FrostWire, free and fast Gnutella

LimeWire is a popular P2P client which uses the Gnutella network. Unfortunately, it limits the amount of ultrapeers to whom connections can be made, in effect reducing the amount of search results and the number of people from whom downloads can be made. LimeWire only removes these limitations if its Pro version is bought at the cost of $35.

As LimeWire is open-source, several forks of it exist. One of these forks is called FrostWire, a client which appears and works in a similar fashion but removes many limitations of the free version of LimeWire. FrostWire also has some features which LimeWire Pro lacks, such as BitTorrent support.

Unlike LimeWire Pro, FrostWire is completely free to use and download. FrostWire is based on LimeWire’s Java engine and as such, it works on OS X, Linux and Windows, providing Java 1.5 or above is installed.

FrostWire can identify files tagged as Creative Commons in searches, much like LimeWire does, it can filter out junk results like LimeWire, supports proxies, works well with iTunes and there’s no viruses or spyware with it. A more in-depth review is on my weblog, Webby’s World.

FrostWire is an easy way to save $35 if you really wanted to buy LimeWire Pro. It is also a way to ensure people do not profit from tools which mainly facilitate piracy!

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Tags: file-sharing, frostwire, gnutella, limewire, limewire pro, P2p, piracy
Categories: Open Source, P2p, software

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5 Responses to “FrostWire, free and fast Gnutella”

1. tigsfan says:

   November 11, 2008 at 2:20 am

   Another great, and overall better p2p experience can be found using Cabos. I still use Frostwire from time to time, but Cabos is faster, cleaner and overall a great experience. It connects to 4 different networks to search and is very fast.
2. shammax says:

   November 11, 2008 at 4:31 am

   on install watch out for the ask toolbar & change homepage which are ticked by default

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