting - Exposes network namespaces as local directories for access via standard filesystem operations.
• P2P Store Mounting - Exposes a peer-to-peer data store as a local directory to interact with network files.
• Network Namespace Exposure - Exposes network namespaces to the operating system as local directories for use with standard filesystem tools.
• Content Pinning - Prevents automatic garbage collection of specific data to ensure it remains stored on the local node.
• Content Identifiers - Applies specific profiles to ensure content identifiers are generated reproducibly across different implementations.
• Content-Addressable Transfers - Implements data movement based on content hashes rather than traditional server locations to ensure integrity.
• Content Provider Advertising - Publishes provider records to the routing system to announce content availability to other peers.
• Decentralized Content Distribution - Distributes and retrieves data across a decentralized network using content-addressing and distributed hash tables.
• Decentralized Naming Systems - Shares and resolves naming system records in real-time using the Distributed Hash Table or delegated publishers.
• Decentralized Website Hosting - Hosts websites at custom domains by linking DNS records to content identifiers.
• DNS Resolution - Maps human-readable domain names to decentralized network addresses for efficient content and peer discovery.
• HTTP Gateways - Translates peer-to-peer content into standard web traffic for access through traditional web browsers.
• Peer-to-Peer Networking - Provides tools for deploying and managing peer-to-peer nodes, including routing and peer discovery.
• Bootstrap Node Discovery - Uses trusted bootstrap nodes to discover the network and locate other peers during startup.
• HTTP-to-P2P Translation - Translates standard web requests into peer-to-peer protocol calls to make decentralized data accessible via browsers.
• PubSub Messaging Systems - Provides a real-time message distribution system using publish-subscribe patterns for network-wide data propagation.
• Content Path Mapping - Maps decentralized content paths to a local directory structure using a filesystem in userspace.
• FUSE Virtual Filesystems - Maps decentralized content and network namespaces to a local operating system directory for standard file access.
• Directed Acyclic Graphs - Organizes related blocks of data into a hierarchical structure to represent files and directories.
• Distributed Hash Tables - Maps content identifiers to peer network addresses across a decentralized network to enable efficient data discovery.
• P2P Routing Stacks - Implements a specialized routing stack to manage how the system discovers content providers and resolves decentralized records.
• Deduplication - Adds files to the system without duplicating the physical space they occupy on disk.
• Node Management Interfaces - Exposes internal system operations and configuration settings through a standardized remote procedure call interface.
• Storage Configurations - Defines the on-disk storage structure, including mount points and storage types for data persistence.
• Publish-Subscribe Messaging - Distributes real-time updates and records across the network using a publish-subscribe mechanism for low-latency discovery.
• NAT Traversal Mechanisms - Automatically finds and advertises relay addresses for nodes located behind restrictive NATs.
• NAT Traversal - Upgrades relayed connections to direct connections using hole punching when port forwarding is unavailable.
• Encrypted Relaying - Routes network traffic through intermediary nodes to enable connectivity for peers behind restrictive NAT firewalls.
• Routing Delegation - Offloads peer discovery and record lookups to remote HTTP endpoints to reduce local resource consumption.
• Node Management RPCs - Exposes core node functions and data organization over an HTTP API for external clients.
• Library Integrations - Embeds core peer-to-peer functionality directly into custom applications rather than running a standalone daemon.
• PubSub Message Propagation - Distributes updates instantly using a publish-subscribe mechanism to reduce name resolution latency.
• Circuit Relay Hosting - Acts as a circuit relay to help other peers establish connections when situated behind firewalls.
• Traffic Routing - Uses a client-server model to delegate routing queries to specialized routers.
• Virtual Filesystem Schemes - Provides a writable mount point to manipulate content-addressed data using standard system tools.
• Content - Blocks specific content from being served by a node to comply with operator policies.
• Content Filtering Rules - Prevents the node from hosting or routing specific data based on defined rules and public blocklists.
• Metric and Performance Monitors - Exports internal system metrics and provider statistics to external tools for health and resource tracking.
• Node Management Interfaces - IPFS controls node operations via a command-line tool, a web-based user interface, and a remote procedure call API.
• Observability Tracing - Integrates the OpenTelemetry suite to track request flows and internal operations for performance analysis.
• Prometheus Exporters - Provides a Prometheus endpoint to surface internal performance data for external monitoring.
• Administrative Interfaces - Administers configuration and secret keys through a restricted interface bound to specific network addresses.
• RPC Integration Interfaces - Manages node operations and settings programmatically through a remote procedure call interface.
• Data Storage and Search - Go implementation of the InterPlanetary File System protocol.
• Databases & Data - Implementation of the IPFS protocol for decentralized storage.
• Distributed Filesystems - Peer-to-peer filesystem for global data distribution.

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