Free filesharing software for linux

Phex is a P2P filesharing client which is based on the Gnutella network. Phex offers advanced functions and integrates all common Gnutella extensions like multi-source downloads and advanced search features.
Main features:
Phex is a FREE of spyware and adware
- Phex never containd any kind of spyware, adware or any other kind of bundled software.
Multi-plattform support
- Whether you use MAC OS X, Linux, Solaris, or Windows Phex is able to run on them all. All you need is a operation system that offers a Java 1.4 Runtime Environment.
Multi-source downloads (Swarming)
- Often the file you like to download is available on different hosts. Phex will request different segment of the file from each host in parallel. After successfully downloading a segment Phex will merge it with the other segments of the file. This results in a much higher download speed. If a host is too slow the segment is split during download and given to an another host. To make sure you never run out of hosts Phex is able to find new download hosts by itself with the automatic search functionality.
Advanced configuration options
- Phex offers very advanced configuration options. Much more then many other clients can offer. Especially advanced user can configure Phex according to there needs and are able to tune and see the effect of different settings.
Passive searching and snooping for files
- With the passive search functionality Phex is able to constantly monitor the traffic that goes through the network and collect search results that match your passive search term. Also Phex snoops the traffic for new download candidates you need to finish your downloads faster. This type of searching is usefull for longtime monitoring of available files on the network.
Other features include:
- Multiple searches.
- Ultrapeer and compression technology for reduced bandwidth.
- Integrated chat.
- Browse host support.
- Bitzi metadata lookup.
- MAGMA support.
Enhancements:
- The GUI received many smaller improvements and a multitude of lesser and bigger changes happened under the hood.
- Download-side THEX integration was added, so poisoned files are no longer possible.
- The upload architecture was redesigned and a far leaner security system is used for better performance and a vastly reduced memory footprint.
- Many bugs were fixed.

Futurosoft Ares Plugin for Apollon is a plugin for giFT (apollon) that connects to the Ares peer-to-peer filesharing network.

This file is for Ubuntu, Kubuntu and other distro based in debian.

xMule project is a multi-platform clone of the popular eMule client for the eDonkey filesharing network.
Currently supporting various Linux/Unix/BSD platforms, it aims at higher stability and portability than the competitors.
Whats New in 1.13.6 Release:
- This version focuses primarily on Unicode support, which is now virtually complete.

Credence is a program for combating pollution and spam in filesharing networks.
It lets you vote on files in the network, analyzes the votes of your peers so that you can avoid polluted files, and automatically identifies the voters in the network that are most credible and useful. It is built as an extension to LimeWire, running on the Gnutella filesharing network.
Enhancements:
- This release added a more sophisticated voting backend and a new GUI to match.
- More complex voting lets you vote down just the file name or bit rate, for example, and search results automatically show how different peers voted.
- Startup is much faster than previous versions, especially for users that vote a lot.
- A new status bar at the bottom shows detailed information about startup and current status.
- All the latest improvements and fixes to the main LimeWire software have been merged in.

KTorrent is a BitTorrent filesharing program for KDE.
Main features:
- Downloads torrent files
- Upload speed capping, seeing that most people cant upload infinite amounts of data.
- Internet searching using The Bittorrent websites search engine
- UDP Trackers
It has only been tested on linux at the moment, but it should work on most, if not all unix platforms.
Enhancements:
- This is a bug fix release for the 2.2 version. The most notable bug it fixes is the file selection.

Dolda Connect is a modular P2P filesharing client built around the Direct Connect model. It supports most of the latest features of the DC protocol.
It runs in client/server mode with a well defined protocol, allowing extensibility, flexibility, and multiple detachable user interfaces. Dolda Connect also has an optional multi-user mode.
For the average user, this yields two primary advantages:
- The daemon can be made to run on another computer, which can be on all the time (a server, if you will), while the user interface can run on the users workstation. That way, the user can turn off his workstation at night, while the server will continue all transfers in progress during that time.
- A user can control his daemon from another location, such as from work, school, a friend, etc.
This architecture also has many other advantages in store for the more advanced users; since the user interface communicates with the daemon using a well-defined protocol, other user interfaces can be written, such as an automatic downloader, a chatbot, etc. It is also designed for secure multiuser operation.
Enhancements:
- A GUI configurator tool was added.
- Portability issues were fixed so that it works on AMD64 now.
- The documentation was improved.
- The usual slew of minor bugs were fixed.

retroshare provides a private P2P file sharing software.
Retroshare is a cross-platform private P2P sharing program. It lets you share securely to your friends, using a web-of-trust to authenticate peers and OpenSSL to encrypt all communication. RetroShare provides filesharing, chat, messages, and channels.
Main features:
- A Private Peer to Peer Network which allows you to share information with only the people you want to.
- Reliable Identification and Authentication of your friends.
- Plus an Introduction Scheme which connects you to the friends of your friends, and facilitates network growth.
- Encrypted Communication, ensuring all shared information is known only to you and your peers.
- A Communication Platform which can potentially support services such as Secure Email, File Sharing, Video or Voice over IP and Messaging
- A Decentralised Social Sharing Network designed **For the People**
- with no dependancies on any corporate system or central servers.
Enhancements:
- First release with Web of Trust Authentication!
- Downloads are automatically resumed
- New Directory search interface.