Peer to Peer networks and clients like Napster

This is a list of P2P freeware. Updated: 8-22-02

Networks

Napster-like clients, for Windows

• Napster - audio files only.
• Ares - can host its own website. Organizes files into music, video, docs, and other.
• iMesh - One is the fact that if someone disconnects while you are trying to download a file of their computer, iMesh will either continue to download that file from a different user or finish it the next time the disconnecting user logs on. Also has skins.
• Napigator - audio files only.
• NapShare
• Opennap server
• Spotlight
• Swapper
• Universal Media Exchange - work in progress.
• Win MX
• Xolox - adult filtering.
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Gnutella technology

• Bearshare - works on Gnutella's network to share files. Also at www.bearshare.com. Also has adult filter.
• Gnewtella - work in progress.
• Gnotella - skinnable.
• Gnucleus - for Gnutella network. Also at Gnucleus.com.
• Gnutella2 - for Gnutella network. Also at http://gnutella.wego.com/. Get list of Gnutella hosts at Gnutellahosts.com. See also: Gnutelliums.com.
• Gnutelliums - comprehensive list of Gnutella clients.
• Grokster
• Limewire - a Gnutella client. Also for Linux. Spyware.
• Morpheus
• Newtella - works as a client and server.
• Phex
• Shareaza
• Toadnode

Napster, for Unix

• Universal Media Exchange - X11 client
• Heavymole - takes the best from Napster and Gnutella. For X11.

Freenet clients, Windows

• Freenet Project - currently in beta. Made for Java. Also at Freenetproject.org. This is a private, secure, free network for publishing information.
• Freekey - also for X11.

Other clients, Windows

• PixFinder - search web-based list of pics.
• Buddyshare
• Urlblaze - indexes FTP files on many FTP servers.
• Minitasking.com - client graphically shows other nodes on network as bubbles. Larger bubbles means a host has more content.

Other services, unix

• Anet - work in progress.
• GTK Gnutella - work in progress.
• Scour - search for media, movies, music.
• Opencola Swarmcast - not finished yet.
• Zeropaid

Other related links

• Open P2P
• Excellent P2P directory at OReilly, has list of P2P projects, components, distributed computing, and enabling companies. See the section File Sharing for Napster-like clients.

Other P2P projects

• Intel: help in the cure for cancer.
• Seti@Home (http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/)
• Distributed.net - they have projects to break encryption codes, among other highly technical projects.
• Carescience - peer-to-peer technology that enables the exchange of information between healthcare organizations by providing highly secure, real-time Internet access to clinical results, patient demographics, medical records and other critical data.
• Nuzzly - P2P app that allows one to share source code. Adware.
• Freehaven - anonymous publication of documents. Theory only, no software.