# P2P Seeded File Sync

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277>\
**Category:** ℹ️ Support\
**Tags:** feature\
**Created:** [June 3, 2016, 3:58pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277 "2016-06-03T15:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/letter_avatar/tflidd/32/6_22734026db12803ebb3e059622ac3534.png) [@tflidd](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/tflidd)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2020, 9:13am UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277/14 "2020-05-01T09:13:08Z")

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There is an app in testing now:

> [@IPFS - external storage with p2p seeding - new Nextcloud app!](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ipfs-external-storage-with-p2p-seeding-new-nextcloud-app/53557):
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> InterPlanetary File System is a protocol and network designed to create a content-addressable, peer-to-peer method of storing and sharing hypermedia in a distributed file system. IPFS was initially designed by Juan Benet, and is now an open-source project developed with help from the community. [As mentioned in this earlier p2p file seeding post](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/p2p-seeded-file-sync/277), [IPFS](https://ipfs.io/) would make an amazing external storage option for Nextcloud! [See the Nextcloud github feature issue here](https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/385), or [check out the discussion on the ne…](https://discuss.ipfs.io/t/ipfs-as-backend-storage-for-nextcloud-and-owncloud/5436/)

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