Important
This project is no longer maintained and the repository is archived.
Use ipfs get from
Kubo instead. It serves this use case better:
same downloads, one less tool to keep up to date, and a node that stays warm
between fetches rather than starting from nothing each time.
The published binaries stay up and keep working, but there will be no further releases, dependency updates, or security fixes.
The repository can be unarchived, but only for a named maintainer who commits to keeping it up. If that is you, reach out to the IPFS Foundation.
wget for IPFS: retrieve files over IPFS and save them locally.
ipget is a standalone program analogous to GNU wget. Unlike wget though, ipget specializes in downloading files and directory structures from the IPFS network.
ipget includes its own IPFS node, so you don't need IPFS installed on your
system. This makes it ideal for users and projects that want a simple utility
for whenever they want to retrieve files from IPFS.
Download a binary for your platform from GitHub Releases.
$ go install github.com/ipfs/ipget@latest
Find a fun IPFS address and ipget away!
$ ipget QmQ2r6iMNpky5f1m4cnm3Yqw8VSvjuKpTcK1X7dBR1LkJF/cat.gif -o nyan.gif
or with an /ipfs prefix:
$ ipget -o nyan.gif /ipfs/QmQ2r6iMNpky5f1m4cnm3Yqw8VSvjuKpTcK1X7dBR1LkJF/cat.gif
or even IPNS addresses (note this is an IPNS address example and does not work):
$ ipget /ipns/QmQG1kwx91YQsGcsa9Z1p6BPJ3amdiSLLmsmAoEMwbX61b/files/cat.gif
NAME:
ipget - Retrieve and save IPFS objects.
USAGE:
ipget [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]
VERSION:
see version.json
COMMANDS:
help, h Shows a list of commands or help for one command
GLOBAL OPTIONS:
--output value, -o value specify output location
--node value, -n value specify ipfs node strategy ("local", "spawn", "temp" or "fallback") (default: "fallback")
--peers value, -p value specify a set of IPFS peers to connect to
--progress show a progress bar (default: false)
--help, -h show help (default: false)
--version, -v print the version (default: false)
Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an issue!
This repository falls under the IPFS Code of Conduct.
