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File transfer protocols used by multiple programs

The name of the protocol may also be the name of the primary or original application software that uses it.

ProtocolUsed byDefunct clients
ActivityPubFriendica, Libervia, Lemmy, Mastodon, Micro.blog, Nextcloud, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Pleroma
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN)Systems Network Architecture
BitTorrentBitComet, Bitlord, BitTorrent, Flashget, FrostWire, Getright, i2psnark, libtorrent, μTorrent, Miro, MLDonkey, Popcorn Time, qBittorrent, Shareaza, Tixati, Transmission, Tribler, Xunlei, Vuze, etc.Trustyfiles, Vagaa
Direct ConnectApexDC++, BCDC++, DC++, MLDonkey, ShareazaNeoModus Direct Connect
eDonkeyaMule, Bitcomet, eMule, Flashget, imule, MLDonkey, Neoloader, Shareaza, XunleiFileScope, edonkey2000, Vagaa
FastTrackMLDonkey, XNapGrokster, Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, Trustyfiles
FreenetFreenet, Frost
GnutellaCabos, Envy, Gnucleus, gtk-gnutella, iphex, Phex, Shareaza, WireShareAcquisition, BearShare, FileScope, iMesh, LimeWire, Morpheus, Trustyfiles
Gnutella2Envy, gtk-gnutella, MLDonkey, ShareazaFileScope
Libp2p1IPFS, Orbit (chat application),2 Ethereum3
OpenFTgiFT, MLDonkey
OpenNapAudiognome, Lopster, SunshineUN,4 TekNap, Utatane, XNap, Winlop, WinMXFileScope, Morpheus, Napigator
OvernetXNapedonkey2000, Overnet
RetroShareRetroShare, elRepo.io, XeresUnseenP2P
SoulseekNicotine+, Seeker, slskd, Soulseek NS, SoulseekQtGoSeek, iSoul, MewSeek, Museek, Museek+, Nicotine, PySoulSeek, SolarSeek, Soulseex (ssX)
ToxqTox, μTox, Toxic, Toxygen, TRIfA, Antox, Isotoxin, jTox, Protox, aTox5
WebTorrentWebTorrent Desktop, Brave (web browser)6
WinMX Peer Networking ProtocolOurMX, WinMX, WinPY
WebRTCPeerTube7

File transfer protocols used by only one application

Program
Filetopia
Perfect Dark
Share
Soribada
Winny

Chat protocols used by multiple programs

ProtocolUsed byDefunct clients
IRC (XDCC)BitchX, Colloquy, Konversation, Kvirc, mIRC, Pidgin, WeeChat, HexChat
ToxqTox, μTox, Toxic, Toxygen, TRIfA, Antox, Isotoxin, jTox, Protox, aTox8

Bitcoin

ProtocolUsed byDefunct clients
BitcoinBitcoin, Alt-Coins

See also

References

  1. "The quiet revolution: the internet of data structures with IPFS | CIO". Archived from the original on 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-06-21. http://www.cio.com/article/3176189/innovation/the-quiet-revolution-the-internet-of-data-structures-with-ipfs.html ↩

  2. Steier, Henning (14 July 2016). "Interplanetary File System: Gedächtnisse fürs Web | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21. https://www.nzz.ch/digital/interplanetary-file-system-gedaechtnisse-fuers-web-ld.105559 ↩

  3. "libp2p & Ethereum (the Merge)". libp2p Blog & News. 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2024-10-21. https://blog.libp2p.io/libp2p-and-ethereum/ ↩

  4. "SunshineUN". April 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-28. https://sourceforge.net/projects/sunshineun/ ↩

  5. "Tox clients". Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-29. https://wiki.tox.chat/clients ↩

  6. "How to Stream Movies and Download Torrent Files in Brave Browser". BrowserPulse. 2020-05-07. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-07-12. https://browserpulse.com/how-to-stream-movies-and-download-torrent-files-in-brave-browser/ ↩

  7. "Configuration | PeerTube documentation". docs.joinpeertube.org. Retrieved 2025-03-14. https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/configuration ↩

  8. "Tox clients". Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-29. https://wiki.tox.chat/clients ↩