Editing DC++ (section)

== History and background ==
DC++ is a free and open-source alternative to the original client, NeoModus Direct Connect (NMDC);<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-02-16|title=What Are Direct Connect Protocol And DC++? How To Use DC++ For File Sharing?|url=https://fossbytes.com/direct-connect-protocol-dc-plus-how/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Fossbytes|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211102133508/https://fossbytes.com/direct-connect-protocol-dc-plus-how/|url-status=live}}</ref> it connects to the same file-sharing network and supports the same file-sharing protocol. One of the reasons commonly attributed to the popularity of DC++ is that it has no [[adware]] of any kind, unlike NMDC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.12.01/work-0128.html|title=Sharing the Data|access-date=2006-12-21|author=Annalee Newitz|date=July 2001|work=Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper|publisher=Metro Publishing Inc|archive-date=2021-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121092449/http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/07.12.01/work-0128.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Many other clients exist for the Direct Connect network, and most of these are DC++ "mods": modified versions of DC++, based on DC++'s source code. A partial list of DC++ mods is given below. Some of these clients were developed for specialized communities (e.g. music-sharing communities), or in order to support specific experimental features, or perhaps features that have been rejected from inclusion in DC++ itself. An example of an experimental feature is [[Hash function|hashing]], which was initially implemented in BCDC++ and later adopted by DC++.

{{As of|2008}}, DC++ had around 90% market share of the Direct Connect community.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dcpp.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/pc-pitstop-and-its-p2p-report/|title=PC Pitstop and its P2P-report|access-date=2008-03-19|author=Fredrik Ullner|date=January 2008|publisher=DC++: Just These Guys, Ya Know?|archive-date=2008-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080322112754/http://dcpp.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/pc-pitstop-and-its-p2p-report/|url-status=live}}</ref>