Protocol Labs Stops Funding Renewal, Shipyard Will Cease IPFS-Related Maintenance Work on September 30

TechFlow reports that on August 25, according to Cointelegraph, Shipyard, the maintainer of PFS, stated that it will cease engineering, maintenance, and infrastructure operations on September 30 due to Protocol Labs not renewing its funding support. Affected projects include Kubo, Helia, Boxo, Rainbow, IPFS Desktop, and IPFS Companion. Related public infrastructure such as ipfs.io, dweb.link, delegated-ipfs.dev, and IPFS bootstrap nodes will also stop being operated by Shipyard.

The IPFS protocol itself will not shut down, but certain core implementations and public services will lose their dedicated maintainers. Protocol Labs stated that IPFS will transition to a lighter governance model moving forward, with funding for individual maintainers provided through the IPFS Foundation.