# go-libp2p-core [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://protocol.ai) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-libp2p-yellow.svg?style=flat-square)](https://libp2p.io/) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23libp2p-yellow.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23libp2p) [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/libp2p/go-libp2p-core?branch=master) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/libp2p/go-libp2p-core.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/libp2p/go-libp2p-core) [![Discourse posts](https://img.shields.io/discourse/https/discuss.libp2p.io/posts.svg)](https://discuss.libp2p.io) > Home to the interfaces and abstractions that make up go-libp2p. ## Install ```sh go get github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core ``` ## Usage Check out the [GoDocs](https://godoc.org/github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core). ## Testing To test instantiations of interfaces and abstractions, you can use the [test suite](https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-testing/tree/master/suites). ## License Dual-licensed under MIT and ASLv2, by way of the [Permissive License Stack](https://protocol.ai/blog/announcing-the-permissive-license-stack/).