What is the difference between js-ipfs-api and js-ipfs?

[RichardLitt]

There are two repositories in the ipfs organization: node-ipfs-api and ipfs-api. What's the difference between the two? Are they interchangeable? If one is a node implementation and the other a node digester, will node-ipfs-api eventually use node-ipfs?

[whyrusleeping]

the node-ipfs-api is api bindings for the ipfs api written in node.

node-ipfs is the actual node.js implementation of the ipfs protocol

[victorb]

I'm thinking if the repos should change name to JS to reflect the scope. Focus seems to be on node+browser and then it's really javascript, not just node.

[jbenet]

good points. it would also help to ease confusion to call all the things
"js-" instead of "node-" as "node" has many meanings in IPFS land.

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I'm thinking if the repos should change name to JS to reflect the scope.
Focus seems to be on node+browser and then it's really javascript, not just
node.

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[RichardLitt]

These are all called js- now. 👯

[madavieb]

This issue has been moved to https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/what-is-the-difference-between-js-ipfs-api-and-js-ipfs/441.