Comparison of file sharing applications Telecommunication Engineering 479 kategori-antropologi.pts-ptn.net

File sharing is a method of distributing electronically stored information such as computer programs and digital media. Below is a list of file sharing applications.

See also

Name	Network^[1]	Anonymous P2P	Link system compatibility	Price	Platform	License	Programming language	Spyware-adware free	Latest release version	Extra information
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
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]) [±]
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
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]) [±]
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
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.
BitTornado	BitTorrent	No	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	Open source	Python	Yes	2006
BitTorrent	BitTorrent	No	No	Free	Windows, Mac OS X	Proprietary	C++	Yes	2010	µTorrent rebrand
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
Cabos	Gnutella	No	magnet	Free	OS X, Windows	GPL	Java, REALbasic	Yes	0.8.2 (February 9, 2010; 3 years ago (2010-02-09)) [±]
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++
Deluge	BitTorrent	Unknown	magnet	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	Python	Yes	1.3.6 (February 25, 2013; 40 days ago (2013-02-25)) [±]
eDonkey2000	eDonkey, Overnet	No	ed2k	Free or US$19.95	Linux, OS X, Windows	Proprietary	C++	Yes	2005	Discontinued
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
ExoSee	?	No	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	?	Yes	2007	ExoSee appears to have no business model
Filetopia	Filetopia	No (except when using a bouncer)	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	Delphi	No	2002
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]
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]) [±]
Frost	Freenet	Yes	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	Java	Yes	2009
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
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) [±]
Gnucleus	Gnutella, Gnutella2	No	No	Free	Windows	GPL	C++	Yes	2.2.0.0 (2005-06-17) [±]
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]) [±]
gtk-gnutella	Gnutella	No	magnet	Free	Linux, Windows	GPL	C	Yes	0.98.4 (November 11, 2012; 4 months ago (2012-11-11)) [±]
iMesh (pre v6.0)	FastTrack, Gnutella, Gnutella2	No	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	C++	Yes	2008
I2Phex	I2P (protocol Gnutella)	Yes	magnet	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	Java	Yes	2011	need I2P to run
I2PSnark	I2P (protocol BitTorrent)	Yes	magnet	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	Java	Yes	2010	Integrated into I2P distribution
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
Kazaa	FastTrack	No	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	C++	adware & spyware	2006	Illegal in Australia.
Kazaa Lite	FastTrack	No	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	?	Yes	2007	Adware-disabled version of Kazaa (fake versions in circulation)
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
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
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]
Manolito	MP2P	No	MP2P	Free or US$19.95	Windows	Proprietary	?	No	2008
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.
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
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)) [±]
Calypso	MUTE	Yes	No	Donation	Linux, Windows	GPL	C++, Qt	Yes	2010	Prior name: Kommute
MUTE	MUTE	Yes	No	Donation	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	C++	Yes	2007
Nodezilla	Private	Yes	No	Free	Linux, Windows	partly GPL	Java	Yes	2008	Most is proprietary, GUI is GPL
Opera	BitTorrent	No	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	Proprietary	C++	Yes	12.15 (April 4, 2013; 2 days ago (2013-04-04)) [±]
Piolet	MP2P	No	MP2P	Free or US$19.95	Windows	Proprietary	?	No	2008
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]
Retroshare	Retroshare	Yes	Own format	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac OS	GPL	C++	Yes	2013	Uses PGP for friend authentication. Decentralized F2F network type.
RShare	RShare	Yes	No	Free	Windows	GPL	C#	Yes	2007	eMule-like usability
Robert	BitTorrent	Yes	magnet	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	Python	Yes	2012	needs I2P to run
Share	Share	Yes	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	Object Pascal (Delphi)	Yes	2006	Anonymous developer; tries to be Winny successor
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
Sharing Max	Sharing Max	No	Yes	Free	Windows	Proprietary	Visual Basic	No	2010
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.
StealthNet	RShare	Yes	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	C#	Yes	2011	Evolution of the RShare client with many functions.
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
SymTorrent	BitTorrent	No	No	Free	Symbian S60	GPL	C++	Yes	2008	Runs on mobile phones with Symbian operating system
Thaw	Freenet	Yes	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	GPL	Java	Yes	2008
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
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
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.
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]
Warez P2P	iP2P DHT	No	No	Free or US$19.99	Windows	Proprietary	?	Yes	2007	Developer claims Warez v3.0 beta is malware-free
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.
Winny	Winny	Yes	No	Free	Windows	Proprietary	C++	Yes	2003
Wuala	Wuala	No	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	Proprietary	Java	Yes	2009
YobiDrive FLOWS	YobiDrive	No	No	Free	Linux, OS X, Windows	Proprietary	Java	Yes	2013
Datawire	P2P Private Networking (chat supported)	Yes	No	Free	Windows, Linux, OS X	Proprietary	Java	Yes	2011
Name	Network	Anonymity	Link system compatibility	Price	Platform	License	Programming language	Spyware or adware free	Last release year	Extra information

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

Name	License	Programming language	Latest release version	Extra Information
FileZ	GPL	PHP	2012	https://github.com/FileZ/FileZ
ZendTo	free		2011	http://zend.to/

Notes

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- According to the article Forbes, Top File-Sharing Networks, on 22 June 2005
  - eDonkey had 4,856,554 users
  - FastTrack had 2,548,774 users
  - Gnutella had 1,530,299 users
- BitTorrent 10 million in March, 2006 according to the Business Week article BitTorrent Goes Hollywood
^ "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.

Peer-to-peer file sharing

Networks and protocols

Centralized	Audiogalaxy CuteMX Direct Connect Advanced Direct Connect Napster Soulseek Opennap Soribada

Decentralized	Advanced Direct Connect Applejuice Ares BitTorrent eDonkey FastTrack Freenet GNUnet Gnutella Gnutella2 I2P Kad Kazaa OpenFT Overnet WASTE WinMX

Comparisons of clients

BitTorrent
Advanced Direct Connect
Direct Connect
eDonkey
gnutella
Gnutella2
Madster

Hyperlinks

Uses

Broadcatching
Music download
Photo sharing
Disk sharing
Peercasting
Web hosting (freesite)

Concepts

Privacy	Friend-to-friend Darknet Open Music Model Anonymous P2P Private P2P

Comparison of file sharing applications

Comparison pages

file sharing web application

See also

Notes