# \#browsers **URL:** https://discuss.ipfs.tech/tag/browsers/50.md [Latest](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/tags.md) --- ## [In my experience, IPFS is actually unusable and I'm very sad to discover that](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/in-my-experience-ipfs-is-actually-unusable-and-im-very-sad-to-discover-that/11360)
**Author:** [@pyc](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/pyc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/in-my-experience-ipfs-is-actually-unusable-and-im-very-sad-to-discover-that/11360 "2026-03-25T06:30:22Z")
I’m just trying out the IPFS. It’s bugged and very very slow → practically unusable. For example: “ipfs swarm peers” returns “Error: this action must be run in online mode, try running ‘ipfs daemon’ first”, but the deam… --- ## [Sharing data between web browsers](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/sharing-data-between-web-browsers/18805)
**Author:** [@bthj](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/bthj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2024, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/sharing-data-between-web-browsers/18805 "2024-12-20T14:24:57Z")
Can data be shared directly between web browsers via IPFS? Let’s say browser A reads data from disk via the File System API and adds it to IPFS with Helia. Some CIDs are created for the data files, and while I’m still t… --- ## [Using Kubo as middleman for browser Helia nodes](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/using-kubo-as-middleman-for-browser-helia-nodes/17138)
**Author:** [@dasein108](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/dasein108)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 7:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/using-kubo-as-middleman-for-browser-helia-nodes/17138 "2024-07-12T19:02:31Z")
I’ve app that use Helia node(js-ipfs) before. My goal is to provide browser-to-browser connection between 2 Helia. So I want use Kubo node with public IP(DNS also) as middlemanto obtain peerId of another Helia node, and… --- ## [Ecosystem is being merged into Working Groups & Communities!](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ecosystem-is-being-merged-into-working-groups-communities/15278)
**Author:** [@Discordian](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Discordian)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ecosystem-is-being-merged-into-working-groups-communities/15278 "2022-10-02T18:12:41Z")
We’re trying to streamline our forum a bit more, reducing redundancy across categories. One of those changes involved merging Ecosystem with Working Groups & Communities. This means some changes to the subcategories here… --- ## [Browser ipfs-http-client not replicating pubsub from kubo daemon](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browser-ipfs-http-client-not-replicating-pubsub-from-kubo-daemon/15175)
**Author:** [@eatwithstomach](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/eatwithstomach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2022, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/browser-ipfs-http-client-not-replicating-pubsub-from-kubo-daemon/15175 "2022-09-13T05:48:27Z")
I am running a kubo ipfs daemon (v0.14.0) on a given machine. I’m using ipfs-http-client (version 57.0.0) on a Node.js application server on the same machine to write entries to a database. If I connect other ipfs-http-c… --- ## [Is there an AWS S3 compatible IPFS Browser?](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/is-there-an-aws-s3-compatible-ipfs-browser/14601)
**Author:** [@Colin1\_Chen](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/Colin1_Chen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/is-there-an-aws-s3-compatible-ipfs-browser/14601 "2022-08-03T14:40:39Z")
I want to migrate my iDrive content to IPFS, is there an easy way to do this? --- ## [Unable to replicate data in IPFS-CORE](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/unable-to-replicate-data-in-ipfs-core/14550)
**Author:** [@techster10173](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/techster10173)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/unable-to-replicate-data-in-ipfs-core/14550 "2022-06-28T14:33:10Z")
I am unable to replicate Orbit-DB data across different peers. I am using IPFS-CORE and have my application open in two different browsers but the data that is created in one browser is not showing up in another browser. … --- ## [Galacteek now supports private IPFS networks](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/galacteek-now-supports-private-ipfs-networks/14351)
**Author:** [@reload](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/reload)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/galacteek-now-supports-private-ipfs-networks/14351 "2022-05-29T20:15:00Z")
galacteek now supports switching between different IPFS networks. The main IPFS network is now quite large and maintaining a lot of connections is bound to generate high CPU usage for the go-ipfs process. Having the pos… --- ## [window.IpfsHttpClient is not a function](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/window-ipfshttpclient-is-not-a-function/11307)
