# A guide to IPFS connectivity in web browsers | IPFS Blog & News

**URL:** <https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-guide-to-ipfs-connectivity-in-web-browsers-ipfs-blog-news/11513>\
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**Created:** [June 10, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-guide-to-ipfs-connectivity-in-web-browsers-ipfs-blog-news/11513 "2021-06-10T21:19:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/a-guide-to-ipfs-connectivity-in-web-browsers-ipfs-blog-news/11513/1 "2021-06-10T21:19:49Z")

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We see a lot of questions about how to get started with using `js-ipfs` in the browser. This post demonstrates a minimal chat example in `js-ipfs` entirely in the browser. It uses WebRTC to achieve browser-to-browser connectivity where possible, and a circuit relay to connect browser nodes where not. Message passing is done with libp2p's pubsub.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-06-10-guide-to-ipfs-connectivity-in-browsers/](https://blog.ipfs.io/2021-06-10-guide-to-ipfs-connectivity-in-browsers/)