ipfs/ipfs-desktop

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An unobtrusive and user-friendly desktop application for IPFS on Windows, Mac and Linux.

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Forks: 905
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 81
Avg merge: 4d 13h
Merged PRs (30d): 5

Dominant language: JavaScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 16, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 17, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue

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81 open issues indexed

AUR: Error: Failed to load image from path Open

area/linux effort/hours exp/expert help wanted kind/bug need/community-input P2

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1987 · 11 comments · Opened Feb 21, 2022
IPFS Desktop should install go-ipfs as a service Open

area/windows exp/intermediate help wanted need/analysis need/community-input P2

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1977 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 9, 2022
Mac menu bar icon almost invisible in dark mode when stopped Open

effort/hours exp/beginner help wanted P3 topic/macos

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1967 · Opened Jan 30, 2022
support downloading dag-cbor nodes as CAR files Open

effort/days exp/beginner help wanted kind/enhancement P2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1962 · 4 comments · Opened Jan 25, 2022
Uninstall don't delete %AppData% Open

area/windows effort/hours good first issue help wanted P2 status/ready

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1864 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 25, 2021
IPFS status isn't reflected in the system tray menu if connected to a remote node Open

effort/days exp/intermediate help wanted kind/bug P2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1836 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 9, 2021
macos: cmd + q should close the window not quit the app. Open

area/macos effort/hours good first issue help wanted kind/enhancement P2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1811 · Opened Apr 28, 2021
Change "Open WebUI at Launch" to false by default Open

area/linux area/macos area/windows exp/beginner good first issue help wanted kind/enhancement P2 status/ready

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1789 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 24, 2021
Ignore single left click on tray icon Open

area/windows exp/beginner good first issue help wanted P2 status/ready

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1772 · Opened Feb 25, 2021
Open app window on last used screen Open

area/windows exp/novice good first issue help wanted P3 status/ready

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1771 · Opened Feb 25, 2021
Potential hang on "IPFS is Starting" Open

help wanted kind/bug P2

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1749 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 25, 2021
Automatically detect/update if local gateway port changes in config Open

kind/enhancement P3 status/blocked

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1765 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 24, 2021
Shareable links should get preloaded by default Open

effort/hours exp/intermediate help wanted kind/enhancement P1 status/ready

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1699 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 15, 2020
Store files in the proper location on Windows. Open

area/windows effort/days exp/wizard help wanted kind/maintenance P2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1656 · 11 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 28, 2020
Support filestore (ipfs add --nocopy) Open

area/experiments area/go-ipfs effort/days exp/intermediate kind/enhancement P3 status/blocked topic/design-front-end topic/design-ux

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1561 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 27, 2020
[meta] decoupling from ipfs-webui Open

area/webui effort/days exp/intermediate kind/architecture kind/maintenance need/analysis need/maintainers-input P1 topic/design-ux

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1389 · 15 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 3, 2020
Inform end-users about why "System Events" access is being requested on macOS Open

effort/hours exp/novice good first issue help wanted kind/maintenance P2 status/ready topic/design-content

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1367 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Feb 29, 2020
windows: publish portable .exe Open

area/windows effort/days exp/intermediate help wanted kind/enhancement P2 status/ready

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1350 · 5 comments · 6 reactions · Opened Feb 14, 2020
Show number of discovered nodes in the taskbar menu under the running status indicator Open

effort/days exp/novice good first issue help wanted kind/enhancement P2 status/ready topic/design-front-end

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1312 · 11 comments · Opened Jan 3, 2020
Build and Publishing Process Open

area/updates need/analysis need/maintainers-input P2 status/blocked

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1263 · 7 comments · Opened Nov 25, 2019
Improve Test Suite Open

effort/days exp/intermediate help wanted kind/maintenance P2

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1121 · Opened Sep 13, 2019
Feature request: Show a warning if peer is not publicly dialable Open

effort/days exp/intermediate help wanted kind/enhancement need/analysis P2 status/ready topic/design-ux

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1042 · 8 comments · Opened Aug 18, 2019
Co-host websites Open

kind/enhancement P3

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 18/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#1034 · 7 comments · 3 reactions · Opened Aug 14, 2019
Launch on Startup does not work on KDE Open

area/linux good first issue help wanted kind/bug P3

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#961 · 7 comments · Opened Jun 13, 2019
Hijack Native Screenshots Open

area/macos P3

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#879 · 3 comments · Opened Mar 18, 2019
"Nativeness" of IPFS Desktop Open

kind/discussion P3

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#867 · 17 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 13, 2019
Remove the repository when uninstalling Open

kind/discussion need/analysis P3

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#806 · Opened Jan 28, 2019
Hardening Updates with Content-Addressing and IPNS Open

kind/discussion P2

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#789 · 5 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 9, 2019
Improve UX for "auto add screenshot" Open

effort/hours exp/intermediate help wanted kind/bug P2 status/ready topic/design-ux

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#765 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 21, 2018
"Add to IPFS" from Native File Manager Open

effort/weeks exp/expert help wanted kind/enhancement need/analysis P2 status/ready

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#678 · 20 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Nov 2, 2018
Mount MFS Open

area/linux area/macos area/windows help wanted kind/enhancement P3

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

ipfs/ipfs-desktop#618 · 13 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Mar 17, 2018

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