Understand the project
Practical overview
When it fits
Use Bee when an application or service needs a self-hosted Swarm client and a decentralized route for publishing and accessing application data. Its API documentation makes it relevant for integrations, while its node implementation supports infrastructure operation.
Who it is for
- Developers integrating decentralized data access into applications
- Operators running self-hosted Swarm infrastructure
- Teams building decentralized applications or content-delivery layers
Documented uses
- Run a self-hosted Swarm node
- Publish application data through Swarm
- Retrieve application data through Bee’s API
- Use decentralized storage as a backend for application assets or data
Before you choose
Requirements & limits
The repository is public and open source under the BSD-3-Clause license.
- Bee is implemented in Go and is documented for Linux, Docker, CLI and server-based environments.
- The project provides an OpenAPI-described interface for application integration.
- Bee’s client versioning and API versioning use different compatibility conventions.
- Running a node may involve an Ethereum account, and the project documentation describes associated operational risks.
- The supplied material identifies setup documentation but does not provide application-specific integration steps.
Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.
Evidence and transparency
Sources & review
Source record details
- Source availability
- Active
- Sources checked
- 1 October 2026
- Original website title
- ethersphere/bee · Official homepage title · retained in its source language