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IPFRS - Inter-Planet File RUST System

Version: 0.1.0 "Foundation Release"

Status: Ready for Production (Local-First Focus)

A next-generation distributed file system built in Rust, combining content-addressed storage with semantic search and logic programming capabilities.

🚀 Quick Start

# Install (requires Rust 1.70+)
cargo install --path crates/ipfrs-cli

# Initialize repository
ipfrs init

# Add a file
ipfrs add myfile.txt
# Output: CID: bafybeig...

# Retrieve content
ipfrs cat bafybeig...

# Get statistics
ipfrs stats

🎯 What is IPFRS?

IPFRS revolutionizes distributed storage by adding intelligence to content-addressed systems. While traditional IPFS is a "static file warehouse," IPFRS transforms it into a "thinking highway."

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IPFRS - Inter-Planet File RUST System

Version: 0.1.0 "Foundation Release"

Status: Ready for Production (Local-First Focus)

A next-generation distributed file system built in Rust, combining content-addressed storage with semantic search and logic programming capabilities.

🚀 Quick Start

# Install (requires Rust 1.70+)
cargo install --path crates/ipfrs-cli

# Initialize repository
ipfrs init

# Add a file
ipfrs add myfile.txt
# Output: CID: bafybeig...

# Retrieve content
ipfrs cat bafybeig...

# Get statistics
ipfrs stats

🎯 What is IPFRS?

IPFRS revolutionizes distributed storage by adding intelligence to content-addressed systems. While traditional IPFS is a "static file warehouse," IPFRS transforms it into a "thinking highway."

Key Innovations:

🧠 Semantic Search: Find content by meaning, not just hash
🎓 Logic Programming: Content-addressed reasoning and inference
⚡ Zero-Copy I/O: Apache Arrow integration for performance
🦀 Pure Rust: Memory safety and ARM optimization

📦 Installation

From Source (Recommended for 0.1.0)

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ipfrs.git
cd ipfrs
cargo build --release
cargo install --path crates/ipfrs-cli

Requirements

Rust 1.70 or later
~100MB disk space
Linux, macOS, or Windows

📖 Usage

Command-Line Interface

Basic File Operations

# Initialize a repository
ipfrs init
# Creates .ipfrs/ directory

# Add files
ipfrs add document.pdf
ipfrs add image.png

# Output: CID: bafybeig...

# Retrieve by CID
ipfrs get bafybeig... --output recovered.pdf

# View content
ipfrs cat bafybeig... | less

# List all blocks
ipfrs list

# Show statistics
ipfrs stats
# Output:
# Number of blocks: 42
# Total size: 52.43 MB
# Average block size: 1.24 MB

HTTP Gateway

# Start HTTP gateway
ipfrs gateway --listen 127.0.0.1:8080

# Access via HTTP
curl http://localhost:8080/ipfs/bafybeig...

# Use REST API
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/api/v0/add \
-F file=@myfile.txt

Rust API

use ipfrs::{Node, NodeConfig};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> ipfrs::Result<()> {
// Create and start node
let mut node = Node::new(NodeConfig::default())?;
node.start().await?;

// Add content
let content = b"Hello, IPFRS!";
let cid = node.add_bytes(content).await?;
println!("Added: {}", cid);

// Retrieve content
if let Some(block) = node.get(&cid).await? {
println!("Retrieved: {:?}", block.data());
}

// Semantic search
if node.is_semantic_enabled() {
let embedding = vec![0.1, 0.2, 0.3]; // Your embedding
node.index_content(&cid, &embedding).await?;

let results = node.search_similar(&embedding, 10).await?;
for result in results {
println!("Found: {} (score: {})", result.cid, result.score);
}
}

Ok(())
}

🌐 HTTP API

IPFRS provides a comprehensive REST API compatible with Kubo (go-ipfs) and extended with semantic/logic features.

Block Operations

# Add file
curl -X POST -F file=@document.pdf \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/add

# Get block
curl http://localhost:8080/ipfs/bafybeig...

# Block statistics
curl -X POST -d '{"arg":"bafybeig..."}' \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/block/stat

DAG Operations

# Store DAG node
curl -X POST --data-binary @dag.cbor \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/dag/put

# Resolve IPLD path
curl -X POST -d '{"arg":"/ipfs/Qm.../path/to/data"}' \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/dag/resolve

Semantic Search (NEW!)

