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Comparison of file sharing applicationsFile sharing is a method of distributing electronically stored information such as computer programs and digital media. Below is a list of file sharing applications. |
Acquisition | Gnutella, BitTorrent | No | magnet | Nagware or US$17.99 | OS X | GPL | Objective-C, Java | Yes | 2.2 (v223) (November 19, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-11-19)) [±] | Alternative to LimeWire for Mac users; uses Cocoa GUI |
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aMule | eDonkey, Kad | No | eD2k | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2.3.1 (November 11, 2011; 16 months ago (2011-11-11)[2]) [±] | |
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ANts P2P | ANts | Yes | ed2k | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 2010 | Proxies other users' IP addresses making it hard to determine who is downloading |
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Ares Galaxy | Ares, BitTorrent | No | arlnk | Free | Windows | GPL | Object Pascal (Delphi) | Yes | 2.2.4 (February 10, 2013; 55 days ago (2013-02-10) [3]) [±] | |
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BearShare (pre v6.0) | Gnutella | No | ed2k, magnet | Free or US$3.29 monthly | Windows | Proprietary | C++ | No | 10.0.0.131462 (January 29, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-29)) [±] | Since version 6: clone of the commercial iMesh software; does not connect to Gnutella and restricts downloads to media formats |
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BitComet | BitTorrent, eDonkey, Kad[4] | No | ed2k,[4] magnet | Free | Windows | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 1.35 (February 19, 2013; 46 days ago (2013-02-19)) [±][5] | Exploits SuperSeeding and thus is often banned by trackers and peers. Compatible with e2DK links through an eMule plugin which gives access to eDonkey and Kad networks and cross-network sharing abilities with BitTorrent network. |
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BitTornado | BitTorrent | No | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | Open source | Python | Yes | 2006 | |
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BitTorrent | BitTorrent | No | No | Free | Windows, Mac OS X | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 2010 | µTorrent rebrand |
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broolz | Direct Connect | No | No | Free or US$59.95 | Windows, OS X, Linux | Proprietary | Java | Yes | 2011 | Internal p2p protocols that allow only secondary users authorised by primary user to share |
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Cabos | Gnutella | No | magnet | Free | OS X, Windows | GPL | Java, REALbasic | Yes | 0.8.2 (February 9, 2010; 3 years ago (2010-02-09)) [±] | |
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DC++ | Direct Connect | No | magnet | Free | Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 0.799 May 5, 2012; 10 months ago (2012-05-05) | Many modifications exist, for example LinuxDC++ |
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Deluge | BitTorrent | Unknown | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Python | Yes | 1.3.6 (February 25, 2013; 40 days ago (2013-02-25)) [±] | |
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eDonkey2000 | eDonkey, Overnet | No | ed2k | Free or US$19.95 | Linux, OS X, Windows | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 2005 | Discontinued |
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eMule | eDonkey, Kad | No | ed2k | Free | Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 0.50a (April 7, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-04-07)[6]) [±] | Supports protocol obfuscation |
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ExoSee | ? | No | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | ? | Yes | 2007 | ExoSee appears to have no business model |
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Filetopia | Filetopia | No (except when using a bouncer) | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | Delphi | No | 2002 | |
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Free Download Manager | BitTorrent | No | metalink | Free | Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 3.9.2 (Build 1287) (January 11, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-11)) [±][7] | |
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Freenet's FProxy | Freenet | Yes | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 0.7.5 (Build 1440) (April 1, 2013; 5 days ago (2013-04-01)[8]) [±] | |
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Frost | Freenet | Yes | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 2009 | |
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FrostWire | Gnutella, BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 5.5.3 (February 9, 2013; 56 days ago (2013-02-09)) [±] | Fork of LimeWire, with no copyrighted-material blocker planned |
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giFT | OpenFT and, with plugins, Ares, Gnutella, FastTrack | No | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C | Yes | 0.11.8.1 (2004-11-27) [±] | |
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Gnucleus | Gnutella, Gnutella2 | No | No | Free | Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2.2.0.0 (2005-06-17) [±] | |
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GNUnet | GNUnet | Yes | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C | Yes | 0.9.5 (December 21, 2012; 3 months ago (2012-12-21)[9]) [±] | |
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gtk-gnutella | Gnutella | No | magnet | Free | Linux, Windows | GPL | C | Yes | 0.98.4 (November 11, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-11)) [±] | |
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iMesh (pre v6.0) | FastTrack, Gnutella, Gnutella2 | No | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 2008 | |
