BearShare Alternatives

BearShare is described as 'File-sharing program that lets you find, download, share, and publish audio and video files. An ever-growing community of millions of registered users ensures quick location and download of virtually any type of file available on the P2P network' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to BearShare for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best BearShare alternative is Tixati. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Tixati or eMule. Other great apps like BearShare are FrostWire, Halite, MLDonkey and Flud.

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  1. Tixati icon
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    Tixati: Fast, Full Ad-free and ethical, lightweight torrent client with DHT/PEX/Magnet support. No ads, no tracking. Features bandwidth control, RSS, IP filtering & encryption. Both Standalone/Portable (no install). Uses minimal RAM/CPU.

    61 Tixati alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Tixati is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to BearShare.

    • Tixati is the most popular free alternative to BearShare.

    • Tixati is Free Personal and ProprietaryBearShare is Free and Proprietary
    • Tixati is Customizable, Privacy focused and LightweightBearShare is not according to our users
  2. eMule icon
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    Successor to the classic, iconic eDonkey2000 peer-to-peer file sharing application that helped popularize P2P file sharing.

    20 eMule alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • eMule is the most popular Open Source alternative to BearShare.

    • eMule is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
  3. Nicotine+ icon
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    Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

    27 Nicotine+ alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
     
    • Nicotine+ is the most popular Mac alternative to BearShare.

    • Nicotine+ is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
  4. FrostWire icon
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    FrostWire is a free, open source P2P BitTorrent file sharing application & cloud file downloader in one. It's a fork of LimeWire .

    61 FrostWire alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Kindle Fire
     
    • FrostWire is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to BearShare.

    • FrostWire is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
  5. Halite icon
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    Halite (named after the mineral) is a C++ BitTorrent client based on the excellent libtorrent library from Rasterbar Software. The program also relies heavily on the Boost libraries.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • libtorrent
     
  6. MLDonkey icon
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    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. Flud icon
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    Flud is a simple and beautiful BitTorrent client for Android. The power of BitTorrent protocol is now in the palm of your hands. Share files with ease from your phone/tablet. Download files directly to your phone/tablet.

    43 Flud alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  8. tTorrent icon
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    tTorrent is a torrent client for Android based devices.

    Features:

    • multiple torrent downloading, queuing
    • search for torrents
    • Wifi only mode, Wifi or WiMAX mode
    • able to limit Upload/Download speed
    • web browser integration
    • trackerless torrent (DHT) support
    • RSS support.
    38 tTorrent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. Downpour icon
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    Downpour is a web-based BitTorrent client.

    It supports auto-downloading from RSS feeds and automatic importing and renaming of downloads into a media library, making it ideal for use on a home media server.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Downpour is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BearShare.

    • Downpour is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
  10. Gigatribe icon
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    Gigatribe allows you to share all your documents, movies, pictures, directly from your hard drive with your friends over the Internet.

    28 Gigatribe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  11. DreaMule icon
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    The DreaMule is based on the Very famous eMule. It focus on correct it maily bugs and add more features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. Acqlite icon
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    Acqlite is Gnutella file sharing program based on LimeWire, Acquisition and Cabos. It is free software and contains no spyware or adware. It provides a simple interface, multiple language support, and iTunes + iPod integration.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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