Experiment: IPFS Desktop without Electron

This repo is an experiment created during a Hack Week (2021 Q1) to explore if it is possible to provide most of IPFS Desktop functionality without dependency on the Electron/Chromium Rube Goldberg machine.

Consider this experimental for now!

How to run this?

Pre-built artifacts can be found here.

They require ipfs (go-ipfs binary) to be present on PATH or in the same directory as go-ipfs-desktop.
Set IPFS_PATH to override the default repo location.

This is a portable app, meaning no installation is required.

Dependencies

Linux

Make sure libappindicator is present, eg. apt-get install libappindicator3-dev

License

This project is dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 and MIT terms:

• Apache License, Version 2.0, (LICENSE-APACHE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
• MIT license (LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)