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InterPlanetary File System: History & Applications

The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a protocol, hypermedia and file sharing peer-to-peer network for sharing data using a distributed hash table to store provider information. By using content addressing, IPFS uniquely identifies each file in a global namespace that connects IPFS hosts, creating a distributed system of file storage and sharing.

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InterPlanetary File System topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around InterPlanetary File System.

Related topics
40
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
44
Extracted relationships
23
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
44

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Applications · 20 topics
Overview · 12 topics
Design · 4 topics
History · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Available in
Go, JavaScript, Python
Developer
Protocol Labs
License
MIT license, Apache license 2.0
Original authors
Juan Benet and Protocol Labs
Release
February 2015 (y)
Repository
github.com/ipfs/ipfs

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Design

History

Applications

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How InterPlanetary File System connects Entity context

The extracted context around InterPlanetary File System shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, InterPlanetary File System → Any, As, BitTorrent, By, DHT, In, IPFS, P2P, The InterPlanetary File System, This Another extracted example is InterPlanetary File System → content delivery network, distributed file system,, Protocol,. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

InterPlanetary File System

Top relations

related to Design · 10
InterPlanetary File System → Any, As, BitTorrent, By, DHT, In, IPFS, P2P, The InterPlanetary File System, This
Type · 3
InterPlanetary File System → content delivery network, distributed file system,, Protocol,
Written in · 2
InterPlanetary File System → Client libraries: Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Haskell, Swift, Common Lisp, Rust, Ruby, PHP, C#, Erlang, Protocol implementations: Go (reference implementation), JavaScript, C (obsolete), Python
Available in · 1
InterPlanetary File System → Go, JavaScript, Python
Developer · 1
InterPlanetary File System → Protocol Labs
License · 1
InterPlanetary File System → MIT license, Apache license 2.0
Original authors · 1
InterPlanetary File System → Juan Benet and Protocol Labs
Release · 1
InterPlanetary File System → February 2015 (y)
Repository · 1
InterPlanetary File System → github.com/ipfs/ipfs
Stable release · 1
InterPlanetary File System → 0.41.0 / 23 April 2026; 4 months ago (23 April 2026)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

ipfs content file distributed system network using data storage hash decentralized protocol sharing users gateway table addressing bittorrent also interplanetary

InterPlanetary File System relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 23 structured relationships around InterPlanetary File System. Examples in this analysis include InterPlanetary File System → Available in → Go, JavaScript, Python and InterPlanetary File System → Developer → Protocol Labs. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
InterPlanetary File SystemAvailable inGo, JavaScript, Python1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemDeveloperProtocol Labs1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemLicenseMIT license, Apache license 2.01.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemOriginal authorsJuan Benet and Protocol Labs1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemReleaseFebruary 2015 (y)1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemRepositorygithub.com/ipfs/ipfs1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemStable release0.41.0 / 23 April 2026; 4 months ago (23 April 2026)1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemTypeProtocol,1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemTypedistributed file system,1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemTypecontent delivery network1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemWebsiteipfs.tech1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemWritten inProtocol implementations: Go (reference implementation), JavaScript, C (obsolete), Python1.00infobox
InterPlanetary File SystemWritten inClient libraries: Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, Scala, Haskell, Swift, Common Lisp, Rust, Ruby, PHP, C#, Erlang1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around InterPlanetary File System bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Hypermedia, Peer-to-peer and Protocol. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • InterPlanetary File System
    • Hypermedia
    • Peer-to-peer
    • Protocol
    • Sharing
    • Provider
    • Applications
    • Labs
    • Network
    • Table
    • Website
    • System
    • Also
  • interplanetary file system
    • Hypermedia
    • Peer-to-peer
    • Distributed
    • Protocol
    • Sharing
    • System
    • Network
    • Storage
    • Hash
    • Creating
    • Provider
    • Using
  • hypermedia
    • Interplanetary
    • Peer-to-peer
    • Protocol
    • Sharing
    • System
    • Hosts
    • Identifies
    • Provider
    • Data
    • Network
    • Using
    • Applications
  • file sharing
    • Peer-to-peer
    • Distributed
    • Sharing
    • System
    • Network
    • Storage
    • Hash
    • Creating
    • Table
    • Content
    • Using
    • Decentralized
  • distributed hash table
    • Peers
    • Table
    • User
    • File
    • Network
    • Storage
    • Using
    • Sharing
    • Content
    • Applications
    • Peer-to-peer
    • System
  • content addressing
    • Storage
    • Hash
    • Ipfs
    • Distributed
    • File
    • Decentralized
    • Access
    • Hosts
    • Http
    • Identifies
    • Network
    • Peers
  • protocol labs
    • Labs
    • Protocol
    • Provider
    • Peer-to-peer
    • Also
    • Network
    • Sharing
    • Storage
    • Access
    • Centralized
    • Used
    • Using
  • protocol
    • Labs
    • Provider
    • Peer-to-peer
    • Also
    • Network
    • Sharing
    • Storage
    • Using
    • System
    • Access
    • Applications
    • Centralized

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For InterPlanetary File System, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects InterPlanetary File System with Applications. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
InterPlanetary File System — Applications · splits 24 ⟂ 21
InterPlanetary File System — Overview · splits 32 ⟂ 13
InterPlanetary File System — Design · splits 40 ⟂ 5
InterPlanetary File System — History · splits 40 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

InterPlanetary File System

Nodes45
Edges44
Triples23
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.044444
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around InterPlanetary File System to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — InterPlanetary File System · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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