Peersky Browser

💻 Download

Roadmap

• Basic browser navigation:

  • Back
  • Forward
  • Reload
  • Browser protocol (peersky://)
  • Home page (peersky://home)
  • Search engine
    • DuckDuckGo (default)
    • Ecosia
  • Tabs?

• IPFS protocol handler:

  • Run a local Helia node
  • ipfs:// / ipns:// native URLs support
  • Directory listings support
  • Native ENS domain resolution:
    • Resolve .eth domains directly to IPFS/IPNS content without centralized gateways (e.g., ipfs://vitalik.eth).
    • Local caching for resolved ENS content to enhance performance and reduce RPC calls.

• Hypercore protocol handler:

  • Run a local hyper node
  • hyper:// native URLs support

• Web3 protocol handler:

  • Run a local web3 protocol node
    • Access on-chain websites.
    • Fetch data from smart contracts using auto, manual, and resource request resolve modes.
    • Query account balances or other data directly from smart contracts.

• P2P Applications:

  • peersky://p2p/chat/
    • Peer-to-peer messaging over Hyper
  • peersky://p2p/upload/
    • Decentralized file storage
  • peersky://p2p/editor/
    • Build and publish websites
  • peersky://p2p/wiki/
    • Browse Wikipedia over IPFS
  • reader.p2plabs.xyz
    • A p2p offline ActivityPub client for reading and following microblogs on the fediverse.

• Electron’s Auto-updater:

  • Download and install the latest release from Github automatically

• Context menu:

  • Back / Forward
  • Reload
  • Inspect
  • Undo / Redo
  • Cut / Copy / Paste
  • Copy Link Address
  • Open Link in New Tab

• Find in page:

  • Search for text within a document or web page

• Window state persistence:

  • Save and restore open windows on app launch

• Keyboard shortcuts:

  • New Window: CommandOrControl+N
  • Back: CommandOrControl+[
  • Forward: CommandOrControl+]
  • Reload: CommandOrControl+R
  • Find in Page: CommandOrControl+F
  • Open Dev Tools: CommandOrControl+Shift+I
  • Focus URL Bar: CommandOrControl+L
  • Minimize: CommandOrControl+M
  • Close: CommandOrControl+W
  • Toggle Full Screen: F11

• Settings (peersky://settings):

  • Switch search engines
  • Set custom home page wallpapers
  • Hide/show the home page clock
  • Change themes
  • Clear browser cache

• Web extensions:

  • Ability to add and manage extensions
  • Default extensions
    • Ad-blocker
    • DScan
    • ..

• History (peersky://history):

  • Suggestions based on the browser history when typing in URL prompt

• QR Code generator:

  • Option to generate QR Code for every page in the URL prompt

• Bookmarks (peersky://bookmarks):

  • Option to add favourite pages in the nav bar (peersky://bookmarks)

• Archive (peersky://archive):

  • List and showcase published content from peersky://p2p/ apps for enhanced discoverability.
  • Provide metadata (e.g., creation date, content type) to improve navigation and usability.
  • Ability to download all the hashes of published data in a .json file.

Development

Install dependencies

npm install

Start the app

npm start

Build

After development of the browser, run the following command. This will create a production build.

npm run build
# For Intel and M1 macs

Now, the dist folder will appear in the root directory.

npm run build-all
# For macOS, Linux, and Windows

Contribute

• Thanks for your interest in contributing to Peersky Browser. There are many ways you can contribute to the project.
• To start, take a few minutes to read the "contribution guide".
• We look forward to your pull requests and / or involvement in our issues page.

License

Peersky Browser is licensed under the MIT License.