★ A List of P2P Filesharing Methods ★



★ General ★
WWW – Best Clients: Mozilla FireFox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera
NewsGroups – Best Clients: NewsLeecher, GrabIt
IRC – Best Client: mIRC


★ File Transfer Protocol ★
FTP – Best Clients: SmartFTP, CuteFTP, FlashFXP
Best Web Server: Apache
Best Personal Server: Serv-U


★ Central Servers ★
CuteMX – Dead
Scour Exchange – Dead
Napster – Dead
AudioGalaxy – Dead
iMesh (the server network) – Dead
SoulSeek – Best Client: SoulSeek
FileTopia – Best Client: FileTopia


★ Multi-Server ★
ED2K – Best Client: eMule
OpenNap – Best Client: XNap, WinLop
DirectConnect – Best Client: DC++
i2hub – Dead


★ Decentralized Networks – Big Population ★
Gnutella – Best Clients: LimeWire , FrostWire , Phex
FastTrack – Best Client: K-Lite
Ares – Best Client: Ares
Kad – Best Client: eMule


★ Medium Population ★
WinMX – Best Client: WinMX (officially closed, patch required to function)
Overnet – Best Client: Dead
G2 – Best Client: Shareaza
OpenFT – Best Client: KCeasy
MP2P – Best Client: Manolito
iP2P – Best Client Dead


★ Small Population ★
MUTE – Best Clients: MUTE
Ants – Best Client: Ants
Zultrax – Best Client: Zultrax
Sumi – Best Client: Sumi
Share – Best Client: Share (official site down)
Rodi – Best Client: Rodi
Nodezilla – Best Client: Nodezilla
Entropy – Best Client Entropy
LionShare – Best Client: LionShare
iMnet2 – Best Client: iMesh
Aimni – Best Client: Aimni


★ Private Networks ★
WASTE
ExoSee
Peer2Mail
TribalWeb
PowerFolder
FolderShare
FreeNet



★ BitTorrent ★
Standard Protocol – Best Clients: BitTorrent (Official), Vuze , uTorrent
Azureus DHT – Best Client: Vuze
Mainline DHT – Best Clients: BitTorrent (Official), uTorrent , BitComet
eXeem – Dead
Anatomic – Best Client: Anatomic
Broadcast Machine – Best Client: Democracy Player
Localhost – Best Client: Localhost