Building Blocks For a Better Web
IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a constellation of open-source tools for content addressing. Build verifiable, portable, and resilient systems across public and private networks.
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“It’s crucially important to have a distributed file system in our open hypertext system. IPFS is the missing piece that allows for a truly decentralized and open web.”
“Our local data infrastructure was stuck in customs. We set up IPFS on notebooks and a Raspberry Pi, and suddenly all scientists could sync, share, and collaborate, with automatic uploads back to Hamburg whenever the connection returned.”
“There is no central point of compromise anymore. There is no database that can be hacked, because the data just doesn’t exist, even in encrypted form, in one place anywhere. It only comes together at the edge device of the patient.”
“IPFS gave us a content-addressed foundation for publishing to the web, so our users can host and share sites that stay online without depending on any single server, and without the clunky UX that usually comes with decentralization.”
“IPFS is the standard for storing data in a verifiable and fully transparent way, thereby allowing us to build openly auditable governance systems.”
“It was such a relief to know I could store my videos in one place, each with its own IPFS URL and CID. Resilience is important to me, and having the work backed up means it’ll be around for a long time.”
Confidence in your data
Every tool in the IPFS constellation makes two commitments. Pick one to see it in motion, and grab the building blocks you need.
Hash around, and find out.
Running in science labs, game studios, art vaults, and low earth orbit.
Anywhere data needs to be verifiable, CIDs are helpful. A sample of what teams have built with the IPFS tools at the core.
Self-certifying data for the next wave of open networks.
AT Protocol uses CIDs so anyone on the network can verify what they receive. No trusted server in the middle.
Self-verifying records for open social
AT Protocol identifies every post, repo, and event by CID, so any client can verify what it received without trusting the server that delivered it.
Peer-to-peer hypermedia documents
Seed builds collaborative documents where every version, comment, and link is addressed by CID, durable across servers, editors, and time.
Offline-native knowledge graphs
Anytype uses content addressing to let users build personal knowledge webs that sync peer to peer, with no server lock-in.
Public, private, and everything in between
The same content-addressing model runs on the open internet or a closed network. Same CIDs, different routing.