Beaker Browser Specs

Every specification has its own file. To discuss the content of a spec, open issues and PRs on this repo.

Getting started

Looking to learn about how Beaker works? Start here:

• User data and identity
  • Beaker user identities. APIs and UI flows for user identities.
  • Beaker user filesystem. The filesystem for users' personal information.
• Filesystem APIs
  • Object-store folders. Managed folders which help applications share data.
• Manifest files and metadata
  • dat.json. The dat.json standard manifest file. Used to describe a dat.
  • Dat types. Standard dat "type" values and their effects in Beaker.

Directory

Phase 0 - Proposals Under Consideration

Spec	Description	Last Updated
unwalled.garden	Not yet written. A collection of schemas used by Beaker.
DatArchive API	Not yet written. Refer to the documentation for now.
PeerSockets API	Not yet written. Refer to the PR for now.
DatPubkeyFile API	Not yet written. Refer to this gist for now.

Phase 1 - Accepted Drafts

Spec	Description	Last Updated
Beaker user filesystem	The filesystem for users' personal information.	Nov 6, 2018
Beaker user identities	APIs and UI flows for user identities.	Nov 7, 2018
Dat types	Standard dat "type" values and their effects in Beaker.	Nov 6, 2018
Object-store folders	Managed folders which help applications share data.	Nov 6, 2018

Phase 2 - Stable

Spec	Description	Last Updated
dat.json	The dat.json standard manifest file. Used to describe a dat.	April 20, 2018

Status badges

Deprecated

• index.json
• Record Protocols