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libp2p discovery options

Module name node support browser support go support works w/o rendezvous server true P2P[1] works w/o bootstrap

libp2p-mdns

X

O

X

X

X

X

libp2p-railing[2]

X

X

X[3]

X

X

O

libp2p-kad-dht

X[4]

X[4]

X

X

X

O

libp2p-webrtc-star

X

X

O

O

X

O[5]

libp2p-websocket-star

X

X

X

O

O

O[5]

Further reading

1. no tunnel required
2. this is essentially just bootstrapping, not discovery per se
3. via bootstrap config
4. disabled by default, see: libp2p/js-libp2p-kad-dht#86 and ipfs/js-ipfs#1982
5. you have to bootstrap the star itself
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