Nebulus: An IPFS-Less IPFS

Post by whyrusleeping » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 7:17 PM UTC

skogard wrote: post #12

capableweb wrote: post #7

This entire project can be replaced in two different ways with just IPFS. You don't have to run IPFS to be able to add files or retrieve them (if you've added them on the same computer), so simply add the files without running the daemon and you're already "Offline and Private" and "IPFS without the Network". If that's not enough, you can also run your IPFS daemon with `--offline` and it won't connect to any network,…

Hi there, just want to clarify that Nebulus is not a replacement for IPFS or competes with IPFS. In fact it internally uses all the features you just mentioned. In fact it's even powered by JS-IPFS and makes use of the "--only-hash" features and other features you mentioned. I needed a programmatic way to do all these things (as well as many other user friendly features that the IPFS raw protocol will never provide)…

Post by IncRnd » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 7:27 PM UTC

skogard wrote: post #12

capableweb wrote: post #7

This entire project can be replaced in two different ways with just IPFS. You don't have to run IPFS to be able to add files or retrieve them (if you've added them on the same computer), so simply add the files without running the daemon and you're already "Offline and Private" and "IPFS without the Network". If that's not enough, you can also run your IPFS daemon with `--offline` and it won't connect to any network,…

Hi there, just want to clarify that Nebulus is not a replacement for IPFS or competes with IPFS. In fact it internally uses all the features you just mentioned. In fact it's even powered by JS-IPFS and makes use of the "--only-hash" features and other features you mentioned. I needed a programmatic way to do all these things (as well as many other user friendly features that the IPFS raw protocol will never provide)…

Post by argvargc » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 8:37 PM UTC

skogard wrote: post #20

qbasic_forever wrote: post #17

What's the use-case for this kind of usage of IPFS? Is it just a generic content addressable store for local use? Like perhaps use it to compile and install packages that you symlink into your system path a bit like DIY nix?

I wrote a dedicated section in the documentation just for this, it can be pretty powerful: https://docs.nebulus.dev/#/?id=use-cases

Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 10:09 PM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #7

This entire project can be replaced in two different ways with just IPFS. You don't have to run IPFS to be able to add files or retrieve them (if you've added them on the same computer), so simply add the files without running the daemon and you're already "Offline and Private" and "IPFS without the Network". If that's not enough, you can also run your IPFS daemon with `--offline` and it won't connect to any network,…

Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 » Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 11:32 PM UTC

whyrusleeping wrote: post #28

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any ideas on the future of reduced-size IPFS utilities. For example, the go-ipfs Linux packages are somehere around 24MB. Is this a problem anyone is working on.

People are working on smaller unixy tools to do fewer things well, but at least for the main codebase we are limited by go itself. Making binaries smaller is not simple at all... You might be interested in checking out the rust implementation: https://github.com/rs-ipfs/rust-ipfs Im not actually sure how well it would work for what youre after, but it is an option!