**Author:** [@omar](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/omar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/window-ipfshttpclient-is-not-a-function/11307 "2022-02-15T06:54:05Z")
const ipfs = window.IpfsHttpClient({ host: ‘ipfs.infura.io’, port: ‘5001’, protocol: ‘https’ }); i was using above code to connect to ipfs using ipfs-http-client but its not working anymore with the latest or previous v… --- ## [Pinning only the resources required for a webpage (and not the whole website recursively)](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/pinning-only-the-resources-required-for-a-webpage-and-not-the-whole-website-recursively/13224)
**Author:** [@da2w](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/da2w)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2022, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/pinning-only-the-resources-required-for-a-webpage-and-not-the-whole-website-recursively/13224 "2022-01-22T09:31:51Z")
Hi, are there any tools that can analyze an IPFS path, parse a webpage, and pin all the resources that website references? Say I want to pin e.g. ipfs://hash/blog/example.html. I obviously need to non-recursively pin th… --- ## [Subdomain gateway's awareness of content-addressed relative URLs](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/subdomain-gateways-awareness-of-content-addressed-relative-urls/12273)
**Author:** [@SomajitDey](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/SomajitDey)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/subdomain-gateways-awareness-of-content-addressed-relative-urls/12273 "2021-09-25T07:54:20Z")
Hi fellas, I am curious about the following. Can you kindly comment! Refer to the TIP here. It advises the use of relative URLs that include content-addressed paths, e.g. /ipfs/QmNrgEMcUygbKzZeZgYFosdd27VE9KnWbyUD73bKZJ… --- ## [Js-ipfs swarm connect to pinata](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/js-ipfs-swarm-connect-to-pinata/11973)
**Author:** [@thewtex](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/thewtex)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/js-ipfs-swarm-connect-to-pinata/11973 "2021-09-16T08:06:51Z")
Hello :wave: , I would like to connect to Pinata peers with an ipfs-core js-ipfs instance. ipfs = await window.IpfsCore.create() const addr = window.IpfsCore.multiaddr("/dnsaddr/fra1-3.hostnodes.pinata.cloud/p2p/QmPo1y… --- ## [OK, so connecting browsers to IPFS seems like pretty much a complicated story](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ok-so-connecting-browsers-to-ipfs-seems-like-pretty-much-a-complicated-story/11452)
**Author:** [@pyc](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/pyc)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/ok-so-connecting-browsers-to-ipfs-seems-like-pretty-much-a-complicated-story/11452 "2021-06-08T17:51:25Z")
So before I start setting it up, help me understand what is the simplest way for browser nodes to discover and connect to IPFS nodes. I see many variants there and I’m new to this field, so what is the best option for th… --- ## [Help test IPFS in Brave!](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/help-test-ipfs-in-brave/9844)
**Author:** [@dietrich](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/dietrich)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/help-test-ipfs-in-brave/9844 "2021-01-27T12:59:42Z")
Hey everyone! Some of us have been working with Brave since last summer on an integrated go-ipfs node feature, and it’s shipping next week in the release version of Brave browser. If you haven’t tried it yet, you can giv… --- ## [Reddit AMA: Brian Bondy (co-founder and CTO of the Brave privacy browser), and Dietrich Ayala (IPFS Lead)](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/reddit-ama-brian-bondy-co-founder-and-cto-of-the-brave-privacy-browser-and-dietrich-ayala-ipfs-lead/9953)
**Author:** [@jessicaschilling](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/jessicaschilling)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/reddit-ama-brian-bondy-co-founder-and-cto-of-the-brave-privacy-browser-and-dietrich-ayala-ipfs-lead/9953 "2021-01-24T01:35:54Z")
If you missed today’s Reddit AMA with Brian Bondy and Dietrich Ayala discussing Brave’s latest release featuring IPFS integration, here’s the recap! --- ## [Brave x IPFS Reddit AMA](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/brave-x-ipfs-reddit-ama/9949)
**Author:** [@lidel](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/u/lidel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/brave-x-ipfs-reddit-ama/9949 "2021-01-22T19:33:53Z")
Psst… Brian Bondy (co-founder and CTO of the Brave browser), and Dietrich Ayala (IPFS Lead) are available to answer your questions about the decentralized web and the new IPFS integration in Brave: