eMule Alternatives for Linux

eMule is not available for Linux but there are some alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Soulseek, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to eMule and ten of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to eMule are Nicotine+, aMule, MLDonkey and Fopnu.

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  1. Soulseek icon
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    Soulseek® is a unique ad-free, spyware free, and just plain free file sharing application. One of the things that makes Soulseek® unique is our community and community-related features. Based on peer-to-peer technology, virtual rooms allow you to meet people with the...

    20 Soulseek alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  2. Nicotine+ icon
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    Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

    27 Nicotine+ alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    • Gentoo
    • Manjaro Linux
    • OpenBSD
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  3. aMule icon
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    aMule is an opensource alternative to eMule : aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application that works with the EDonkey network and the Kad Network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP (country flags).

    20 aMule alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. 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
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  5. Fopnu icon
     17 likes

    Fopnu is P2P File Sharing System. 100% Free, Simple and Easy to Use. Contains NO Spyware and NO Ads. Fully decentralized network. All shared files are indexed locally.

    20 Fopnu alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Quazaa icon
     8 likes

    Quazaa is a cross platform multi-network peer-to-peer file-sharing client based on Shareaza which will support Gnutella2, Ares, eDonkey2000, HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Calypso icon
     26 likes

    Calypso, formerly Kommute, is a cross platfrom file sharing client using the anonymous network MUTE. Developped using C++ and Qt. For windows and linux, portable to other environments. You can try it by following the installation instructions below.

    124 Calypso alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. mldonkey-next icon
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    mldonkey-next is a modern GUI for the multi-protocol p2p filesharing application mldonkey. mldonkey-next connects to mldonkey using the TCP binary interface.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  9. OFF System icon
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    The Owner-Free Filing system has often been described as the first brightnet; A distributed system where no one breaks the law, so no one need hide in the dark.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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