refine by moving policy to contribution guidelines

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,26 +1,34 @@
 # Contribution Guidelines
 
+Thanks for submitting your entry to Awesome IPFS!
 Please ensure your pull request adheres to the following guidelines:
 
+## Content Policy
+
+Entries are accepted if they meet the following criteria:
+
+- Entries must use _IPFS_
+- Entries in the **apps** & **tools** categories must be **open-source** and contain a link to their source code.
+- Entries must be immediately usable (eg. nothing that is paywall-only, even a free trial would be ok)
+- Entries must have a clear license and/or privacy policy where applicable
+- Entries must respect the [IPFS Community Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md)
+
 ### 1. Before submitting
 
 - Search previous suggestions before making a new one, as yours may be a duplicate.
 - If you just created something, wait at least a couple of weeks before submitting.
-- Review the [content policy](POLICY.md) to ensure your submission meets the requirements.
+- Review the [content policy](#content-policy) to ensure your submission meets the requirements.
 
 ### 2. Creating a submission
 
-Make an individual pull request for each suggestion:
+Make an **individual pull request for each suggestion**:
-- **Do not edit README directly!**
-- Add the idea to the corresponding file in [`data`](./data) and make sure it matches the format.
 
 Style tips:
-- New categories, or improvements to the existing categorization are welcome.
+
 - Keep descriptions short and simple, but descriptive.
 - Don't mention `IPFS` in the description as it's implied.
 - Start the description with a capital and end with a full stop/period.
 - Check your spelling and grammar.
-- You can add a picture to describe your idea in [`./src/static/images`](./src/static/images).
 
 ### 3. Submitting it through a PR
 
@@ -29,6 +37,4 @@ Style tips:
 
 Thank you for your suggestions!
 
------
+---
-
-**NOTE**: If you want to edit the README file directly (not the items/links) you need to modify the [`scripts/readme-template.md`](https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs/blob/master/scripts/readme-template.md) instead. Thank you!

POLICY.md

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-# Awesome IPFS Content Policy
-
-Thanks for submitting your entry to Awesome IPFS!
-
-Entries are accepted if they meet the following criteria:
-
-* Entries must respect the [IPFS Community Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md)
-* Entries must use *IPFS* (libp2p, ipld, multiformats is not enough)
-* Entries in the **apps** & **tools** categories must be **open-source** and contain a link to their source code.
-* Entries must be immediately usable (eg. nothing that is paywall-only, even a free trial would be ok)
-* Entries must have a clear license and/or privacy policy where applicable
-
-This policy is evaluated by the site admins upon submission, per the process defined in the [contribution guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)

