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.

Contents

• BitTorrent
• Direct Connect & Advanced Direct Connect
• eDonkey & Kad
• Freenet
• GNUnet
• Gnutella
• IRC with DCC or XDCC
• Soulseek
• Multiple Filesharing Protocols/Networks

BitTorrent

• BitTorrent
• Deluge
• KTorrent
• Miro
• Opera
• Tixati
• Transmission
• Tribler - Tribler uses a modified form of the BitTorrent protocol; it is anonymous and decentralized (and so does not require a tracker or indexing service to discover content).
• Vuze

Direct Connect & Advanced Direct Connect

• LinuxDC++

eDonkey & Kad

• aMule
• EDonkey 2000 (inactive)
• MLDonkey

Freenet

GNUnet

• Gnunet

Gnutella

• Phex
• gtk-gnutella
• Limewire

IRC with DCC or XDCC

• HexChat

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