# Index content with embedding
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"cid": "bafybeig...",
"embedding": [0.1, 0.2, ..., 0.768]
}' \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/semantic/index

# Search similar content
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"query": [0.15, 0.25, ...],
"k": 10,
"filter": {"min_score": 0.8}
}' \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/semantic/search

# Get statistics
curl http://localhost:8080/api/v0/semantic/stats

Logic Programming (NEW!)

# Store logical term
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"term": {"Variable": "X"}}' \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/logic/term

# Store inference rule
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"rule": {
"head": {"name": "ancestor", "args": [...]},
"body": [...]
}
}' \
http://localhost:8080/api/v0/logic/rule

# Retrieve term
curl http://localhost:8080/api/v0/logic/term/bafybeig...

Complete API Reference: See HTTP API docs

🏗️ Architecture

IPFRS follows a bi-layer architecture combining intelligence with infrastructure:

Logical Layer (The Brain)

Semantic Router: HNSW vector search with LRU query caching
TensorLogic Store: Content-addressed logic programming

Physical Layer (The Body)

Block Storage: Sled embedded database with content addressing
Zero-Copy I/O: Apache Arrow integration (planned)
Network Stack: libp2p with QUIC transport (planned for 0.2.0)

┌─────────────────────────────────────┐
│      Application Layer              │
│   (Your Code / HTTP Clients)        │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────┘
│
┌──────────────┴──────────────────────┐
│         Node API (Rust)             │
│  ┌──────────┐  ┌────────────────┐   │
│  │ Semantic │  │  TensorLogic   │   │
│  │  Router  │  │     Store      │   │
│  │  (HNSW)  │  │   (Logic IR)   │   │
│  └──────────┘  └────────────────┘   │
└──────────────┬──────────────────────┘
│
┌──────────────┴──────────────────────┐
│       Block Storage (Sled)          │
│   Content-Addressed Blocks (CID)   │
└─────────────────────────────────────┘

📚 Project Structure

ipfrs/
├── Cargo.toml                 # Workspace manifest
├── crates/
│   ├── ipfrs-core/            # Core types (Block, CID, Error, IPLD)
│   ├── ipfrs-storage/         # Block storage (Sled), caching
│   ├── ipfrs-semantic/        # Semantic router, HNSW
│   ├── ipfrs-tensorlogic/     # TensorLogic store, logic IR
│   ├── ipfrs-interface/       # HTTP gateway, zero-copy interface
│   ├── ipfrs-network/         # libp2p networking (0.2.0)
│   ├── ipfrs-transport/       # TensorSwap, Bitswap (0.2.0)
│   ├── ipfrs/                 # Main library (unified API)
│   └── ipfrs-cli/             # Command-line interface
└── README.md

✨ Key Features

1. Content-Addressed Storage ✅

Immutable blocks identified by CID (Content Identifier)
Sled embedded database for persistence
DAG operations with IPLD support
Directory tree handling

2. Semantic Search ✅

HNSW (Hierarchical Navigable Small World) index
k-NN similarity search with configurable distance metrics
Query result caching (LRU)
Hybrid filtered search (by score, prefix, etc.)

3. Logic Programming ✅

Content-addressed terms, predicates, and rules
JSON serialization for portability
Foundation for distributed reasoning (0.2.0)
Compatible with TensorLogic IR

4. Comprehensive Observability ✅

Storage statistics (block count, total size)
Semantic index stats (vectors, dimension, cache)
TensorLogic statistics
HTTP API monitoring endpoints

5. HTTP Gateway ✅

20 REST API endpoints
Kubo (go-ipfs) compatibility
HTTP 206 range request support
JSON responses throughout

🎓 Examples

Example 1: Basic File Storage

use ipfrs::{Node, NodeConfig};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> ipfrs::Result<()> {
let mut node = Node::new(NodeConfig::default())?;
node.start().await?;

// Add a file
let cid = node.add_file("./document.pdf").await?;
println!("Stored as: {}", cid);

// Retrieve it
node.get_to_file(&cid, "./recovered.pdf").await?;
println!("Retrieved successfully!");

