chore: deprecate blockstore-level and datastore-fs

2color · 2color · commit eb1d9a78e700 · 2025-08-07T18:00:01.000+02:00
diff --git a/packages/blockstore-level/README.md b/packages/blockstore-level/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # blockstore-level
 
+## ⚠️ Deprecation Warning
+
+**This package is deprecated. Instead, use `blockstore-fs` in node.js, and `blockstore-idb` in browsers.**
+
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@@ -24,9 +28,9 @@ repo and examine the changes made.
 
 -->
 
-A Blockstore implementation that uses a flavour of [Level](https://leveljs.org/) as a backend.
+⚠️ This package is deprecated. Instead, use `blockstore-fs` in node.js, and `blockstore-idb` in browsers.
 
-N.b. this is here largely for the sake of completeness, in node you should probably use FSDatastore, in browsers you should probably use IDBDatastore.
+A Blockstore implementation that uses a flavour of [Level](https://leveljs.org/) as a backend.
 
 ## Example
 
diff --git a/packages/blockstore-level/src/index.ts b/packages/blockstore-level/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * @packageDocumentation
  *
- * A Blockstore implementation that uses a flavour of [Level](https://leveljs.org/) as a backend.
+ * ⚠️ This package is deprecated. Instead, use `blockstore-fs` in node.js, and `blockstore-idb` in browsers.
  *
- * N.b. this is here largely for the sake of completeness, in node you should probably use FSDatastore, in browsers you should probably use IDBDatastore.
+ * A Blockstore implementation that uses a flavour of [Level](https://leveljs.org/) as a backend.
  *
  * @example
  *
diff --git a/packages/datastore-fs/README.md b/packages/datastore-fs/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # datastore-fs
 
+## ⚠️ Deprecation Warning
+
+**This package is deprecated. Instead, use `datastore-level` in node.js, and `datastore-idb` in browsers.**
+
 [![ipfs.tech](https://img.shields.io/badge/project-IPFS-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](https://ipfs.tech)
 [![Discuss](https://img.shields.io/discourse/https/discuss.ipfs.tech/posts.svg?style=flat-square)](https://discuss.ipfs.tech)
 [![codecov](https://img.shields.io/codecov/c/github/ipfs/js-stores.svg?style=flat-square)](https://codecov.io/gh/ipfs/js-stores)
@@ -24,6 +28,8 @@ repo and examine the changes made.
 
 -->
 
+⚠️ This package is deprecated. Instead, use `datastore-level` in node.js, and `datastore-idb` in browsers.
+
 A Datastore implementation with a file system backend.
 
 ## Example
diff --git a/packages/datastore-fs/src/index.ts b/packages/datastore-fs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * @packageDocumentation
  *
+ * ⚠️ This package is deprecated. Instead, use `datastore-level` in node.js, and `datastore-idb` in browsers.
+ *
  * A Datastore implementation with a file system backend.
  *
  * @example

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`4`		`- * A Blockstore implementation that uses a flavour of [Level](https://leveljs.org/) as a backend.`
	`4`	+ * ⚠️ This package is deprecated. Instead, use `blockstore-fs` in node.js, and `blockstore-idb` in browsers.
`5`	`5`	`*`
`6`		`- * N.b. this is here largely for the sake of completeness, in node you should probably use FSDatastore, in browsers you should probably use IDBDatastore.`
	`6`	`+ * A Blockstore implementation that uses a flavour of [Level](https://leveljs.org/) as a backend.`
`7`	`7`	`*`
`8`	`8`	`* @example`
`9`	`9`	`*`
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	`4`	+ * ⚠️ This package is deprecated. Instead, use `datastore-level` in node.js, and `datastore-idb` in browsers.
	`5`	`+ *`
`4`	`6`	`* A Datastore implementation with a file system backend.`
`5`	`7`	`*`
`6`	`8`	`* @example`