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hrl-gateway-node
- How you run it
- not recorded
- Holochain version
- not recorded
- Activity
- stalled
- Checked
- 27 October 2026
What is hrl-gateway-node and what is it for?
hrl-gateway-node is a gateway: server software that answers ordinary web requests for data held in a hosted Holochain application's shared database. It exists so that a website, script or other program outside the network can read Holochain data through a normal HTTP request instead of running Holochain software of its own.
hrl-gateway-node is published in the Holo-Host organisation on GitHub as a Node.js program, and its repository describes it as "a gateway for agentless HTTP queries to hosted DHTs". In plain terms it is server-side software that stands between ordinary web clients and data an application hosts on Holochain, so that a request arrives over the web rather than from a Holochain agent.
Normally, reading an application's shared data means running Holochain software that takes part in the network. A gateway removes that step for the caller: the requesting client sends a web request and gets an answer, without installing a node, holding keys or joining the network. The word "agentless" in the project's own description points at exactly this — the querying side has no agent.
A concrete shape for that: a website or scheduled script that wants to show or check records from a hosted Holochain application can ask the gateway over HTTP rather than embedding Holochain software in its own stack. The code is small and sits under src in the repository; with no README and no release, the source is the documentation. The newest activity recorded for the repository is a push in October 2023, so current compatibility with newer Holochain releases is not something these sources establish.
Questions people ask
- What is hrl-gateway-node written in, and how is it run?
- It is a Node.js program written in JavaScript. Its package manifest names index.js as the entry point, starts the program with node, and lists the Holochain JavaScript client among its dependencies. source
- Is there an installation guide or a published version?
- No. The repository root holds only src and package files with no README, and the releases page reports no releases, so installation is not documented by the project. source
- Why does its catalog page show stalled activity?
- The newest activity a source records for the repository is a push in October 2023 and it has no releases. That is a record of inactivity over time, not a statement about whether the software works. source
From 4 public sources, checked 23 September 2026.
Try hrl-gateway-node
- Code on GitHubOpen on GitHub ↗Last change 4 October 2023.
- ReleaseNo GitHub release recorded.
- The project's own files do not say how it is run.
Details & sources
Evidence
- Last change
- api.github.com/repos/Holo-Host/hrl-gateway-nodelisted by a third party · seen since 20 October 2026 · github.repository@1
- Activity
- api.github.com/repos/Holo-Host/hrl-gateway-nodelisted by a third party · seen since 20 October 2026 · liveness@1
Compatibility
- hdk
- —
- hdi
- —
- holochain-client
- 0.16.2 · package.json @ fdeac54
- happ.yaml
- absent
- web-happ.yaml
- absent