r/ipfs is a subreddit with 17k members. The most common kinds of discussions are ideas and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses ipfs, decentralized, airdrop, storage, and gateway, and they frequently recommend/review cloud provider and cloud storage solution.
The InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) is a set of composable, peer-to-peer protocols for addressing, routing, and transferring content-addressed data in a decentralized file system.
Popular Themes in r/ipfs
#1
Ideas
: "What do you guys think about Seedit ? A peer-to-peer selfhosted reddit alternative built on IPFS"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "I've made an IPFS PHP client library"
7 posts
#3
Self-Promotion
: "Introducing Endra - A Peer-to-Peer Encrypted Messenger"
5 posts
#4
Advice Requests
: "Please help me understand the current usability of IPFS"
4 posts
#5
News
: "Release v0.39.0 · ipfs/kubo"
2 posts
#6
Pain & Anger
: "Just realized IPFS might outlive my hard drive"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ipfs
#1
Ipfs
: "Seedit : peer-to-peer selfhosted reddit alternative Ipfs-based built on top of plebbit protocol"
295 posts
#2
Decentralized
: "Seedit is a Peer-to-Peer Decentralized reddit alternative built on IPFS"
37 posts
#3
Airdrop
35 posts
#4
Storage
: "FiNo – Decentralized file sharing via IPFS and Nostr"
29 posts
#5
Gateway
: "New Public IPFS Gateway: ipfs.servebeer.com - Running on Raspberry Pi Infrastructure"
16 posts
#6
Blockchain
13 posts
#7
Curve
12 posts
#8
Memecoin
12 posts
#9
Distribution
11 posts
#10
Protocol
: "arkA — simple JSON video Protocol that works great with IPFS"
10 posts
Products Discussed in r/ipfs
Cloud Provider
3 reviews
#1
Linode
5.0★ from 1 review
#2
Fly.io
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Cloudflare
4.0★ from 1 review
Cloud Storage Solution
1 review
#1
Nextcloud
5.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/ipfs
Yearly
+1k members(6.4%)
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Last updated: August 9, 2026