winget install --id IPFS.IPFS-DesktopAbout IPFS Desktop
IPFS Desktop gives you all the power of IPFS in a convenient desktop app: a complete IPFS node, plus handy OS menubar/taskbar shortcuts and an all-in-one file manager, peer map, and content explorer. Use IPFS Desktop to get acquainted with IPFS without needing to touch the terminal — or, if you're already experienced, use the powerful menubar/taskbar shortcuts alongside the command line to make your IPFS workflow faster.
What's new in 0.50.0
Note This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team and IPFS community. Highlights 🧊 Updated Kubo to v0.43 and Electron to v43 Bundled Kubo is now v0.43.0. See Release Notes for Kubo v0.43.0 for the full list of changes, key highlights below. Electron is now v43 (Chromium 150). 🗂️ Files No Longer Freezes During Garbage Collection Adding, renaming or deleting in the Files screen while garbage collection was running could leave Files stuck for good: every later action hung, and restarting IPFS Desktop did not clear it. The two now take turns. A file whose data cannot be found anywhere also gives up with an error instead of waiting forever and blocking everything behind it. (details) 🔒 Security Fixes Worth updating for. A remote peer could make your node's memory grow until you restarted it, using a transport every install listens on by default. (details) 📡 Your Node Announces What You Keep, Not What You Browsed Until now your node advertised every block it held, including everything picked up while browsing. It now announces your pins and the files in the Files screen. Expect less background traffic and CPU, and no more advertising content you only looked at once. Change it any time under tray icon's Settings → Provide Strategy, where All Files, Pins, and Browsing Cache (default) restores the old behavior. Important This is applied to existing installs on first launch, unless you had already set Provide.Strategy yourself. If you were deliberately re-announcing content you fetched for others, switch back from the tray. Files you add or pin are now announced immediately,...
Version history
| Version | Updated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.50.0 | Unknown | Note This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team and IPFS community. Highlights 🧊 Updated Kubo to v0.43 and Electron to v43 Bundled Kubo is now v0.43.0. See Release Notes for Kubo v0.43.0 for the full list of ch... |
| 0.49.1 | Unknown | [!NOTE] This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team and IPFS community. Highlights Kubo 0.42 and Electron 42 Bundled Kubo is now v0.42.0. Highlights include announcing CIDs on demand with ipfs provide once, expo... |
| 0.49.0 | Unknown | [!NOTE] This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team and IPFS community. Highlights Kubo 0.41 and Electron 41 Bundled Kubo is now v0.41.0. Highlights include faster reclamation of provide queue disk space, and im... |
| 0.48.0 | Unknown | [!NOTE] This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team and IPFS community. Highlights Updated Kubo to v0.40 See Release Notes for Kubo v0.40.0 and v0.40.1 for details. Updated Electron to v40 Electron has been upda... |
| 0.47.0 | Unknown | [!NOTE] This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team. What's Changed - feat: electron 39 + kubo 0.39 with sweep and fast root cid provides by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/3020 - feat: updat... |
| 0.46.2 | Unknown | What's Changed - fix(windows): update publisher name by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/3013 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/compare/v0.46.1...v0.46.2 |
| 0.46.1 | Unknown | [!NOTE] This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team. What's Changed - fix: kubo 0.38.2 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/3011 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/compare/v0.... |
| 0.46.0 | Unknown | Note This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team. What's Changed - feat: webui 4.9 and electron 38 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2995 - fix: kubo v0.38.1 with Windows migrations by @lide... |
| 0.45.0 | Unknown | This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team. What's Changed - feat: ipfs-webui v4.8.0 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2981 - Release Notes: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-webui/releases/tag/... |
| 0.44.0 | Unknown | This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team. What's Changed - feat: kubo 0.36 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2963 - Release Notes: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/releases/tag/v0.36.0 Full C... |
| 0.43.0 | Unknown | This release was brought to you by the Shipyard team. What's Changed - feat: kubo v0.35, electron 36 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2949 - Release Notes: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/releases/tag/... |
| 0.42.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - kubo 0.34 + electron 35 + windows signing by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2936 - ipfs-webui v4.6 with CAR import (thx @badgooooor) in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2938... |
| 0.41.2 | Unknown | What's Changed - fix: kubo v0.33.2 + electron 34.2 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2930 Full Changelog: https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/compare/v0.41.1...v0.41.2 This release was brought to yo... |
| 0.41.1 | Unknown | What's Changed - fix: kubo v0.33.1 and electron update by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2921 - fix: ipfs-webui v4.4.2 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2918 - chore(deps): bump... |
| 0.41.0 | Unknown | This release introduces AutoTLS for Secure WebSockets with libp2p.direct public good service run by by the Shipyard team, enabling browser clients to securely retrieve data directly from IPFS Desktop providers. No user a... |
| 0.40.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - feat: kubo 0.32 + electron 33.2 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2890 - refactor: lossless compression of assets by @Awqre in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2892 New Cont... |
| 0.39.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - feat: ipfs-webui v4.3.2 by @SgtPooki in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2861 - feat: ipfs-webui v4.3.3 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2877 - feat: kubo v0.31 and electro... |
| 0.38.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - feat: webui v4.3.0 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2847 - feat: kubo 0.30.0 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2855 - Details in Release Notes at https://github... |
| 0.37.0 | Unknown | What's Changed - feat: electron 31 by @lidel in https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-desktop/pull/2832 - fix: support kubo with /webrtc-direct listener - chore: remove dweb: handler (rationale: ipfs/ipfs-docs#1855) Full Changelo... |
| 0.36.0 | Unknown | Release notes |