# IPFS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/ipfs/  
**APIs profiled:** 40

InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol and distributed content-addressed storage system. The Kubo implementation exposes an HTTP RPC API (/api/v0/) for adding, pinning, and retrieving content-addressed files, managing DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph) nodes, key management, and network peer operations. The HTTP Gateway API provides read-only access to IPFS and IPNS content over standard HTTP. The Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API enables clients to discover content providers and resolve peer records without running a full DHT node.

## Kin Score — 31.7 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 31.7).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 45.1 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 15.8 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 14.3 |
| Commercial Clarity | 39.5 |
| Access Clarity | 39.5 |

## Agent readiness — 40.5 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | documented |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | yes |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (40)

- **IPFS HTTP Gateway API** — The IPFS HTTP Gateway API is an implementation-agnostic interface for retrieving content-addressed data from IPFS over standard HTTP. Path gateways expose /ipfs/{cid} and /ipns/...
- **IPFS Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API** — The Delegated Routing V1 HTTP API allows IPFS clients to offload content routing, peer routing, and IPNS resolution to a remote server without running a full DHT node. Endpoints...
- **IPFS Add API** — The Add API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for add.
- **IPFS Bitswap API** — The Bitswap API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for bitswap.
- **IPFS Block API** — The Block API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for block.
- **IPFS Bootstrap API** — The Bootstrap API from IPFS — 6 operation(s) for bootstrap.
- **IPFS Cat API** — The Cat API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for cat.
- **IPFS Cid API** — The Cid API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for cid.
- **IPFS Commands API** — The Commands API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for commands.
- **IPFS Config API** — The Config API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for config.
- **IPFS Dag API** — The Dag API from IPFS — 6 operation(s) for dag.
- **IPFS Dht API** — The Dht API from IPFS — 6 operation(s) for dht.
- **IPFS Diag API** — The Diag API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for diag.
- **IPFS Dns API** — The Dns API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for dns.
- **IPFS File API** — The File API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for file.
- **IPFS Files API** — The Files API from IPFS — 10 operation(s) for files.
- **IPFS Filestore API** — The Filestore API from IPFS — 3 operation(s) for filestore.
- **IPFS Get API** — The Get API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for get.
- **IPFS Id API** — The Id API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for id.
- **IPFS Key API** — The Key API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for key.
- **IPFS Log API** — The Log API from IPFS — 3 operation(s) for log.
- **IPFS Ls API** — The Ls API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for ls.
- **IPFS Mount API** — The Mount API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for mount.
- **IPFS Multibase API** — The Multibase API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for multibase.
- **IPFS Name API** — The Name API from IPFS — 6 operation(s) for name.
- **IPFS Object API** — The Object API from IPFS — 11 operation(s) for object.
- **IPFS P2p API** — The P2p API from IPFS — 6 operation(s) for p2p.
- **IPFS Pin API** — The Pin API from IPFS — 11 operation(s) for pin.
- **IPFS Ping API** — The Ping API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for ping.
- **IPFS pins API** — The pins API from IPFS — 2 operation(s) for pins.
- **IPFS Pubsub API** — The Pubsub API from IPFS — 4 operation(s) for pubsub.
- **IPFS Refs API** — The Refs API from IPFS — 2 operation(s) for refs.
- **IPFS Repo API** — The Repo API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for repo.
- **IPFS Resolve API** — The Resolve API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for resolve.
- **IPFS Routing API** — The Routing API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for routing.
- **IPFS Shutdown API** — The Shutdown API from IPFS — 1 operation(s) for shutdown.
- **IPFS Stats API** — The Stats API from IPFS — 5 operation(s) for stats.
- **IPFS Swarm API** — The Swarm API from IPFS — 13 operation(s) for swarm.
- **IPFS Tar API** — The Tar API from IPFS — 2 operation(s) for tar.
- **IPFS Version API** — The Version API from IPFS — 2 operation(s) for version.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Ipfs Agentic Access** — 154 operations · 152 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (2)

- **Ipfs Authentication** — http · 1 scheme
- **Ipfs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Plans**

## Tags

IPFS, Distributed Storage, Content-Addressed, Decentralized, Peer-to-Peer, File Storage, DAG, Pinning, Gateway

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/ipfs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.