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title: "IPFS implementations"
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title: "IPFS implementations and tools"
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description: "There isn't just one canonical IPFS implementation. Learn about the various IPFS implementations available for different use cases."
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# IPFS implementations
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[Popular or Actively Maintained](#implementations-catalog)
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The purpose of this page is to catalog the many IPFS <VueCustomTooltiplabel="Software, written in any programming language, with functionality to process and transmit content-addressed data. Some implementations are optimized for specific use cases or devices, or use different subsystems to handle content-addressed data. There are multiple specififactions in IPFS for handling content-addressed data, and not all implementations implement them."underlinedmultilineis-medium>implementations</VueCustomTooltip> and tools, as well as provide general guidance on choosing and implementation or tool to work with.
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-[Choose an implementation or tool](#choose-an-implementation-or-tool)
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-[Implementations and tools catalog](#implementations-and-tools-catalog)
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## Choose an implementation or tool
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Looking for an easy, user-friendly way to get started with IPFS? Try any of the options listed below:
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-[Brave Browser](../how-to/companion-node-types.md#native), native support for IPFS in a browser with a Kubo node built directly into the browser itself.
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## Choose an implementation or tool
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### Use IPFS with your browser
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Interact with the network using any Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, and any other Chromium-based web browser using the [IPFS Companion browser extension](./install/ipfs-companion.md).
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### Interact with IPFS without code
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The IPFS Desktop implementation is a desktop-based application that bundles an IPFS node, file manager, peer manager, and content explorer together. No need to touch the terminal or use code. Just [install Desktop](../install/ipfs-desktop.md) and quickly access the network.
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### Interact via the CLI
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You can interact with the IPFS network via the terminal:
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- For a wider range of features, use [IPFS Kubo as a command-line tool](../reference/kubo/cli.md).
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### Interact with IPFS without code
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The IPFS Desktop implementation is a desktop-based application that bundles an IPFS node, file manager, peer manager, and content explorer together. No need to touch the terminal or use code. Just [install Desktop](../install/ipfs-desktop.md) and quickly access the network.
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### Develop applications
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#### Language agnostic
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If you'd like to use IPFS over standard HTTP, you havve several options:
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- If you simply want to retrieve data, use the [Lassie client HTTP API](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#http-api).
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- You can control an IPFS Kubo node using HTTP via the [Kubo RPC API](../reference/kubo/rpc.md), with the same range of functionality available via the [Kubo CLI](../reference/kubo/cli.md). There are multiple [RPC API clients in multiple languages](../reference/kubo-rpc-cli.md) to choose from.
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- For an implementation and runtime agnostic HTTP interface, use an [IPFS gateway](./reference/http/gateway.md).
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#### Go
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Looking for to add IPFS functionality to your Go application? Try these implementations:
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- To quickly retrieve data with minimal complexity and overhead, use the [Lassie client](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/), which provides a [Golang library](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#golang-library)that you can use in your applications, in addition to other features.
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- To quickly retrieve data with minimal complexity and overhead, use the [Lassie clientGolang library](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#golang-library) in your applications.
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- For more complicated applications requiring the full range of IPFS functionality, use Kubo or Boxo.
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#### JavaScript
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To create IPFS applications in JavaScript, use the [IPFS Helia implementation in JavaScript](https://github.com/ipfs/helia).
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#### Rust
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If you're looking to develop embedded applications and/or applications in Java, use [Nabu](https://github.com/peergos/nabu).
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You can interact with IPFS via HTTP using the following implementations:
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- To quickly retrieve data with minimal complexity and overhead, use the [Lassie client](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/), which provides an [HTTP API](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#http-api) that can be used by your applications, in addition to other features.
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- You can also control an IPFS Kubo node using HTTP via the [Kubo RPC API](../reference/kubo/rpc.md)
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## Implementations catalog
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## Implementations and tools catalog
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IPFS implementations are listed below, and are grouped into the following categories:
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| Name | URL | Language(s) | What it's trying to do |
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