Command-line tool

kubo

brew/kubo

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Peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install kubo
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/ipfs-desktop

macOS

brew install kubo

Linux

brew install kubo

Add a file from local to the filesystem, pin it, and print the relative hash

ipfs add path/to/file

Add a directory and its files recursively from local to the filesystem and print the relative hash

ipfs add -r path/to/directory

Save a remote file and give it a name but not pin it

ipfs get hash -o path/to/file

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