Editing I2P (section)

=== File sharing ===
* Several programs provide [[BitTorrent (protocol)|BitTorrent]] functionality for use within the I2P network.  Users cannot connect to non-I2P torrents or peers from within I2P, nor can they connect to I2P torrents or peers from outside I2P.<ref>{{Citation | place = [[Germany|DE]] | url = https://forum.i2p2.de/viewtopic.php?t=2068 | title = I2P Bittorrent FAQ | publisher = i2p2 | type = forum | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111103091108/http://forum.i2p2.de/viewtopic.php?t=2068 | archive-date = 2011-11-03 }}.</ref> ''I2PSnark'', included in the I2P install package, is a port of the BitTorrent client named Snark.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://klomp.org/snark/ | title = The Hunting of the Snark Project – BitTorrent Application Suite | publisher = Klomp | access-date = 2013-12-22 | archive-date = 2013-11-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131124085714/http://www.klomp.org/snark/ | url-status = live }}.</ref> ''[[Vuze]]'', formerly known as Azureus, is a [[BitTorrent client]] that includes a plugin for I2P, allowing anonymous swarming through this network.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://wiki.vuze.com/w/I2PHelper_HowTo | title = I2PHelper | contribution = How To for I2P Network Plugin | format = Howto | type = setup tutorial | publisher = Vuze | access-date = 2015-02-23 | archive-date = 2015-02-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150225030106/http://wiki.vuze.com/w/I2PHelper_HowTo | url-status = live }}.</ref> This plugin is still in an early stage of development, however it is already fairly stable. ''I2P-BT'' is a BitTorrent client for I2P that allows anonymous swarming for [[file sharing]]. This client is a modified version of the original BitTorrent 3.4.2 program which runs on [[Microsoft|MS]] Windows and most dialects of [[Unix]] in a GUI and command-line environment. It was developed by the individual known as 'duck' on I2P in cooperation with 'smeghead'. It is no longer being actively developed; however, there is a small effort to upgrade the I2P-BT client up to par with the BitTorrent 4.0 release. ''I2PRufus'' is an I2P port of the Rufus BitTorrent client.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://rufus.sourceforge.net/ | title = Rufus – BitTorrent Client | work = Sourceforge | access-date = 2006-09-06 | archive-date = 2010-01-07 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100107002810/http://rufus.sourceforge.net/ | url-status = live }}.</ref> [[Robert (P2P Software)]] is the most actively maintained I2PRufus fork. XD is a standalone BitTorrent client written in Go.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://github.com/majestrate/XD|title=GitHub – majestrate/XD: i2p bittorrent client.|date=22 March 2019|via=GitHub|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=29 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729192542/https://github.com/majestrate/XD|url-status=live}}</ref>  BiglyBT is a bittorrent client based on Vuze which also allows the use of i2p for downloading/seeding. Additionally, there exists a torrent index named ''Postman'', ran by the individual with the same name, its rules says that it does not allow illegal content, but [[warez]] and [[Piracy (media)|piracy]] is accepted.
*  Two [[Kad network]] clients exist for the I2P network, ''iMule'' and ''Nachtblitz''. iMule (''invisible Mule'') is a port of [[eMule]] for I2P network. iMule has not been developed since 2013. iMule is made for anonymous file sharing. In contrast to other [[eDonkey network|eDonkey]] clients, iMule only uses the [[Kademlia]] for proceeding to connect through I2P network, so no servers are needed. ''Nachtblitz''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://files.i2p-projekt.de/misc/nachtblitz/ | title=Official Nachtblitz Resource | access-date=2022-11-01 | archive-date=2022-11-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101080841/http://files.i2p-projekt.de/misc/nachtblitz/ | url-status=live }}</ref> is a custom client built on the .NET Framework. The latest version is 1.4.27, released on March 23, 2016. Nachtblitz includes a time lock to disable the software one year after its release date.
* [[I2Phex]] is a port of the popular [[Gnutella]] client [[Phex]] to I2P. It is stable and fairly functional.
* [[Tahoe-LAFS]] has been ported to I2P. This allows for files to be anonymously stored in Tahoe-LAFS grids.
* MuWire is a file-sharing program inspired by the LimeWire Gnutella client that works atop the I2P network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/bvamf1/introducing_muwire_a_filesharing_application_for/|title=r/i2p – Introducing MuWire – a file-sharing application for I2P|website=reddit|date=31 May 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-17|archive-date=2022-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407054312/https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/bvamf1/introducing_muwire_a_filesharing_application_for/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Bridging to clearnet ====
Currently, [[Vuze]] and BiglyBT are the torrent clients that make [[Clearnet (networking)|clearnet]] (connections not through I2P) torrents available on I2P and vice versa. Depending on the client settings, torrents from the internet can be made available on I2P (via announcements to I2P's DHT network) and torrents from I2P can be made available to the internet. For this reason, torrents previously published only on I2P can be made available to the entire Internet, and users of I2P can often download popular content from the Internet while maintaining the anonymity of I2P. As of August 2022, the default outproxy is exit.stormycloud.i2p which is run by StormyCloud Inc.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://torrentfreak.com/vuze-speeds-up-torrent-downloads-through-swarm-merging-150320/ |title=Vuze Speeds Up Torrent Downloads Through "Swarm Merging" |date=20 March 2015 |work=[[TorrentFreak]] |access-date=4 June 2016 |archive-date=17 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017233439/https://torrentfreak.com/vuze-speeds-up-torrent-downloads-through-swarm-merging-150320/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.vuze.com/w/I2PHelper_HowTo#Network_Mixing |title=I2PHelper HowTo |work=VuzeWiki |access-date=4 June 2016 |archive-date=20 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020084042/https://wiki.vuze.com/w/I2PHelper_HowTo#Network_Mixing |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=StormyCloud – I2P Outproxy {{!}} I2P Anonymous Network |url=https://stormycloud.org/i2p-outproxy/ |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=stormycloud.org}}</ref>