libp2p/js-libp2p

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A JavaScript Implementation of libp2p networking stack.

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Indexed issues: 65
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Merged PRs (30d): 16

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 7, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 18, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted good first issue

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65 open issues indexed

webrtc: react-native-webrtc as a regular dependency pulls react-native and metro into every Node.js install Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3609 · 2 reactions · Opened Aug 24, 2026
WebRTC-Direct v2 spec finalization and implementation Open

kind/tracking

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3605 · Opened Aug 19, 2026
Tracking - Filecoin ProPGF Batch 3 grant Open

kind/tracking

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3602 · Opened Aug 19, 2026
libp2p/circuit-relay-v2: a static relay reservation (`CircuitListen`) is never re-established after the relay connection closes Open

kind/bug

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3601 · Opened Aug 18, 2026
Dial queue optimisation when dealing with DNSADDRs Open

need/triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3589 · Opened Jul 30, 2026
connection-monitor: clean up options for v4 Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3515 · Opened May 23, 2026
transport-websockets: dial fails on runtimes missing WebSocket.bufferedAmount Open

need/triage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3499 · Opened May 12, 2026
PUT_VALUE handler overwrites stored records without version comparison Open

need/triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3377 · 5 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Feb 12, 2026
Move WebRTC stream timeline and flag handling tests to interface compliance suite for all transports Open

need/triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3360 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 24, 2025
module parameters stopped working packages/transport-websockets Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3332 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 14, 2025
pending dial queue never empties, causing node to not accept new connections Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3289 · 13 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 19, 2025
Track protocol stream open/close count in metrics Open

help wanted kind/enhancement

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3262 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 2, 2025
`peer:discovery` maddrs are missing the `/p2p/{PEER_ID}/` part for circuit relay maddrs Open

help wanted need/analysis

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3239 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 11, 2025
Better multistream select errors Open

kind/enhancement

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3210 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 7, 2025
Verify dialing behavior Open

need/triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#3160 · Opened May 29, 2025
Getting Failed to send message to peer: TimeoutError: signal timed out when sending a message from b2b relayed peers Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3092 · 12 comments · Opened Apr 28, 2025
Evaluate @roamhq/wrtc Open

good first issue help wanted

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3034 · 9 comments · Opened Mar 6, 2025
WebRTC streaming performance Open

good first issue help wanted

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#3033 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 5, 2025
Revert #2930 Open

kind/test kind/tracking

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2931 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 3, 2025
Return only non-deprecated temporary IPv6 addresses in node.js Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2871 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 4, 2024
Questions about ROADMAP.md Open

exploration

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2847 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 27, 2024
Circuit relay stops accepting relay requests Open

kind/support

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2833 · 7 comments · Opened Nov 20, 2024
Can not disconnect from a circuit-relay server node Open

exploration

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2794 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 30, 2024
Prevent duplicate connections when dialing a multiaddr without a peer id Open

exp/beginner good first issue kind/enhancement

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2714 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 23, 2024
Possible relay discovery defect Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2676 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 31, 2024
Mock connection doesn't close stream muxer Open

need/triage

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 65/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2675 · Opened Aug 29, 2024
epic: expose transport metrics Open

Epic

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2664 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 14, 2024
When failing to establish WebRTC connection a "half open" connection can occur Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2646 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 1, 2024
Flaky Firefox WebRTC test Open

kind/bug

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2642 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 30, 2024
circuit-relay-server limits and shades of transient Open

exploration version-2.0

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2622 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 18, 2024
Use `localPort` option during TCP connect Open

kind/enhancement

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 42/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2620 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 16, 2024
Tracking - WebRTC browser bugs Open

kind/tracking

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2592 · 1 comment · 3 reactions · Opened Jun 15, 2024
Tracking - WebTransport browser bugs Open

kind/tracking

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2572 · 3 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Jun 3, 2024
Yamux pontentially sending a WindowUpdate after it has closed the stream Open

need/triage

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 28/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2505 · 7 comments · Opened Apr 25, 2024
libp2p http transport example Open

exp/intermediate help wanted kind/enhancement need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2312 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 13, 2023
Non-strict Protocol Negotiation in js-libp2p's multistream-select Open

kind/bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2161 · Opened Oct 17, 2023
perf: Add component level performance benchmarks per PR Open

kind/discussion need/analysis

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2120 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 3, 2023
perf: Integrate unit and spec benchmarking in js-libp2p CI Open

effort/days exp/expert help wanted topic/perf

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2118 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 3, 2023
docs: Integrated a docs web page generator for js-libp2p specifically Open

kind/discussion need/analysis need/triage topic/docs

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2117 · Opened Oct 3, 2023
docs: create troubleshooting.md Open

dx good first issue topic/docs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2101 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · Opened Oct 2, 2023
feat: Add configuration option to specify functions for pruning / opening peer connections Open

kind/architecture kind/discussion need/analysis

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2098 · 1 reaction · Opened Oct 2, 2023
feat: rate limit inbound streams per protocol per connection Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2093 · Opened Sep 28, 2023
docs: Create general profiles for different types of libp2p configurations Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2092 · Opened Sep 28, 2023
docs: Update `GETTING_STARTED.md` docs to give users default configs Open

topic/docs

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2091 · Opened Sep 28, 2023
Feat(libp2p/kad-dht): Amino DHT provideSweep analysis Open

need/analysis need/triage topic/interop topic/libp2p

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#2089 · Opened Sep 28, 2023
docs: API docs enhancements Open

Epic help wanted topic/docs

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 20/100

libp2p/js-libp2p#2081 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Sep 26, 2023
docs(readme): link to metrics-prometheus API docs Open

need/triage

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libp2p/js-libp2p#2080 · Opened Sep 26, 2023
docs(metrics): update metrics.md Open

Epic

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libp2p/js-libp2p#2077 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 25, 2023
Review BigInt usage Open

kind/discussion

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#1986 · 3 comments · Opened Aug 22, 2023
WebTransport throws NetworkError when creating a new stream on a (very) old connection Open

need/triage

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

libp2p/js-libp2p#1982 · Opened Aug 18, 2023

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