prm3theus / agregore-browser

A minimal web browser for the distributed web

Agregore Browser

A minimal web browser for the distributed web

Running

Download an installer from the releases page

OR

• 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.

Features / Keyboard shortcuts

• Navigate web pages (back and forward with ctrl+[ and ctrl+])
• Open multiple windows (ctrl+n)
• Basic navigation bar (ctrl+l to bring into focus)
• Dev tools (ctrl+shift+i)

Contributing

Feel free to open a Github issue if you wish to tackle one of the items on the roadmap, or message @RangerMauve directly on whatever platform you can find them on.

This project uses the StandardJS code style. Please format your code with standard --fix or run npm run lint.

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)
  • Load web page when opening magnet link
  • bt:// protocol for loading individual files
• Better navigation UX
  • Multiple windows
  • Shortcuts for window creation
  • Only allow single instance of the app (reuse the protocol handlers across windows)
  • Make sure protocol handlers open correct URL
  • Make sure page titles update the window title
  • Keyboard shortcuts (use Menu bar with accelerator keys)
    • Dev tools
    • ctrl+[ and ctrl+] for navigating history
    • ctrl+l for selecting the navigation 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
• Better browser history
  • As an extension?
  • Save history to a DB
  • Search through history?
  • Provide history suggestions when typing in URL bar
• Bookmarks
  • As an extension?
  • Sync with Hyperdrive API?
• fetch API for IPFS (look at how their proxy works?)
• WebXR - Make sure it's working!
• Web extension support via electron-extensions
  • Load extensions from app/extensions/ folder
  • 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.