List of file-sharing 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 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