This project is pre-alpha and is planned for development in late 2022, with an initial "v1" release in late Q1 2023. The project will be built in the open. Community contributors are welcome.
Helia (HEE-lee-ah) is the Latin spelling of Ἡλιη -- in Greek mythology, one of the Heliades: the daughters of the sun god Helios. When their brother Phaethon died trying to drive the sun chariot across the sky, their tears of mourning fell to earth as amber, which is yellow (sort of), and so is JavaScript. They were then turned into poplar trees and, well, JavaScript is quite popular.
In Oct-Dec 2022, IP Stewards sought community input for the name of this project. After considering 20 suggestions and holding a couple of polls, the name Helia was chosen. Here's why it's not named IPFS.
This project aims to build a lean, modular, modern implementation of IPFS, the Interplanetary File System.
For more information, see the State of IPFS in JS (blog post).
The roadmap can be found here: #5
This IPFS implementation in JavaScript is a work in progress. Here are some ways you can help.
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- MIT (LICENSE-MIT / http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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