From c7ed7ba722e7f2b01e0f133b6efbe4a5407c591d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "@RubenKelevra" Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:28:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Readme: Rewrite introduction and featureset (#9211) * Readme: Rewrite introduction and featureset * Readd links Co-authored-by: Gus Eggert --- README.md | 20 ++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 54098932c..43a1fd47b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,3 @@ -# kubo - -> the oldest IPFS implementation, previously known as "go-ipfs" ![kubo, an IPFS node in Go](https://ipfs.io/ipfs/bafykbzacecaesuqmivkauix25v6i6xxxsvsrtxknhgb5zak3xxsg2nb4dhs2u/ipfs.go.png) @@ -10,15 +7,18 @@ ## What is Kubo? -Kubo (go-ipfs) the earliest and most widely used implementation of IPFS. +Kubo was the first is the most widely used IPFS implementation today. Implementing the *Interplanetary Filesystem* - the Web3 standard and contender to replace https. Thus powered by IPLD's data models and the libp2p for network communication. Kubo is written in Go. -It includes: -- an IPFS daemon server -- extensive [command line tooling](https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/cli/) -- an [HTTP Gateway](https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/http/gateway/) (`/ipfs/`, `/ipns/`) for serving content to HTTP browsers -- an [HTTP RPC API](https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/rpc/) (`/api/v0`) for controlling the daemon node +Featureset +- Runs an IPFS-Node as a network service +- [Command Line Interface](https://docs.ipfs.tech/reference/kubo/cli/) to IPFS-Nodes +- Local [Web2-to-Web3 HTTP Gateway functionality](https://github.com/ipfs/specs/tree/main/http-gateways#readme) +- HTTP RPC API (`/api/v0`) to access and control the daemon +- IPFS's internal Webgui can be used to manage the Kubo nodes -Note: [other implementations exist](https://docs.ipfs.tech/basics/ipfs-implementations/). +### Other implementations + +See [List](https://docs.ipfs.tech/basics/ipfs-implementations/) ## What is IPFS?