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We've compiled a list of 21 free and paid alternatives to MLDonkey. The primary competitors include BitTorrent, eMule. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between MLDonkey and FrostWire, Soulseek, RetroShare. Also you can look at other similar options here: File Sharing Software.


BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc.

eMule
Free

eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows.

FrostWire
Free Open Source

Easy to use BitTorrent Client and YouTube Downloader in one, with built-in search and music library.

Soulseek® is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application.

RetroShare is a open source cross-platform, private and secure decentralized communication system.

aMule
Free Open Source

aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the...

Shareaza
Free Open Source

Shareaza is the most luxurious and sophisticated file sharing system you'll find.

Calypso
Free Open Source

Calypso, formerly Kommute, is a cross platfrom file sharing client using the anonymous network MUTE.

SoulSeek client written in Python which uses the PyGTK2 toolkit

Nicotine+
Free Open Source

SoulSeek is a p2p network/software, in particular geared towards finding music you may not find...

MLDonkey is an open source, multi-protocol, peer-to-peer file sharing application that runs as a...

MLDonkey Platforms

tick-square Windows
tick-square Linux

MLDonkey Overview

MLDonkey is an open source, multi-protocol, peer-to-peer file sharing application that runs as a back-end server application on many platforms. It can be controlled through a user interface provided by one of many separate front-ends, including a Web interface, telnet interface and over a dozen native client programs.
Its great when you have multple computers and you want to set up one server to download and in multiple computers with multiple users you can add files. (use it with Sancho Gui)

More features:

100% Open Source, GPL license
runs on Linux, Unix, and Windows
The p2p core can run on a resource limited headless computer, with remote GUI clients accessing it over the network.
The core is built to run as daemon for days, weeks, ever...
Several different GUIs available, some of them developed separately.
Multi-user support: the same core can queue and process downloads for several different users who can't see what the others are downloading.
Several different file-sharing networks supported:
ED2K (and Kademlia and Overnet)
BitTorrent
DC++
(FastTrack, SoulSeek, Gnutella and G2 need work)
The core can download the same file from several different networks simultaneously.
Scriptable command-line interface available. It's possible to control all aspects of mldonkey from the CLI.
Written in ObjectiveCaml, with some parts written in C and some in Assembly.

MLDonkey Features

tick-square Support for eD2K/eDonkey protocol
tick-square Support for Multiple protocols
tick-square Peer-To-Peer

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MLDonkey Categories

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MLDonkey Tags

overnet emule-like kad file-sharing bittorrent Discontinued

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