Editing Gnutella (section)

== Software ==
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of applications supporting the Gnutella network.  The tables do '''not''' attempt to give a complete [[List of Historical Gnutella Clients|list of Gnutella clients]].  The tables are limited to clients that can participate in the current Gnutella network.{{fact|date=April 2025}}

=== General specifications ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 85%;"
! Name
! Platform
! License
! Project active?<br/>(otherwise discontinued)
! Latest release
! Heritage
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| Acquisition
| [[macOS]]
| {{Proprietary}}
! {{no}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"|{{Latest stable release/Acquisition}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| LimeWire
|-
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[BearFlix]]
| [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
| {{Proprietary}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| 5.2.6.0
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| BearShare
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[BearShare]]
| Windows
| {{Proprietary}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/BearShare}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | Cabos
| [[Java (software platform)|Java]]
| {{free|[[GNU General Public License|GPL]]}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/Cabos}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| LimeWire
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | CitrixWire
| Windows
| {{Proprietary}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brothersoft.com/citrixwire-50277.html|title=CitrixWire|website=BrotherSoft|access-date=2017-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170414081046/http://www.brothersoft.com/citrixwire-50277.html|archive-date=2017-04-14|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| Addax
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | CocoGnut
| [[RISC OS]]
| {{proprietary}}
| {{no}}
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"|1.21 (2005-06-21)
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"|''Original work''
|-
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | FilesWire (P2P)
| Java
| {{proprietary}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| Beta 1.1 (2007)
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[giFT]] (Gnutella plug-in)
| [[Cross-platform]]
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| 0.0.11 (2006-08-06) <!-- {{Latest stable release/giFT}} is outdated and wrong, as this article is about Gnutella, not the protocol-independent core. -->
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[GnucDNA#Gnucleus|Gnucleus]]-[[GnucDNA]]
| Windows
| {{free|GPL, [[GNU LGPL|LGPL]]}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/Gnucleus}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row | [[gtk-gnutella]]
| Cross-platform
| {{free|GPL}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Latest stable release/gtk-gnutella}}
| ''Original work''
|-
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[KCeasy]]
| Windows
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/KCeasy}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| giFT
|-
| scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[GnucDNA#Kiwi Alpha|Kiwi Alpha]]
| Windows
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/Gnucleus}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| GnucDNA
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[LimeWire]]
| Java
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/LimeWire}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[Morpheus (file-sharing software)|Morpheus]]
| Windows
| {{Proprietary}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/Morpheus}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| GnucDNA
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[Phex]]
| Java
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/Phex}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | [[Poisoned]]
| macOS
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| {{Latest stable release/Poisoned}}
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| giFT
|-
! scope=row | [[Shareaza]]
| Windows
| {{free|GPL}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Latest stable release/Shareaza}}
| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" | Symella
| [[Symbian]]
| {{free|GPL}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|-
! scope=row | [[WireShare]] (aka ''LimeWire Pirate Edition'')
| Java
| {{free|GPL}}
| {{yes}}
| 6.0.2 (2022-10-04)
| LimeWire
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| [[Zultrax]]
| Windows
| {{Proprietary}}
! {{no}} 
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| 4.33 (April 2009)
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}"| ''Original work''
|}
{{legend2|{{rh2/bgcolor}}|Discontinued project}}

