ftb-node v0.1.2

Mirrors now announce themselves to the IPFS DHT immediately after pinning each release, and re-announce every 15 minutes, so a fresh node is discoverable right away instead of waiting on Kubo's background reprovider. Run or update your node: curl -fsSL https://freethebird.co/node/install.sh | sh

ftb-node v0.16

Fixes the mirror so it actually stays up. 0.1.0 had a startup race where the node could lose its own IPFS repo lock right after launch, fall back to offline, and never pin the site. 0.1.1 waits for the daemon's API before probing, so it comes up clean and mirrors reliably. Update with the one-liner below.

The one-install Free the Bird mirror. A single zero-dependency binary that fetches and supervises Kubo (IPFS), pins FTB's front end by its stable IPNS name, auto-follows every release, and serves your own copy of FTB locally. It holds no keys and signs nothing.

Install (Linux / macOS):
curl -fsSL https://freethebird.co/node/install.sh | sh

Or grab your binary below and run it (no arguments needed):

system	file
macOS (Intel)	ftb-node_darwin_amd64
macOS (Apple silicon)	ftb-node_darwin_arm64
Linux (x86-64)	ftb-node_linux_amd64
Linux (arm64)	ftb-node_linux_arm64
Windows (x86-64)	ftb-node_windows_amd64.exe
Windows (arm64)	ftb-node_windows_arm64.exe

Verify before you run. Checksums are in SHA256SUMS; the curl installer checks them for you automatically.

No token reward, ever. You run it so the app cannot be switched off, censored, or lost. Full guide at freethebird.co/node. MIT.

ftb-node v0.15

The one-install Free the Bird mirror. A single zero-dependency binary that fetches and supervises Kubo (IPFS), pins FTB's front end by its stable IPNS name, auto-follows every release, and serves your own copy of FTB locally. It holds no keys and signs nothing.

Install (Linux / macOS):
curl -fsSL https://freethebird.co/node/install.sh | sh

Or grab your binary below and run it (no arguments needed):

system	file
macOS (Intel)	ftb-node_darwin_amd64
macOS (Apple silicon)	ftb-node_darwin_arm64
Linux (x86-64)	ftb-node_linux_amd64
Linux (arm64)	ftb-node_linux_arm64
Windows (x86-64)	ftb-node_windows_amd64.exe
Windows (arm64)	ftb-node_windows_arm64.exe

Verify before you run. Checksums are in SHA256SUMS; the curl installer checks them for you automatically.

No token reward, ever. You run it so the app cannot be switched off, censored, or lost. Full guide at freethebird.co/node. MIT.