Wait, what? js-ipfs runs in the browser just fine. See https://filemap.xyz/.

kodablah · on Feb 21, 2018

Only some features work in the browser. Notably DHT and relaying does not. See the repository's "Please read this" at https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/#project-status

yoshuaw · on Feb 22, 2018

An in-browser DHT cannot be created until until we can have something that's analogous to opening a port in the browser.

For a DHT to work, you need to be able to able to connect to be discoverable and be able to connect to multiple peers.

WebRTC unfortunately doesn't allow for this yet.

lgierth · on Feb 22, 2018

Both js-ipfs and go-ipfs have the circuit relay which effectively makes you dialable in the browser: https://github.com/libp2p/specs/tree/master/relay