---

title: Nim-libp2p maintenance
tags:
  - "2025q2"
  - "p2p"
  - "ift"
draft: false
description: Maintain nim-libp2p through improvements, bug fixes, and user support

---

`vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-maintenance`

Maintain nim-libp2p through improvements, bug fixes, and user support

## Description

Continue supporting and maintaining the nim-libp2p repository through ongoing improvements, refactoring, and bug fixes.
This includes a range of ad-hoc tasks critical to sustaining code quality, overall stability, correct functionality,
and performance of the project.
Additionally, it provides a platform for addressing small developer requests,
ensuring that nim-libp2p remains functional and usable for its primary users — Nimbus and Waku — helping to meet their evolving needs."

## Task List

### Maintenance

* fully qualified name: `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-maintenance:maintenance`
* owner: rramos
* status: in progress
* start-date: 2025/04/01
* end-date: 2025/06/30

#### Description
Maintain [nim-libp2p](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p) repository via improvements, refactors and bug fixes.

#### Deliverables
- [[Deliverable] Maintenance 2025Q2](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/issues/1290)



### Refactor channel/stream/connection abstractions

* fully qualified name: `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-maintenance:refactor-abstractions`
* owner: 
* status: not started
* start-date:
* end-date:

#### Description
The current implementation of nim-libp2p includes abstractions that are difficult to understand, which makes 
development and collaboration more challenging. Refactoring the codebase would improve clarity, allowing 
contributors to grasp the code more easily. Additionally, a more streamlined implementation would enhance 
maintainability, leading to more efficient troubleshooting and debugging.

#### Deliverables



### Memory transport

* fully qualified name: `vac:p2p:ift:2025q2-nimlibp2p-transport:memory-transport`
* owner: vlado
* status: done
* start-date: 2025/03/23
* end-date: 2025/04/04

#### Description
Create a in-memory transport  which would allow nim-libp2p to enable unit testing without touching the 
network stack

#### Deliverables
- [nim-libp2p#1304](https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-libp2p/pull/1304) feat(transport: add memory transport)
