WinMX
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WinMX (Windows Music Exchange) is a freeware peer-to-peer file sharing program authored in 2000 by Kevin Hearn (president of Frontcode Technologies) in Windsor, Ontario (Canada).[1][2][3][4] According to one study, it was the number one source for online music in 2005 with an estimated 2.1 million users.[5] Frontcode Technologies itself abandoned development of WinMX in September 2005, but developers brought the service back online within a few days by releasing patches. WinMX continues to be used by a community of enthusiasts.[6]
Developer(s) | Kevin Hearn (Frontcode Technologies) |
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Initial release | 4 December 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12-04) |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Platform | Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 |
Type | File sharing |
License | Freeware |
Website | Winmx.com (archive) |
Kevin Hearn released Tixati in 2009 and Fopnu in 2017. Fopnu is a client and a network with some similarities to WinMX. In 2021, he released DarkMX, a serverless file sharing client with built-in privacy preserving features and a built-in Tor client, as well as the ability to host a .onion file-sharing that is reachable via the Tor Browser.