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Browser extension that routes ipfs:// addresses and content-addressed websites through your own local IPFS node

15 mentions on Hacker News by 11 people: 1 story, 14 comments · first 2017-10-01 · latest 2022-02-24

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  1. …never landed in any official Firefox Nightly build. Mozilla stopped working on libdweb in 2019 ( https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-companion/pull/533#issuecomment... ).
  2. …is that the former still works even if the visitor doesn't have the extension installed. [0] https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-companion
    comment by nybble41 · 2021-06-28 · in Subdomains for IPFS
  3. Anyone would like to try IPFS in Browser, you can use the IPFS Companion( https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion ) and IPFS-Desktop( https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop ). IPFS Companion supports many mainstream browsers.
    comment by fledgexu · 2021-01-20 · in IPFS Support in Brave
  4. …by default, it really isn't a great reason to switch browsers unless you have other reasons: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion
    comment by osgovernment · 2021-01-19 · in IPFS Support in Brave
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    IPFS browser add-on causes DNS leak
    story by Snawoot · 2020-06-21 · 0 comments
  6. Not only possible but already done! - https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ipfs-companion/nib... - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ipfs-companio... And I think Brave…
  7. The extension exists: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion
    comment by akavel · 2018-09-17 · in Introducing Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway
  8. …freedom to open a issue about this idea on the repository for the IPFS-Companion extension here: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/issues/581
    comment by diggan · 2018-09-17 · in Introducing Cloudflare’s IPFS Gateway
  9. …recommended as it is currently pretty resource heavy [3]. [1] https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs [2] https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion [3] https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/blob/master/...
    comment by Confiks · 2018-05-29 · in Pushing the Limits of IPFS and OrbitDB
  10. …having native IPFS support in the browser, it becomes harder. lide went ahead and opened a issue ( https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/issues/451 ), so if you're reading this and have ideas, we'd love to hear from you! We care…
  11. …VY9y3xjsixTgbd9AorQxH7VtMpzfx2HaWtsoUYecaX').then((data) => console.log(new String(data))) More info: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/blob/master/...
  12. …(and I have no idea if they ever plan to be) and/or have a distributed version available. [0]: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion
  13. …install friction. The local IPFS server packaged as a chrome extension is what is keeping it back: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/issues/248
  14. …For the extension, the IPFS community have been developing one which will use this new feature: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion PR for tracking the protocol handler is here: https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/pu…
  15. We are working on extensions/addons for all major browsers -- you can see an early version here: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-companion