BearShare Alternatives for Mac

BearShare is not available for Mac but there are some alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is Nicotine+, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to BearShare and five of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to BearShare are FrostWire, Downpour, Gigatribe and Acqlite.

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  1. Nicotine+ icon

    Nicotine+

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    Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

    27 Nicotine+ alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    • Gentoo
    • Manjaro Linux
    • OpenBSD
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    • Nicotine+ is the most popular Mac alternative to BearShare.

    • Nicotine+ is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
  2. FrostWire icon

    FrostWire

     131 likes

    FrostWire is a free, open source P2P BitTorrent file sharing application & cloud file downloader in one. It's a fork of LimeWire .

    62 FrostWire alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    • FrostWire is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
  4. Downpour icon

    Downpour

     11 likes

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

    • Downpour is Free and Open SourceBearShare is Free and Proprietary
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    Gigatribe

     4 likes

    Gigatribe allows you to share all your documents, movies, pictures, directly from your hard drive with your friends over the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  6. Acqlite icon

    Acqlite

     2 likes

    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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