# go-ipfs-cmds [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipn.io) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-IPFS-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipfs.io/) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23ipfs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23ipfs) [![standard-readme compliant](https://img.shields.io/badge/standard--readme-OK-green.svg?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme) > ipfs commands library cmds offers tools for describing and calling commands both locally and remotely, as well as encoding, formatting and transferring the result. It is the successor of go-ipfs/commands and contains a legacy layer such that it can handle previously defined commands. ## Lead Maintainer [Steven Allen](https://github.com/Stebalien) ## Documentation https://godoc.org/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds ## Contribute Feel free to join in. All welcome. Open an [issue](https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds/issues)! This repository falls under the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md). ### Want to hack on IPFS? [![](https://cdn.rawgit.com/jbenet/contribute-ipfs-gif/master/img/contribute.gif)](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/contributing.md) ## License MIT