List of filesharing programs for Linux and BSD

A list of File sharing programs for use on computers running Linux, BSD or other Unix-like operating systems, categorised according to the different filesharing networks or protocols they access.

BitTorrent

• Aria2
• BitTorrent
• Deluge
• KTorrent
• Miro
• Opera
• TED
• Transmission
• Vuze

Direct Connect & Advanced Direct Connect

• LinuxDC++

eDonkey & Kad

• aMule
• EDonkey 2000 (inactive)
• xMule

Freenet

• Frost - external

Gnutella

• Phex

IRC with DCC or XDCC

• XChat
• XDCC-Fetch - external

Soulseek

• Nicotine Plus - external

Multiple Filesharing Protocols/Networks

• Apollon (inactive): Ares, FastTrack, Gnutella, OpenFT
• Frostwire: BitTorrent, Gnutella
• giFT (inactive): Ares, FastTrack, Gnutella, OpenFT
• Limewire: BitTorrent, Gnutella
• Lphant - external: BitTorrent, eDonkey, Kad
• MLdonkey: BitTorrent, DirectConnect, eDonkey, FastTrack, Kad, Overnet