Phex
peer-to-peer file sharing client for the gnutella network
Phex is a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the gnutella network, released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, so Phex is free software. Phex is based on Java SE 5.0 or later.
Features
Phex supports most of the recent features of the gnutella network. Additionally it enables the creation of private networks over the internet, has a powerful search result filter, shows client country flags, and can export the list of shared files into multiple formats, some of which can also be read out and downloaded directly by another Phex.
Version 3.2.0.102 also supports Tiger Tree hashes for uploads and downloads, providing full protection against poisoned downloads. Together with Swarming, segmented file transfer, and the Download Mesh this makes downloads as efficient and safe as BitTorrent downloads, yet completely decentralized by design.
History
FURI was an early gnutella client written by William W. Wong and released under the GNU General Public License. The software was notable at the time of its release for being written entirely in Java. The software was capable of running on Java 1.1 as long as the user downloaded external Swing libraries. If these libraries were unavailable, Java 1.2 was required.
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