| Protocol |
Used by |
Defunct clients |
| ActivityPub |
Friendica, Libervia, Lemmy, Mastodon, Micro.blog, Nextcloud, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Pleroma |
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| Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN) |
Systems Network Architecture |
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| BitTorrent |
BitComet, Bitlord, BitTorrent, Flashget, FrostWire, Getright, i2psnark, libtorrent, μTorrent, Miro, MLDonkey, Popcorn Time, qBittorrent, Shareaza, Tixati, Transmission, Tribler, Xunlei, Vuze, etc. |
Trustyfiles, Vagaa |
| Direct Connect |
ApexDC++, BCDC++, DC++, MLDonkey, Shareaza |
NeoModus Direct Connect |
| eDonkey |
aMule, Bitcomet, eMule, Flashget, imule, MLDonkey, Neoloader, Shareaza, Xunlei |
FileScope, edonkey2000, Vagaa |
| FastTrack |
MLDonkey, XNap |
Grokster, Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, Trustyfiles |
| Freenet |
Freenet, Frost |
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| Gnutella |
Cabos, Envy, Gnucleus, gtk-gnutella, iphex, Phex, Shareaza, WireShare |
Acquisition, BearShare, FileScope, iMesh, LimeWire, Morpheus, Trustyfiles |
| Gnutella2 |
Envy, gtk-gnutella, MLDonkey, Shareaza |
FileScope |
| Libp2p[1] |
IPFS, Orbit (chat application),[2] Ethereum[3] |
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| OpenFT |
giFT, MLDonkey |
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| OpenNap |
Audiognome, Lopster, SunshineUN,[4] TekNap, Utatane, XNap, Winlop, WinMX |
FileScope, Morpheus, Napigator |
| Overnet |
XNap |
edonkey2000, Overnet |
| RetroShare |
RetroShare, elRepo.io, Xeres |
UnseenP2P |
| Soulseek |
Nicotine+, Seeker, slskd, Soulseek NS, SoulseekQt |
GoSeek, iSoul, MewSeek, Museek, Museek+, Nicotine, PySoulSeek, SolarSeek, Soulseex (ssX) |
| Tox |
qTox, μTox, Toxic, Toxygen, TRIfA, Antox, Isotoxin, jTox, Protox, aTox[5] |
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| WebTorrent |
WebTorrent Desktop, Brave (web browser)[6] |
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| WinMX Peer Networking Protocol |
OurMX, WinMX, WinPY |
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| WebRTC |
PeerTube[7] |
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