README.md

@@ -44,43 +44,40 @@ If you have an idea for an awesome thing to do with IPFS, a good place to ask ab
 - [galacteek](https://github.com/pinnaculum/galacteek) - A multi-platform Qt5-based browser for the distributed web.
 - [gatsby-plugin-ipfs](https://github.com/moxystudio/gatsby-plugin-ipfs) - Adds support for deploying Gatsby websites to IPFS by ensuring that assets are relative.
 - [git-ipfs-rehost](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/git-ipfs-rehost) - A script to rehost your git repos in ipfs.
-- [git-remote-ipfs](https://github.com/cryptix/git-remote-ipfs) - push/pull repositories from/to IPFS
+- [git-remote-ipfs](https://github.com/cryptix/git-remote-ipfs) - push/pull repositories from/to IPFS.
 - [Git IPFS Remote Bridge](https://github.com/ElettraSciComp/Git-IPFS-Remote-Bridge) - set of programs written in Python 3 which allow Git user to clone, push, fetch, self-host or release Git repositories over IPFS decentralized data storage system.
 - [go-orbit-db](https://github.com/berty/go-orbit-db) - This is a Golang port of OrbitDB that intends to be fully compatible with the original JavaScript version. OrbitDB is a serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database.
-- [gomobile-ipfs](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/gomobile-ipfs) - IPFS and libp2p on Mobile, with Gomobile
+- [gomobile-ipfs](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/gomobile-ipfs) - IPFS and libp2p on Mobile, with Gomobile.
 - [http2ipfs](https://github.com/jbenet/http2ipfs-web) - This is a simple webtool to add URLs to an IPFS node.
-- [IPDR](https://github.com/miguelmota/ipdr) - IPFS-backed Docker Registry
+- [IPDR](https://github.com/miguelmota/ipdr) - IPFS-backed Docker Registry.
-- [IPFS Setup Action](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/ipfs-setup-action) - A GitHub Action to install and initialize go-ipfs to provision a cross-platform test environment on GitHub's CI platform. [Source](https://github.com/ibnesayeed/setup-ipfs)
+- [IPFS Setup Action](https://github.com/ibnesayeed/setup-ipfs) - A GitHub Action to install and initialize go-ipfs to provision a cross-platform test environment on GitHub's CI platform.
 - [ipfs-action](https://github.com/aquiladev/ipfs-action) - GitHub Action for delivery of static websites.
-- [ipfs-add-from-encrypted](https://github.com/TroyWilson1/ipfs-add-from-encrypted) - Encrypt a file or directory with AES256 then add to IPFS
+- [ipfs-add-from-encrypted](https://github.com/TroyWilson1/ipfs-add-from-encrypted) - Encrypt a file or directory with AES256 then add to IPFS.
 - [ipfs-companion](https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs-companion) - Browser extension that simplifies access to IPFS resources.
 - [ipfs-deploy](https://github.com/agentofuser/ipfs-deploy) - Zero-config CLI to deploy static websites: cd my-static-website && npx @agentofuser/ipfs-deploy
 - [ipfs-encrypted-share](https://github.com/whs/ipfs-encrypted-share) - Easy to use encrypted file uploader.
-- [ipfs-gui](https://github.com/marcin212/ipfs-gui) - Windows UI integration and IPFS installer
+- [ipfs-mount](https://github.com/richardschneider/net-ipfs-mount) - Mount IPFS as a mapped drive on Windows.
-- [ipfs-mount](https://github.com/richardschneider/net-ipfs-mount) - Mount IPFS as a mapped drive on Windows
+- [ipfs-paste](https://github.com/jbenet/ipfs-paste) - Paste stdin and clipboard to IPFS.
-- [ipfs-paste](https://github.com/jbenet/ipfs-paste) - Paste stdin and clipboard to IPFS
 - [ipfs-pinner](https://github.com/wabarc/ipfs-pinner) - A toolkit help upload files to IPFS pinning services.
 - [ipfs-publish](https://github.com/auhau/ipfs-publish/) - Continuous Delivery tool for delivery of static websites from Git providers to IPFS.
 - [ipfs-screencap](https://github.com/jbenet/ipfs-screencap) - Capture screenshots, publish them to IPFS, and copy the link to the clipboard.
 - [ipfs-video-gateway](https://github.com/bneijt/ipfs-video-gateway) - Cloud-init your own IPFS gateway on a cloud provider and easily pin content through a simple web interface.
-- [ipfsecret](https://github.com/shlemph/ipfsecret) - Encrypt and decrypt IPFS files with a secret passphrase
+- [ipfsecret](https://github.com/shlemph/ipfsecret) - Encrypt and decrypt IPFS files with a secret passphrase.
 - [ipget](https://github.com/ipfs/ipget) - :satellite: wget for IPFS: retrieve files over IPFS and save them locally.
-- [IPLD Explorer](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipld-explorer) - Explore the Merkle Forest from the comfort of your browser
+- [IPLD Explorer](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipld-explorer) - Explore the Merkle Forest from the comfort of your browser.
 - [ipns-pin](https://github.com/justicenode/node-ipns-pin) - A command-line tool to pin stuff via ipns.
 - [IPRedirect](https://github.com/JayBrown/IPRedirect) - Browser userscript for redirecting IPFS/IPNS addresses to your local gateway. This should work on any browser that hasn't had an extension written for it yet and has support for userscripts.
 - [iprfc](https://github.com/RTradeLtd/iprfc) - IETF RFC downloader which stores RFCs on IPFS and indexes them with RTradeLtd/Lens.
-- [ipscend](https://github.com/diasdavid/ipscend) - Tool for hosting web apps and static websites in IPFS
 - [mahuta](https://github.com/ConsenSys/Mahuta) - Mahuta is a plug and play service for your micro-service architecture allowing to collect, store and index data on IPFS and offering search functionalities (full text, query).
 - [Multiverse](https://github.com/multiverse-vcs/go-multiverse) - Multiverse is a decentralized version control system that enables peer-to-peer software development.
 - [orbit-db](https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db) - OrbitDB is a serverless, distributed, peer-to-peer database that uses IPFS as its data storage and IPFS Pubsub to automatically sync databases with peers.
-- [pinbot](https://github.com/whyrusleeping/pinbot) - Pin content via IRC
+- [Public Gateway Checker](https://github.com/ipfs/public-gateway-checker) - Checks which public gateways are online or not.
-- [Public Gateway Checker](https://github.com/ipfs/public-gateway-checker) - Checks which public gateways are online or not
 - [rivet](https://github.com/wabarc/rivet) - A toolkit makes it easier to archive webpages to IPFS.
 - [SimpleAsWater Bot](https://github.com/simpleaswater/twitter-pinbot) - A twitter bot that adds, pins, unpins your tweets to public IPFS network using IPFS Cluster.
 - [solid-ipfs](https://github.com/Eximua/solid-ipfs) - Using Solid to store IPFS Hash privately or publicly.
-- [Sweet IPFS](https://github.com/RHazDev/Sweet-IPFS) - Full node for Android
+- [Sweet IPFS](https://github.com/RHazDev/Sweet-IPFS) - Full node for Android.
-- [Tellit](https://gitlab.com/terceranexus6/tellit) - Encrypt files before uploading them using a keypair or a passphrase
+- [Tellit](https://gitlab.com/terceranexus6/tellit) - Encrypt files before uploading them using a keypair or a passphrase.
-- [VIPFS](https://github.com/Ideea-inc/vipfs) - Publish your Vue apps easily to IPFS
+- [VIPFS](https://github.com/Ideea-inc/vipfs) - Publish your Vue apps easily to IPFS.
 - [wbipfs](https://github.com/wabarc/wbipfs) - A command-line tool and Go package interface for wayback webpage to IPFS.
 - [youtube2ipfs](https://github.com/dokterbob/youtube2ipfs) - Download videos from YouTube (and similar video platforms) and add them to IPFS.
 