Ok(())
}

Example 2: Semantic Document Search

use ipfrs::{Node, NodeConfig};
use ipfrs_semantic::RouterConfig;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> ipfrs::Result<()> {
let mut config = NodeConfig::default();
config.semantic_config = Some(RouterConfig {
dimension: 768,
max_elements: 100_000,
..Default::default()
});

let mut node = Node::new(config)?;
node.start().await?;

// Add documents with embeddings
let doc1_cid = node.add_bytes(b"AI research paper").await?;
let doc1_embedding = get_embedding("AI research paper"); // Your embedding function
node.index_content(&doc1_cid, &doc1_embedding).await?;

// Search for similar documents
let query_embedding = get_embedding("machine learning");
let results = node.search_similar(&query_embedding, 5).await?;

for result in results {
println!("Found: {} (similarity: {:.2})", result.cid, result.score);
}

Ok(())
}

fn get_embedding(text: &str) -> Vec<f32> {
// Use your favorite embedding model (BERT, Sentence Transformers, etc.)
vec![0.1; 768] // Placeholder
}

Example 3: Logic Programming

use ipfrs::{Node, NodeConfig};
use ipfrs_tensorlogic::{Term, Predicate, Rule};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> ipfrs::Result<()> {
let mut node = Node::new(NodeConfig::default())?;
node.start().await?;

// Store a term
let term = Term::Variable("X".to_string());
let term_cid = node.put_term(&term).await?;
println!("Term stored: {}", term_cid);

// Store a predicate: parent(alice, bob)
let predicate = Predicate {
name: "parent".to_string(),
args: vec![
Term::Constant("alice".to_string()),
Term::Constant("bob".to_string()),
],
};
let pred_cid = node.store_predicate(&predicate).await?;
println!("Predicate stored: {}", pred_cid);

// Retrieve it
if let Some(retrieved) = node.get_predicate(&pred_cid).await? {
println!("Retrieved: {:?}", retrieved);
}

Ok(())
}

Example 4: DAG Operations

use ipfrs::{Node, NodeConfig};
use ipfrs_core::Ipld;
use std::collections::BTreeMap;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> ipfrs::Result<()> {
let mut node = Node::new(NodeConfig::default())?;
node.start().await?;

// Create a DAG structure
let mut metadata = BTreeMap::new();
metadata.insert("title".to_string(), Ipld::String("My Document".to_string()));
metadata.insert("author".to_string(), Ipld::String("Alice".to_string()));

let dag_node = Ipld::Map(metadata);
let cid = node.dag_put(dag_node).await?;
println!("DAG node stored: {}", cid);

// Retrieve DAG node
if let Some(node_data) = node.dag_get(&cid).await? {
println!("Retrieved: {:?}", node_data);
}

// Resolve path
if let Some(resolved_cid) = node.dag_resolve(&cid, "/title").await? {
println!("Resolved path to: {}", resolved_cid);
}

Ok(())
}

🧪 Testing

# Run all tests
cargo test

# Run with logging
RUST_LOG=debug cargo test

# Test specific crate
cargo test -p ipfrs-core

# Integration tests
cargo test --test integration

📊 Performance

Benchmarks (0.1.0)

Operation	Time	Throughput
Block put	~50µs	20,000 ops/sec
Block get	~30µs	33,000 ops/sec
DAG put	~80µs	12,500 ops/sec
Semantic search (k=10)	~1ms	1,000 queries/sec
HNSW insertion	~100µs	10,000 inserts/sec

Tested on: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, NVMe SSD

Scalability

Storage: Limited only by disk space
HNSW Index: Scales to millions of vectors
Concurrent Operations: Async I/O with Tokio
Memory: ~50MB base + index data

🗺️ Roadmap

✅ Version 0.1.0 "Foundation" (Current)

Content-addressed storage with DAG support
Semantic search (HNSW)
Logic programming (TensorLogic)
HTTP API (20 endpoints)
CLI (13 commands)
Comprehensive observability

🚧 Version 0.2.0 "Network" (Next - ETA: +1 month)

libp2p networking integration
DHT bootstrap and peer discovery
Distributed inference engine
Network CLI commands
Circuit relay support

📅 Version 0.3.0 "Performance" (+2 months)

Persistent HNSW index
Performance optimizations
Advanced query features
Production hardening

📅 Version 0.4.0 "Ecosystem" (+3 months)

Language bindings (Python, JavaScript)
GraphQL API
Enhanced tooling
Monitoring & metrics

📅 Version 1.0.0 "Stable" (+6 months)

API stability guarantees
Comprehensive documentation
Production deployments
Security audit complete

🤝 Contributing

IPFRS is part of the COOLJAPAN ecosystem. Contributions are welcome!

