| Network or Protocol |
Use |
Applications |
| ANts P2P |
File sharing/Software distribution/Media distribution |
ANts P2P |
| Ares |
File sharing |
Ares Galaxy, Warez P2P, KCeasy |
| BitTorrent |
File sharing/Software distribution/Media distribution |
ABC, AllPeers, Vuze (formerly Azureus), BitComet, BitLord, BitTornado, BitTorrent, Burst!, Deluge, FlashGet, G3 Torrent, Halite, KTorrent, LimeWire, MLDonkey, Opera, QTorrent, rTorrent, Shareaza, TorrentFlux, Transmission, Tribler, µTorrent, Xunlei |
| Direct Connect |
File sharing, chat |
DC++, NeoModus Direct Connect, SababaDC, BCDC++, RevConnect, fulDC, LDC++, CzDC, McDC++, DCDM++, DDC++, iDC++, IceDC++, Zion++, R2++, rmDC++, LinuxDC++, LanDC++, ApexDC++, StrongDC++ |
| Domain Name System |
Internet information retrieval |
See Comparison of DNS server software |
| eDonkey |
File sharing |
aMule, eDonkey2000 (discontinued), eMule, eMule Plus, FlashGet, iMesh, Jubster, lMule, MLDonkey, Morpheus, Pruna, Shareaza, xMule |
| FastTrack |
File sharing |
giFT, Grokster, iMesh (and its variants stripped of adware including iMesh Light), Kazaa (and its variants stripped of adware such as Kazaa Lite), KCeasy, Mammoth, MLDonkey, Poisoned |
| Freenet |
Distributed data store |
Entropy (on its own network), Freenet |
| GNUnet |
File sharing, chat |
GNUnet, (GNUnet-gtk) |
| Gnutella |
File sharing |
Acquisition, BearShare, Cabos, FilesWire, FrostWire, Gnucleus, Grokster, gtk-gnutella, iMesh, Kiwi Alpha, LimeWire, MLDonkey, Morpheus, MP3 Rocket, Poisoned, Shareaza, Swapper, XoloX |
| Gnutella2 |
File sharing |
Adagio, Gnucleus, Kiwi Alpha, MLDonkey, Morpheus, Shareaza, TrustyFiles |
| JXTA |
Peer applications |
Collanos Workplace (Teamwork software), Sixearch |
| Kad Network |
File sharing |
aMule, eMule, MLDonkey |
| KDP and SDDP |
File Distribution |
Kontiki |
| Krawler |
Social network |
Krawler[x] |
| MANOLITO/MP2P |
File sharing |
Blubster, Piolet |
| MFPnet |
File sharing |
amiciPhone (no longer available) |
| Napster |
File sharing |
Napigator, Napster |
| OpenNap |
File sharing |
WinMX, Utatane, XNap, Napster |
| P2PTV |
Video stream or file sharing |
TVUPlayer, Joost, CoolStreaming, Cybersky-TV, TVants, PPLive, LiveStation |
| PDTP |
Streaming media or file sharing |
PDTP |
| Peercasting |
Multicasting streams |
PeerCast, IceShare, FreeCast, Rawflow |
| Pichat |
Chat, Collaboration |
a peer-to-peer chat platform |
| Usenet |
Distributed discussion |
See list of news clients |
| WPNP |
File sharing |
WinMX |
| Windows Peer-to-Peer |
Distributed peer application development, collaboration [11] |
Shipped with Advanced Networking Pack for Windows XP [12], Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista. This is a Windows component that runs only over IPv6 and provides a 'meta' peer-to-peer network that applications can utilize. It does not have file sharing support but third-parties can develop one. [11] It also includes the Peer Name Resolution Protocol that allows dynamic domain name publication and resolution of names to endpoints. Windows Meeting Space and the People Near Me feature of Windows Vista use this protocol. It can be used to setup a Windows Internet Computer Name (WICN) using netsh p2p. [13] Remote Assistance and HomeGroup features of Windows 7 also use it. [14] |
