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