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description: Simple, Open, Free Storage
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# Web3.Storage

With [**Web3.Storage**](https://web3.storage/) you get all the benefits of decentralized storage technologies with the frictionless experience you expect in a modern dev workflow.

Web3.Storage is a service to make building on top of Filecoin as simple as possible - giving developers the power of distributed storage and content addressing via simple client libraries or an HTTP API.

![Web3.Storage Basics](https://4099924313-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FdJC0yfHL6n4VMktmNXWq%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-5fed2933320c86a860f637ac12f5a887d26b4bd1%2Fweb3-storage.png?alt=media)

[Learn more](https://web3.storage/docs/concepts/storage-economics) about why storage is free on Web3.Storage.

## Resources

* [Quickstart](https://web3.storage/docs/#quickstart) with NodeJS
* [Example App](https://web3.storage/docs/examples/image-gallery)
* The [Content Archive (CAR) Format](https://web3.storage/docs/how-tos/work-with-car-files)
