Protocol Labs ends Shipyard's funding, and Kubo, Helia, Boxo, ipfs.io and dweb.link lose their maintainers on 2026-09-30

Sources: primary, discussion
Summary: Interplanetary Shipyard states that Protocol Labs will not be renewing Shipyard's funding and that Shipyard stops IPFS work on 2026-09-30. Kubo, Helia, Boxo, Rainbow, Someguy, Service Worker Gateway, IPFS Desktop, IPFS Companion and IPFS Check lose dedicated maintainers, and contributions to go-libp2p and js-libp2p cease. The post states that ipfs.io, dweb.link, check.ipfs.network, delegated-ipfs.dev, the bootstrap nodes and Wikipedia-on-IPFS stop being operated by Shipyard, with Protocol Labs deciding their future.
Why it matters: Anyone resolving content through ipfs.io or dweb.link, or shipping Kubo or Helia, has until 2026-09-30 to plan for infrastructure and packages with no named owner.
Follow-up: Whether Protocol Labs or another party takes over the gateways, the bootstrap nodes and the package repositories before 2026-09-30.