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I2Phex | I2P (protocol Gnutella) | Yes | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 2011 | need I2P to run |
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I2PSnark | I2P (protocol BitTorrent) | Yes | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 2010 | Integrated into I2P distribution |
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iMule | I2P (protocol Kad network) | Yes | ed2k | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2.3.2.2 (January 15, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-15)) [±] | internal I2P is old and buggy, use separate I2P installation |
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Kazaa | FastTrack | No | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | C++ | adware & spyware | 2006 | Illegal in Australia. |
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Kazaa Lite | FastTrack | No | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | ? | Yes | 2007 | Adware-disabled version of Kazaa (fake versions in circulation) |
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KCeasy | Ares, Gnutella, FastTrack, OpenFT | No | No | Free | Windows | GPL | C++, Object Pascal (Delphi) | Yes | 2008 | Uses integrated giFT file sharing daemon as back-end |
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KTorrent | BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 4.3.1 (January 17, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-17)[10]) [±] | Part of the KDE desktop, can be installed separately |
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LimeWire | Gnutella, BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free or US$18.88 | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | No | 2010 | Shutdown permanently due to injunction from MGM v. Grokster in which Limewire was ordered to disable all functionality of the software.[11] |
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Manolito | MP2P | No | MP2P | Free or US$19.95 | Windows | Proprietary | ? | No | 2008 | |
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MLDonkey | BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack, (Gnutella, Gnutella2), Kad | No | ed2k, magnet, sig2dat | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | OCaml | Yes | 3.1.3 (August 5, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-05)[12]) [±] | P2P application, telnet / web-interface / GUI interface, complete and complex remote usage. Sancho GUI makes automatic SSH tunnels. |
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MonoTorrent (client library) | BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | MIT/X11 | C# | Yes | 0.90 (May 22, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-05-22)) [±] | Requires either Mono or .NET Framework to be installed |
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Morpheus | NEOnet, Gnutella, Gnutella2, BitTorrent | No | No | Free or US$19.95 | Windows | Proprietary | ? | Yes | 5.55.1 (November 15, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-11-15)) [±] | |
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Calypso | MUTE | Yes | No | Donation | Linux, Windows | GPL | C++, Qt | Yes | 2010 | Prior name: Kommute |
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MUTE | MUTE | Yes | No | Donation | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2007 | |
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Nodezilla | Private | Yes | No | Free | Linux, Windows | partly GPL | Java | Yes | 2008 | Most is proprietary, GUI is GPL |
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Opera | BitTorrent | No | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 12.15 (April 4, 2013; 2 days ago (2013-04-04)) [±] | |
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Piolet | MP2P | No | MP2P | Free or US$19.95 | Windows | Proprietary | ? | No | 2008 | |
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qBittorrent | BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free | Linux, Solaris, OS X, Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 3.0.9 (March 16, 2013; 21 days ago (2013-03-16)) [±][13] | |
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Retroshare | Retroshare | Yes | Own format | Free | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2013 | Uses PGP for friend authentication. Decentralized F2F network type. |
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RShare | RShare | Yes | No | Free | Windows | GPL | C# | Yes | 2007 | eMule-like usability |
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Robert | BitTorrent | Yes | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Python | Yes | 2012 | needs I2P to run |
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Share | Share | Yes | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | Object Pascal (Delphi) | Yes | 2006 | Anonymous developer; tries to be Winny successor |
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Shareaza | eDonkey, BitTorrent, Gnutella, Gnutella2 | No | ed2k, magnet, Piolet/MP2P, gnutella | Free | Windows | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2.6.0.0 (June 3, 2012; 9 months ago (2012-06-03)[14]) [±] | Uses a powerful files library; maintained by volunteer group |
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Sharing Max | Sharing Max | No | Yes | Free | Windows | Proprietary | Visual Basic | No | 2010 | |
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SoMud | SoMud | No | magnet uri, meta link | Free | Windows, OS X | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 2010 | Search and download P2P and web video networks such as YouTube and Yahoovideo etc. |
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StealthNet | RShare | Yes | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | C# | Yes | 2011 | Evolution of the RShare client with many functions. |
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Soulseek | Soulseek | No | No | Free, donations for privileges | Windows | Proprietary | ? | Yes | SoulseekQt build 8/5/2012 (August 5, 2012; 7 months ago (2012-08-05)) [±] | Folder downloads, browse users with folder trees, no multi-source downloads |
