WireShare Alternatives

WireShare is described as 'Fork of the original LimeWire open source project' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 25 alternatives to WireShare for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD apps. The best WireShare alternative is qBittorrent, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WireShare are Transmission, µTorrent, Deluge and qui.

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  1. Vuze icon
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    Vuze (formerly Azureus) is a free BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to bittorrenting, Vuze allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content.

    75 Vuze alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware
    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
     
  2. rTorrent icon
     91 likes

    rtorrent is a BitTorrent client for ncurses, using the libtorrent library. The client and library is written in C++ with emphasis on speed and efficiency, while delivering equivalent features to those found in GUI based clients in an ncurses client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  3. KTorrent icon
     88 likes

    KTorrent is a bittorrent application for KDE Plasma which allows you to download files using the BitTorrent protocol. It enables you to run multiple torrents at the same time and comes with extended features to make it a full-featured client for...

    67 KTorrent alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
  4. BitComet icon
     31 likes

    BitComet is a BitTorrent/HTTP/FTP download client with support for modern BitTorrent features, long-term seeding, intelligent disk cache and video preview of downloaded files.

    65 BitComet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
     
  5. Tribler icon
     66 likes

    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.

    51 Tribler alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Shareaza icon
     35 likes

    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.

    68 Shareaza alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Halite icon
     44 likes

    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
     
  8. TrguiNG icon
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    TrguiNG is an alternative UI for controlling transmission torrent daemon running on the same machine or any other host that has exposed transmission rpc endpoint.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  9. rqbit icon
     1 like

    rqbit is a bittorrent client written entirely in Rust. Has HTTP API and Web UI, and can be used as a library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Self-Hosted
    • Windows
     
  10. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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