IPFS Gateway acts as a bridge between traditional HTTP clients and IPFS. Through the gateway, users can download files, directories and other IPLD data stored in IPFS as if they were stored in a traditional web server.
IPFS is moving beyond the sponsored gateways
How IPFS is shifting from centralized public gateways to distributed infrastructure and client-side retrieval.
Subdomain Gateway Specification
Defines how HTTP Gateway can implement support for HTTP Host headers to enable isolated website hosting based on root CID-derived Origins. This ensures compatibility with native ipfs:// and ipns:// URIs, and aligns with the existing Same-origin security model in web browsers, including relative URL pathing and permission scopes of Web APIs.
IPFS Desktop | IPFS Docs
IPFS Desktop gives you all the power of IPFS in a convenient desktop app - a complete IPFS node, plus handy OS menu shortcuts and an all-in-one file manager, peer map, and content explorer.
Introducing Filebase Sites: Simplified IPFS Websites with IPNS
Hosting a real website on IPFS has always come with friction: changing CIDs, manual IPNS management, and fragile workflows. Filebase Sites removes the last-mile complexity, giving developers a simple way to publish, update, and maintain decentralized websites without breaking links.
What's IPFS and how it compares to BitTorrent - Daniel Norman
What's IPFS and how it compares to BitTorrent
Redirects and custom 404s | IPFS Docs
What the _redirect file is and how to use them with a website or single-page application (SPA) on IPFS.
IPFS — Content addressing for data with confidence
IPFS gives developers content addressing building blocks for verifiable, portable, and resilient applications across open networks
Browsers & Standards Work 2026: Call for Community Input
TL;DR: IPFS is planning the next phase of work to make browsers better for the decentralized web – not just IPFS, but any protocol that needs lightweight crypto, peer-to-peer connections, or native browser integration. We need your input on what features matters most. Background: What We’ve Accomplished Over the past 5 years, sustained collaboration with Igalia has delivered real improvements to all major browsers: Ed25519 in WebCrypto API - Shipped in Chrome 137 (May 2025), now available in...
WebSeed specifications · Issue #444 · ipfs/specs
This is a meta issue discussing required features to enable webseed like features for the IPFS network. A webseed is qualified as a server: Server that implements a version of the HTTP protocol. Or...
Decentralized Technology in Practice: An analysis of socio-technical resilience in IPFS
The “Interplanetary File System” (IPFS) refers to a peer-to-peer content addressing protocol that is designed to be “upgradeable, resilient, and more open”. [1]
IPIP-504: `provider` query parameter as hint for HTTP Gateways by vasco-santos · Pull Request #504 · ipfs/specs
Based on initial exploration https://github.com/vasco-santos/provider-hinted-uri/blob/main/EXPLORATION.md
Content Identifiers (CIDs) | IPFS Docs
Learn about how content addressing works and how content identifiers, or CIDs, play a crucial role in IPFS.
IPIP-518: URIs in Routing V1 API via Generic Schema by lidel · Pull Request #518 · ipfs/specs
This IPIP extends /routing/v1 HTTP API to allow HTTP(S) URLs alongside multiaddrs in Addrs field in a new Record type defined by Schema=generic. Rationale in the IPIP document, TLDR is that allowin...
Project: IPFS Chromium implementation | Little Bear Labs | Little Bear Labs
Faster, more secure, more accessible IPFS links in Chromium-based browsers.