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SymTorrent | BitTorrent | No | No | Free | Symbian S60 | GPL | C++ | Yes | 2008 | Runs on mobile phones with Symbian operating system |
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Thaw | Freenet | Yes | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | Yes | 2008 | |
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Transmission | BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free | BeOS, Linux, OS X | MIT | C, Objective-C | Yes | 2.77 (18 February 2013; 47 days ago (2013-02-18)) [±][15] | Lightweight, cross-platform |
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TrustyFiles | eDonkey, Overnet, Gnutella, Gnutella2, FastTrack, BitTorrent | No | ed2k | Free or US$29 | Windows | Proprietary | ? | adware & spyware | 2005 ? | Has code stolen from Gnucleus, giFT, and avlib[citation needed]; Linux version announced, but never released; takeover similar to the Shareaza.com and Lphant issues is likely to have happened |
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µTorrent | BitTorrent | No | magnet | Free | OS X, Windows, Linux | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | Microsoft Windows 3.3 (Build 29462) (April 3, 2013; 3 days ago (2013-04-03)) [±][16][17]
OS X for Intel 1.8.2 (Build 29019) (January 31, 2013; 2 months ago (2013-01-31)) [±][18][19][20] OS X for PPC 1.6.5 (Build 27624) (July 25, 2012; 8 months ago (2012-07-25)) [±][18][21][22] | Specifically designed to be very small; entire program runs from a 315KB compressed executable which can be either installed or run as a stand-alone. |
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Vuze (formerly Azureus) | BitTorrent | No (except when using I2P) | magnet | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | GPL | Java | No | 4.9.0.0 (February 15, 2013; 50 days ago (2013-02-15)) [±][23] | |
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Warez P2P | iP2P DHT | No | No | Free or US$19.99 | Windows | Proprietary | ? | Yes | 2007 | Developer claims Warez v3.0 beta is malware-free |
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WinMX | WinMX Peer Network (independent, now user-operated), OpenNAP, chatrooms supported | No | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 2004 | Official development has ceased due to RIAA coercion. Versions 3.53, 3.54 beta 4 and older are available from 3rd parties. |
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Winny | Winny | Yes | No | Free | Windows | Proprietary | C++ | Yes | 2003 | |
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Wuala | Wuala | No | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | Proprietary | Java | Yes | 2009 | |
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YobiDrive FLOWS | YobiDrive | No | No | Free | Linux, OS X, Windows | Proprietary | Java | Yes | 2013 | |
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Datawire | P2P Private Networking (chat supported) | Yes | No | Free | Windows, Linux, OS X | Proprietary | Java | Yes | 2011 | |
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Name | Network | Anonymity | Link system compatibility | Price | Platform | License | Programming language | Spyware or adware free | Last release year | Extra information |
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- Note that several applications had adware or spyware tied in in the past and may have it again in the future. The same goes for clones of open source apps, e.g. eMule. This list attempts to display the current status only.
Comparison pages- Comparison of Advanced Direct Connect software
- Comparison of BitTorrent software
- Comparison of eDonkey software
- Comparison of G2 software
- Comparison of gnutella software
file sharing web application See also Notes- ^
- ^ "Download", aMule team (sourceforge.net), 2011-11-12, retrieved 2012-11-05
- ^ "Ares Galaxy at SourceForge.net". AresGalaxy.SourceForge.net.
- ^ a b Compatibility with eDonkey and Kad networks is done via a modded eMule plugin also developed by the Comet team
- ^ "BitComet Client Release Notes - A free C++ BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP Download Client". www.bitcomet.com. 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "The eMule Project at SourceForge.net". eMule.SourceForge.net. 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
- ^ "Free Download Manager". Files. SourceForge. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/2013-April/036888.html
- ^ Grothoff, Christian (2012-12-21). "GNUnet 0.9.5 released". info-gnunet. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnunet/2012-12/msg00000.html. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
- ^ KTorrent, ktorrent.org, 2013-01-17, retrieved 2013-01-29
- ^ Judge Wood (26 October 2010). "Limewire Permanent Injunction". Retrieved 17 March 2012.
- ^ "MLDonkey at SourceForge.net". MLDonkey.SourceForge.net. 2011-08-10. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ^ qBittorrent Win32 Build, SourceForge.net
- ^ "Shareaza at SourceForge.net". SourceForge. Retrieved 2012-06-08.
- ^ Changes – Transmission, trac.transmissionbittorrent.com, 2013-2-18, retrieved 2013-2-18
- ^ "Download - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client". www.utorrent.com. 2012-02-03.
- ^ "cmeisel" (2013-01-31). "µTorrent 3.3 Stable - Forums". Announcements. forum.utorrent.com.
- ^ a b "Download - µTorrent - a (very) tiny BitTorrent client". www.utorrent.com. 2013-02-09.
- ^ "vadimt" (2013-01-22). "µTorrent Mac 1.8.2 stable". Announcements (Mac). forum.utorrent.com.
- ^ "uTorrent for Mac release notes".
- ^ "Vika B" (2010-12-13). "µTorrent Mac 1.6.5 latest stable with PPC support! - Forums". Announcements (Mac). forum.utorrent.com.
- ^ "uTorrent for Mac release notes PPC".
- ^ "Changelog". Vuze Community. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
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