ninabreznik / dweb-browser

A minimal web browser for the distributed web

dweb-browser

A minimal web browser for the distributed web

Running

• Clone the repo
• npm install
• bash ./rebuild.sh
• npm run start

Supported protocols

• hyper://
  • Able to read from archives
  • Able to resolve dat-dns domains
• dat://
  • Able to read from archives
  • Able to resovle dat-dns domains
  • 😢 No DatArchive support.
  • A bunch of websites are probably broken.
• ipfs
  • Working on reading from URLs

PRs for more protocols are welcome.

Roadmap

• Basic browser features
  • Navigate to URL
  • Back / Forward
  • Welcome page
• Basic hypercore-protocol / dat support
• Basic IPFS support
  • Loading files
  • Directory listing
  • Loading pretty urls with index.html
  • IPNS?
• Basic BitTorrent support (loading)
• Keyboard shortcuts
  • Dev tools
  • Navigation
  • Customization?
• Make sure protocol handlers open correct URL
• Multiple windows
• Better browser history
  • Save history to a DB
  • Search through history?
  • Provide history suggestions when typing in URL bar
• fetch API for hyperdrives GH issue
  • Creating an archive (scoped to page origin)
  • PUT/DELETE methods for files / folders
  • Track created archives for origin in a DB
  • Access control prompt for writing to origin
• WebXR - Make sure it's working!
• Web extension support via electron-extensions
  • Somewhere to render badges
  • Developer options page
  • Track extensions in a DB
  • Drag and drop extension folder
• Persist browser settings / history to Hyperdrive
• Load extensions from p2p protocols.