Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Oracle Solaris
- FreeBSD
- Haiku
- Gentoo
- Manjaro Linux
- OpenBSD




There are many alternatives to Soulseek for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. 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 Soulseek and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Soulseek are RetroShare, BitTorrent, WireShare and Gigatribe.




Open source, decentralized platform enabling encrypted chat, secure voice and video calls, anonymous file sharing with swarming, censorship-resistant forums, channels, link sharing, and offline messaging. Uses OpenPGP and OpenSSL for robust privacy and security.




BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol.






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


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.

A batch downloader for Soulseek using Soulseek.NET. Accepts CSV files and Spotify or YouTube urls.
A Peer-to-Peer (Friend-to-Friend), decentralized, encrypted and secure application designed for communication and sharing.




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.

An actual alternative to the Soulseek client, using the same protocol. It's open source, and much more modern and feature-rich than the original one.