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-[Brave Browser](../how-to/companion-node-types.md#native), native support for IPFS in a browser with a Kubo node built directly into the browser itself.
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The implementation or tool that you use to interact with and use IPFS depends on your partiuclar use case.
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-[Use IPFS with your browser](#use-ipfs-with-your-browser)
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-[Use IPFS without code](#use-ipfs-without-code)
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-[Interact via the CLI](#interact-via-the-cli)
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-[Develop applications](#develop-applications)
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### Use IPFS with your browser
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Interact with the network using any Brave, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, and any other Chromium-based web browser using the [IPFS Companion browser extension](./install/ipfs-companion.md).
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### Interact with IPFS without code
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### Use IPFS without code
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The IPFS Desktop implementation is a desktop-based application that bundles an IPFS node, file manager, peer manager, and content explorer together. No need to touch the terminal or use code. Just [install Desktop](../install/ipfs-desktop.md) and quickly access the network.
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- If you'd like desktop-native GUI application, IPFS Desktop bundles an IPFS node, file manager, peer manager, and content explorer together. No need to touch the terminal or use code. Just [install Desktop](../install/ipfs-desktop.md) and quickly access the network.
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- To store data on IPFS persistently, without dealing with any applications or installations, you can also use a [pinning service](../concepts/persistence.md#pinning-services). You can follow [this quickstart guide](../quickstart/publish.md) to learn more.
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### Interact via the CLI
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You can interact with the IPFS network via the terminal:
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- To quickly retreive data with minimal complexity and overhead, use the [Lassie client](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/), which provides a [simple command-line interface](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#command-line-interface), in addition to other features.
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- For a wider range of features, use [IPFS Kubo as a command-line tool](../reference/kubo/cli.md).
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- For a wider range of features, use [IPFS Kubo as a command-line tool](kubo/cli.md).
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### Develop applications
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#### Language agnostic
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If you'd like to use IPFS over standard HTTP, you havve several options:
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You can develop IPFS applications with native support in languages such as [Go](#go) or [JavaScript](#javascript), or by [using HTTP](#http). There are also tools available to support [specialized use cases such as data orchestration and mobile applications](#specialized-use-cases).
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- If you simply want to retrieve data, use the [Lassie client HTTP API](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#http-api).
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#### HTTP
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- You can control an IPFS Kubo node using HTTP via the [Kubo RPC API](../reference/kubo/rpc.md), with the same range of functionality available via the [Kubo CLI](../reference/kubo/cli.md). There are multiple [RPC API clients in multiple languages](../reference/kubo-rpc-cli.md) to choose from.
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If you'd like to use IPFS over standard HTTP, you have several options:
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- If you simply want to retrieve data, use the [Lassie client HTTP API](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#http-api).
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- You can control an IPFS Kubo node using HTTP via the [Kubo RPC API](kubo/rpc.md), with the same range of functionality available via the [Kubo CLI](kubo/cli.md). There are multiple [RPC API clients in multiple languages](kubo-rpc-cli.md) to choose from.
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- For an implementation and runtime agnostic HTTP interface, use an [IPFS gateway](./reference/http/gateway.md).
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#### Go
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Looking for to add IPFS functionality to your Go application? Try these implementations:
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- To quickly retrieve data with minimal complexity and overhead, use the [Lassie client Golang library](https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/#golang-library) in your applications.
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- For more complicated applications requiring the full range of IPFS functionality, use Kubo or Boxo.
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**Use Kubo if you want**:
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##### When to use Kubo
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- To run a full-featured IPFS node that can interact with the wider IPFS network
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- Build applications in Go
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Use Kubo if you want:
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- To run a full-featured IPFS node that can interact with the wider IPFS network.
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- Build applications in Go.
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- Are building a modular application that interacts with the IPFS network
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##### When to use Boxo
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To create IPFS applications in JavaScript, use the [IPFS Helia implementation in JavaScript](https://github.com/ipfs/helia).
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- Are building a modular application that interacts with the IPFS network.
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To create IPFS applications in JavaScript, use the [IPFS Helia implementation in JavaScript](https://github.com/ipfs/helia).
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##### Orchestrating nodes
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For complex applications that require data orchestration across a swarm of IPFS daemons, use [ipfs-cluster](https://github.com/ipfs-cluster/ipfs-cluster), which allocates, replicates and tracks a global pinset distributed among multiple peers.
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If you're looking to develop embedded applications and/or applications in Java, use [Nabu](https://github.com/peergos/nabu).
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- If you're looking to develop embedded applications in Java, use [Nabu](https://github.com/peergos/nabu).
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- For embedded applications in Rust, use [ipfs-lite](https://github.com/hsanjuan/ipfs-lite).
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- For an iOS and Android app with IPFS read and share flows, try [Durin](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/Durin).
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- If you need packages for Android, iOS and React-native that allow you to run and use an IPFS node on a mobile device, use [gomobile-ipfs](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/gomobile-ipfs).
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## Implementations and tools catalog
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IPFS implementations are listed below, and are grouped into the following categories:
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| bifrost-gateway |<https://github.com/ipfs/bifrost-gateway>| go | Lightweight IPFS HTTP Gateway daemon backed by a remote data store. |
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| boost |<https://github.com/filecoin-project/boost>| go | Daemon to get IPFS data in and out of a Filecoin storage provider. |
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| boxo |<https://github.com/ipfs/boxo>| go | A component library for building IPFS applications and implementations in Go. |
| helia |<https://github.com/ipfs/helia>| javascript | A lean, modular, and modern implementation of IPFS for the prolific JS and browser environments |
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| ipfs cluster |<https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster>| go | Orchestration for multiple Kubo nodes via CRDT / Raft consensus |
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