EMule
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eMule 0.50a
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| Original author(s) | Merkur |
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| Developer(s) | eMule-Team |
| Initial release | May 13, 2002 |
| Stable release | 0.50a (April 7, 2010) |
| Preview release | 0.50b beta 1 (March 20, 2015) |
| Repository | sourceforge |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Available in | 43 languages |
| Type | Peer-to-peer file sharing |
| License | GNU GPLv2 |
| Website | emule-project |
eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule now connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network. Often used by clients looking for extremely rare content, the distinguishing features of eMule are the direct exchange of sources between client nodes, fast recovery of corrupted downloads, and the use of a credit system to reward frequent uploaders. Furthermore, eMule transmits data in zlib-compressed form to save bandwidth.
eMule is coded in C++ using the Microsoft Foundation Classes. Since July 2002 eMule has been free software, released under the GNU General Public License; its popularity has led to eMule's codebase being used as the basis of cross-platform clients aMule, JMule, xMule, along with the release of many eMule mods (modifications of the original eMule) on the Internet.
As of June 2016, it is the fourth most downloaded project on SourceForge, with over 680 millions downloads.
The eMule project was started on May 13, 2002 by Hendrik Breitkreuz (also known as Merkur) who was dissatisfied with the original eDonkey2000 client. Over time more developers joined the effort. The source was first released at version 0.02 and published on SourceForge on July 6, 2002.
eMule was first released as a binary on August 4, 2002 at version 0.05a. The 'Credit System' was implemented for the first time on September 14, 2002 in version 0.19a. The eMule project website started up on December 8, 2002.
Current versions (v0.40+) of eMule have added support for the Kad network. This network has an implementation of the Kademlia protocol, which does not rely on central servers as the eDonkey network does, but is an implementation of a distributed hash table.
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