@@ -95,7 +92,9 @@ If you have an idea for an awesome thing to do with IPFS, a good place to ask ab
 
 ## Contribute
 
-Everyone is welcome to submit their new awesome-ipfs item, but it will be accepted only if it meets our [**content policy**](./POLICY.md).
+Contributions are welcome!
+
+See the [**Contribution Guidelines**](./CONTRIBUTING.md).
 
 ## License
 

pull_request_template.md

@@ -1,51 +1,5 @@
-## What kind of PR is this?
-**Select only one** *to speed up review/approval; i.e., don't lump an addition and a removal into a single PR.*
-
-- [ ] **Adding** something new to awesome-ipfs
-- [ ] **Editing** something already listed on awesome-ipfs
-- [ ] **Removing** something from awesome-ipfs
-- [ ] **Something else** *(if so, please explain in the "Additional details" section below)*
-
-<!-- If your change is not listed above, please remove the checklist bellow. -->
-
 ## Pre-submit checklist
-**Please confirm ALL of the following** before submitting your PR.
 
 - [ ] This PR includes only one addition, removal, or edit.
-- [ ] I edited the `/data` directory instead of the [README.md](https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs/blob/master/README.md).
+- [ ] I have followed the [Contribution Guidelines](https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
-- [ ] I reviewed the [content policy](https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs/blob/master/POLICY.md) and the and the [IPFS Community Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md) to ensure my submission meets the requirements.
+- [ ] I reviewed the [IPFS Community Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md) to ensure my submission meets the requirements.
-- [ ] I have followed the [CONTRIBUTING.md guidelines](https://github.com/ipfs/awesome-ipfs/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
-
-## Additional details
-
-### Is there anything else we should know about this PR?
-<!-- If you've checked "Something else" above, or just want to provide additional info or clarification, please do so here. -->
-
-### For new additions: What is your project's *current* size/reach?
-<!--This could be number of users, number of integrations, frequency of use, or any other key metrics. If your PR isn't for a new addition to awesome-ipfs, or you don't know these numbers, you can leave this out.-->
-
-### For new additions: What is your project's *potential* size/reach?
-<!--This could be number of users, number of integrations, frequency of use, or any other key metrics. If your PR isn't for a new addition to awesome-ipfs, or you don't know these numbers, you can leave this out.-->
-
-### For new additions: How critical is IPFS to your project?
-<!--Choose one. If your PR isn't for a new addition to awesome-ipfs, you can leave this out.-->
-- [ ] Essential
-- [ ] Somewhat critical
-- [ ] Useful, but not critical
-
-### For new additions: What core goal(s) does your project address?
-<!--Choose as many as apply. If your PR isn't for a new addition to awesome-ipfs, you can leave this out.-->
-- [ ] Big-data solutions
-- [ ] Freedom from corporate/government interference
-- [ ] Data integrity
-- [ ] Dev tools or other ways to enable developers
-- [ ] Disaster resilience/recovery
-- [ ] File storage/retrieval
-- [ ] File streaming
-- [ ] Permanent archiving
-- [ ] Self-sovereign identity
-- [ ] Platforms that utilize consensus, reputation, or incentivization
-- [ ] Other *(please list)*
-
-### Is anything about IPFS blocking your project?
-<!--If aspects of IPFS are hindering your project's progress, please elaborate here.-->