What happened to networks like eMule, WinMX, DC++, and so on? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 days ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Is retroshare the new iteration of this?

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[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 24 points 3 days ago

Many of the old file-sharing networks are still around and actively in use. MuWire has a lot of interesting books and recordings. EMule is a good place to find music, including obscure remixes. Gnutella is mostly porn, including child porn that's so open I feel like it might be part of a law enforcement operation.

Retroshare seems like a p2p Facebook rather than a file-sharing network. I've always wanted to get into it, but I don't know anyone else using it.

[-] onlinepersona@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago

MuWire? I thought that was dead. The main dev blew a gasket over something and archived it. I see it's out of archival now, but I do wonder what brought him back.

I didn't expect eMule and Gnutella to still be active, but probably didn't know because I'm on Linux and their clients are Windows only. Others have pointed out linux builds that I somehow hadn't found until now.

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[-] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago

The dev shut down the github page in 2023 and later came back and re-activated it in 2024. Development is not overly active but there have been commits since then.

https://github.com/zlatinb/muwire/commits/master/