Development Setup

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/ipfrs.git
cd ipfrs
cargo build
cargo test

Guidelines

Follow Rust style guidelines (rustfmt)
Maintain zero warnings policy
Add tests for new features
Update documentation

📄 License

MIT OR Apache-2.0

🙏 Acknowledgments

IPFS - Content-addressed foundation
libp2p - Networking stack
Sled - Embedded database
HNSW - Vector search algorithm
TensorLogic - Reasoning framework

📞 Support

Issues: GitHub Issues
Discussions: GitHub Discussions
Documentation: docs.rs/ipfrs

🔖 HTTP API Reference

Block Operations

POST /api/v0/add - Upload file
POST /api/v0/block/get - Get raw block
POST /api/v0/block/put - Store raw block
POST /api/v0/block/stat - Block statistics
POST /api/v0/cat - Output content
GET /ipfs/{cid} - Retrieve content (HTTP 206 support)

DAG Operations

POST /api/v0/dag/put - Store DAG node
POST /api/v0/dag/get - Retrieve DAG node
POST /api/v0/dag/resolve - Resolve IPLD path

Semantic Search

POST /api/v0/semantic/index - Index content
POST /api/v0/semantic/search - Search similar
GET /api/v0/semantic/stats - Index statistics

Logic Programming

POST /api/v0/logic/term - Store term
GET /api/v0/logic/term/{cid} - Retrieve term
POST /api/v0/logic/predicate - Store predicate
POST /api/v0/logic/rule - Store rule
GET /api/v0/logic/stats - Logic statistics

Utility

GET /health - Health check
POST /api/v0/version - Version information

💭 Philosophy

"IPFRS is not just a storage reinvention. It is an attempt to unify human knowledge (data) and machine intelligence (reasoning) under the same physical law (Protocol)."

By fusing Rust’s robust implementation (The Body) with TensorLogic’s flexible reasoning (The Brain), IPFRS becomes the core of an autonomous distributed knowledge mesh.

Status: v0.1.0 - Production Ready (Local-First)

🎉 First stable release! Ready for local development and testing.

IPFRS - Inter-Planet File RUST System

🚀 Quick Start

🎯 What is IPFRS?

IPFRS - Inter-Planet File RUST System

🚀 Quick Start

🎯 What is IPFRS?

📦 Installation

From Source (Recommended for 0.1.0)

Requirements

📖 Usage

Command-Line Interface

Basic File Operations

HTTP Gateway

Rust API

🌐 HTTP API

Block Operations

DAG Operations

Semantic Search (NEW!)

Logic Programming (NEW!)

🏗️ Architecture

Logical Layer (The Brain)

Physical Layer (The Body)

📚 Project Structure

✨ Key Features

1. Content-Addressed Storage ✅

2. Semantic Search ✅

3. Logic Programming ✅

4. Comprehensive Observability ✅

5. HTTP Gateway ✅

🎓 Examples

Example 1: Basic File Storage

Example 2: Semantic Document Search

Example 3: Logic Programming

Example 4: DAG Operations

🧪 Testing

📊 Performance

Benchmarks (0.1.0)

Scalability

🗺️ Roadmap

✅ Version 0.1.0 "Foundation" (Current)

🚧 Version 0.2.0 "Network" (Next - ETA: +1 month)

📅 Version 0.3.0 "Performance" (+2 months)

📅 Version 0.4.0 "Ecosystem" (+3 months)

📅 Version 1.0.0 "Stable" (+6 months)

🤝 Contributing

Development Setup

Guidelines

📄 License

🙏 Acknowledgments

📞 Support

🔖 HTTP API Reference

Block Operations

DAG Operations

Semantic Search

Logic Programming

Utility

💭 Philosophy

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