# @helia/routers

> Routers for Helia

Latest version **5.1.1** (published 2026-04-13) · Apache-2.0 OR MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install @helia/routers
pnpm add @helia/routers
yarn add @helia/routers
bun add @helia/routers
```

## Health

**Score 70/100 (B)** — status: stable.

Positive: has types; esm support; no vulnerabilities; has provenance; high maintenance score; high quality score.

Warnings: low downloads.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 5.1.1 |
| Published | 2026-04-13 |
| First published | 2024-01-16 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| TypeScript types | bundled |
| Module format | ESM |
| Dependencies | 10 |
| Unpacked size | 1.4 MB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| Provenance | attested (GitHub Actions) |
| GitHub stars | 1353 |
| Maintainers | npm-service-account-ipfs, achingbrain |
| Keywords | IPFS |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@helia/routers
- Repository: https://github.com/ipfs/helia
- Homepage: https://github.com/ipfs/helia/tree/main/packages/routers#readme
- Issues: https://github.com/ipfs/helia/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/@helia/routers

## Dependencies (10)

- [ipns](https://npm.io/package/ipns.md) ^10.1.3
- [it-map](https://npm.io/package/it-map.md) ^3.1.5
- [it-first](https://npm.io/package/it-first.md) ^3.0.11
- [uint8arrays](https://npm.io/package/uint8arrays.md) ^5.1.0
- [multiformats](https://npm.io/package/multiformats.md) ^13.4.2
- [@libp2p/peer-id](https://npm.io/package/@libp2p/peer-id.md) ^6.0.6
- [@helia/interface](https://npm.io/package/@helia/interface.md) ^6.2.1
- [@libp2p/interface](https://npm.io/package/@libp2p/interface.md) ^3.2.0
- [@multiformats/uri-to-multiaddr](https://npm.io/package/@multiformats/uri-to-multiaddr.md) ^10.0.0
- [@helia/delegated-routing-v1-http-api-client](https://npm.io/package/@helia/delegated-routing-v1-http-api-client.md) ^6.0.1

## Recent versions

- 5.1.1 (latest) — 2026-04-13
- 5.1.1-73a28eda (next) — 2026-05-29
- 5.1.1-6f8165b5 — 2026-05-19
- 5.1.1-f6cc7640 — 2026-05-13
- 5.1.1-070b7528 — 2026-05-08
- 5.1.1-ae98a4f4 — 2026-05-08
- 5.1.1-35b081c7 — 2026-04-15
- 5.1.1-eb1908b3 — 2026-04-13
- 5.1.1-210059d3 — 2026-04-13
- 5.1.0-ef5363e8 — 2026-04-10
- 5.1.0 — 2026-04-09
- 5.0.3-1a2ebead — 2026-04-08
- 5.0.3-397f2d86 — 2026-04-08
- 5.0.3-11802dd6 — 2026-04-02
- 5.0.3-5ee3283f — 2026-03-27
- … 300 more at https://npm.io/package/@helia/routers/versions

## README

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/ipfs/helia" title="Helia">
    <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/helia/main/assets/helia.png" alt="Helia logo" width="300" />
  </a>
</p>

# @helia/routers

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> Routers for Helia

# About

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Abstraction layer over different content and peer routing mechanisms.

# Install

```console
$ npm i @helia/routers
```

## Browser `<script>` tag

Loading this module through a script tag will make its exports available as `HeliaRouters` in the global namespace.

```html
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@helia/routers/dist/index.min.js"></script>
```

# API Docs

- <https://ipfs.github.io/helia/modules/_helia_routers.html>

# License

Licensed under either of

- Apache 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/ipfs/helia/blob/main/packages/routers/LICENSE-APACHE) / <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>)
- MIT ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/ipfs/helia/blob/main/packages/routers/LICENSE-MIT) / <http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>)

# Contribute

Contributions welcome! Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/ipfs/helia/issues).

Also see our [contributing document](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING_JS.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general.

Please be aware that all interactions related to this repo are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

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