MuWire Alternatives

MuWire is described as 'File-sharing application that works on top of I2P. It is inspired by the LimeWire Gnutella client, but it's completely anonymous' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to MuWire for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Android apps. The best MuWire alternative is RetroShare, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MuWire are eMule, GNUnet, FrostWire and Tribler.

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  1. RetroShare icon

    RetroShare

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    RetroShare is a open source cross-platform, private and secure decentralized communication system. It lets you to securely chat, share photos, videos, and more, using OpenPGP to authenticate peers and .

    136 RetroShare alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • OpenSSL
    • OpenPGP
    Network tab with contact list and broadcast subtab open. The subtab shows text and image sent by one contact to all connected contacts.
     

    • RetroShare is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to MuWire.

    • RetroShare is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to MuWire.

    • RetroShare is Free and Open SourceMuWire is also Free and Open Source
    • RetroShare is Privacy focusedMuWire is not according to our users
  2. eMule icon

    eMule

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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Search window.
     
  3. GNUnet icon

    GNUnet

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    GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Besides command line tools, GNUnet provides a graphical user interface: gnunet-gtk. Here are some screenshots of gnunet-gtk and its features and ports.
     
  4. FrostWire icon

    FrostWire

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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 screenshot 1
     

    • FrostWire is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to MuWire.

    • FrostWire is Free and Open SourceMuWire is also Free and Open Source
  5. Tribler icon

    Tribler

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    Tribler is an application that enables its users to find, enjoy and share content. With content we mean video, audio, pictures, and much more. Tribler has three goals in helping you, the user: find, consume and share content.

    50 Tribler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Main UI
     
  6. Shareaza icon

    Shareaza

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    Shareaza is the most luxurious and sophisticated file sharing system you'll find. It can harness the power of up to four separate peer-to-peer networks, including EDonkey2000, Gnutella, BitTorrent and Shareaza's native network, Gnutella2.

    66 Shareaza alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Shareaza screenshot 1
     
  8. WireShare icon

    WireShare

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    WireShare is a fork of the original LimeWire open source project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    WireShare screenshot 1
     
  9. Calypso icon

    Calypso

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    File search
     
  10. MUTE icon

    MUTE

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    MUTE File Sharing is a peer-to-peer network that provides easy search-and-download functionality while also protecting your privacy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Perfect Dark icon

    Perfect Dark

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    Perfect Dark is an anonymous peer to peer network which aims to become the #1 in Japan. You have to share at least 40 Gigabyte of your hard drive which is used for the networks exceptional storage system which works like a global RAID array.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  12. gtk-gnutella icon

    gtk-gnutella

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    gtk-gnutella is a server/client for Gnutella. It runs on every Unix-like system which supports GTK+ (1.2 or above) and libxml. The GNOME desktop environment is not required. It is currently developed and tested under Linux (Debian) as well as NetBSD.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    gtk-gnutella screenshot 1
     
  13. DreaMule icon

    DreaMule

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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

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DreaMule screenshot 1
     
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