=== Gnutella features ===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center;"
! colspan=2 | Client
! Hash search
! Chat{{efn-lr|Refers to direct client-to-client chat; not IRC chat, which is often also available in the same application through an embedded HTTP browser window.}}
! Buddy list
! Handles [https://github.com/gtk-gnutella/gtk-gnutella/blob/devel/doc/public/GGEP/LF large files] (> 4 [[gigabyte|GB]])
! Unicode-compatible query routing
! UPnP port mapping{{efn-lr|Automatically configures port forwarding in routers or combination modem/gateways which support UPnP control.}}
! [[NAT traversal]]
! [[NAT Port Mapping Protocol|NAT port mapping]]
! RUD{{efn-lr|The '''R'''eliable '''UDP''' protocol provides NAT-to-NAT transfers, sometimes called Firewall-to-Firewall or "hole-punching", in cases where port-forwarding is not or cannot be done by the user.}}
! TCP push proxy
! UDP push proxy
! Ultrapeer
! GWebCache{{efn-lr|As GWCs had a history of problems with traffic overload and long-term reliability, UDP host caches became the preferred bootstrap method; though some GWCs remain available for the sake of older software.}}
! UDP host cache
! {{abbr|THEX|Tree Hash EXchange format.}}
! [[Transport Layer Security|TLS]]
! Other
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" colspan=2 | [[BearShare]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| -
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" colspan=2 | [[giFT]] (core & plug-ins)
| {{yes}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|Client mode only, as a dependent leaf on ultrapeers.}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} {{efn|name=b}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| -
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" colspan=2 | [[GnucDNA]] {{efn|Version 0.9.2.7}}
| {{yes}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}} {{efn|name=b}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| -
|-
! scope=row colspan=2 | [[gtk-gnutella]]
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=d}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|[[gtk-gnutella]] version 0.98.4 and later.}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}} (Dropped)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[IPv6]], [[Distributed hash table|DHT]], GUESS, [[Gnutella2|G2]]
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" colspan=2 | [[LimeWire]]{{efn|name=h}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=d}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes|GMail or XMPP}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=e}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=g}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Distributed hash table|DHT]]
|-
! scope=row colspan=2 | [[WireShare]]{{efn|name=h}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=d}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes|GMail or XMPP}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=e}}
| {{yes}} {{efn|name=g}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Distributed hash table|DHT]]
|-
! scope=row style="background:{{Rh2/bgcolor}}" colspan=2 | [[Phex]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}{{efn|Via [[SOCKS]] proxy which can tunnel over [[Secure Shell|SSH]].}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[I2P]]
|-
! scope=row colspan=2 | [[Shareaza]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}{{efn|Since version 2.2.4.0}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| [[Gnutella2|G2]], [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BT]], [[eDonkey network|eD2k]], [[IRC]]
|}

==== Notes ====
{{notelist-lr}}
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{{efn|name=b|Not high [[outdegree]], so is unusable in its current form.}}
{{efn|name=d|Via the [[Kademlia]]-based Mojito DHT network supported only by LimeWire and gtk-gnutella (starting with version r15750); this is completely different from [[SHA-1]] searches supported by most gnutella clients.}}
{{efn|name=e|Port triggering or ''firewall to firewall'' (FW2FW).}}
{{efn|name=g|Automatic with UPnP, or manual configuration in LimeWire firewall options}}
{{efn|name=h|As the LimeWire client is no longer available clients that share most of LimeWire's code base, like [[FrostWire]], can provide an alternative.}}
}}
<!-- * No features have been recorded for the [[gnutella]] clients [[iMesh]], Symella, [[TrustyFiles]], and [[WinMX]] Music. -->
* [[Morpheus (file-sharing software)|Morpheus]] differs significantly and may have completely independent code from the GnucDNA engine.  Morpheus can function as a ''modern'' ultrapeer whereas other GnucDNA clients cannot.
* [[GnucDNA#Gnucleus|Gnucleus]] and Kiwi Alpha use the [[GnucDNA]] engine.
* [[BearFlix]], a functionally limited version of the [[BearShare]] 5.2 series, can search only for images or videos and shared videos are limited to a relatively short length.
* [[giFTcurs]], [[Apollon (software)|Apollon]], [[FilePipe]], [[giFToxic]], giFTui, [[giFTwin32]], [[KCeasy]], [[Poisoned]], and Xfactor are GUI front-ends for the [[giFT]] engine.
* etomi uses outdated [[Shareaza]] networking code.
* MP3 Rocket, 360Share,  LemonWire, MP3Torpedo, and DexterWire are variants of [[LimeWire]].
* [[FrostWire]] (up to version 4.21.8) is nearly identical to LimeWire 4.18 but versions greater than 5.00 no longer use gnutella.
* Acquisition and Cabos are custom front-ends overlaying the [[LimeWire]] engine.
* [[LimeWire Pirate Edition]] (5.6.2) is a resurrected version of the unreleased [[LimeWire]] 5.6.1 alpha, thus has similar features minus automatic updates (with nags) and centralized remote controls to disable core functions like searches and downloads were removed.