iroh

Iroh is a next-generation implementation of the Interplanetary File System (IPFS) for Cloud & Mobile platforms.

IPFS is a networking protocol for exchanging content-addressed blocks of immutable data. “Content-addressed” means referring to data by the hash of its content, which makes the reference unique and verifiable. These two properties make it possible to get data from any node in the network that speaks the IPFS protocol, including IPFS content being served by other implementations of IPFS.

This repo is a common core for three distributions of iroh:

Iroh Cloud: core features of iroh split into configurable microservices, optimized for running at datacenter scale.
Iroh One: A select set of iroh cloud features packaged as a single binary for simplified deployment.
Iroh Mobile: iOS & Android libraries that bring efficient data distribution to mobile apps.

Project Status: Early Days

Iroh has yet to publish a release. We are targeting the end of October 2022 for an initial version, which will coincide with the launch of a proper web site & documentation. Before iroh's first release we're in build-from-source and read-source-to-understand-how-it-works territory.

In the meantime, there's a quickstart guide if you'd like to get a feel for running an iroh cloud gateway.

Working on Iroh

Check out the CONTRIBUTOR docs to get familiar with ways you can contribute to the Iroh project. The DEVELOPERS docs will help you get starting with building and developing Iroh.

Benchmarks

A full suite of automated benchmarks is in the works. this talk goes into some early numbers.

Who's behind this?

Iroh is built & maintained by number 0. We're a founder-backed startup hell-bent on building efficient distributed systems software.

License

^{Licensed under either of Apache License, Version
2.0 or MIT license at your option.}
_{Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in this crate by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall
be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.}

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