Editing MLDonkey (section)

== Features ==
Features of MLdonkey core:
* Peer to peer (p2p) program that supports the following network protocols, either partially or completely:
** [[FastTrack]] ([[Kazaa]])
** [[eDonkey network]] (with [[Overnet]] and [[Kad network]])
** [[BitTorrent]] (with [[Mainline DHT]])
** [[Direct Connect (protocol)|Direct Connect]]
** [[HTTP]]/[[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]]
* Multiple control interfaces: telnet, web interface, third party GUIs.

Written in the [[OCaml]] programming language and licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]] license, the application separates the user interface (which can be a [[web browser]], [[telnet]], or a third-party [[GUI]] application) and the code that interacts with the peer-to-peer networks.

MLDonkey is able to connect simultaneously to different peers using different network protocols. In addition it can download and merge parts of one file from different network protocols<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/Merge|title=Latest cores (above 2.5.28) contain an experimental feature: swarming between networks}}</ref> although this feature is currently documented as experimental. MLDonkey runs in a terminal session and does not require a GUI environment, saving memory and processing resources. Behavior is controlled by editable [[configuration file]]s, or—in a more user friendly fashion—from a separate user interface.

From release 2.9.0 (2007) on, support for [[gnutella]] and [[Gnutella2|G2]] are no longer compiled in by default as both plugins are buggy and currently unmaintained;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/OtherNetworksSupported|title=OtherNetworksSupported - MLDonkey}}</ref> however, it is still possible to compile them in by making the appropriate setting in the configuration file.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=719769 |title=MLDonkey will no longer compile in Gnutella and G2 support by default |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114231255/http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=719769 |archivedate=2009-01-14 }}</ref>