Comparison of eDonkey software

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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available applications supporting the eDonkey network. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up-to-date.

You can check some features from the Feature wiki article of eMule-Wiki.

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[edit] General

client fork from FLOSS Malware-free Runs on Kademlia Unicode Language support
Linux Windows Mac OS X
aMule fork of xMule Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kad Yes 28 languages.
eDonkey2000 - discontinued
eMule and its Mods - Yes Yes No Yes No Kad Yes 40 languages
eMule Plus fork of eMule Yes Yes No Yes No No No 29 languages
Hydranode - Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No ?
Jubster - No No No Yes No ? ? ?
lphant - No No No Yes ? No ? 2 languages
MLDonkey - Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Kad + Overnet Yes 2 languages
Morpheus - No No No Yes No ? ? ?
Shareaza - Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes 27 languages
xMule fork of lMule ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?

[edit] Features

client mod based on WebCache [IP to Country / Countryflags] PowerShare Dynamic upload [SUQWT] SubChunk Transfer Drop sources Push Small files [ZZRatio] AntiLeecher-Feature SlotControl
aMule - No No Yes [Release] ? ? No ? No No No ?
eMule Official - No No No USS No No No No No No No
ESE Official 0.47a No No No USS No No No No dynamic 1:3 [active Ratio] No No
iONiX Official 0.46c Yes Yes Yes PawcioBC, NAFC No No Yes No optional 1:4 Ratio updateable Stringlist SlotFocus, trickleSlots, Badwolf
Magic Angel eMule MorphXT 9.2 Yes Yes Yes SUC, USS Yes No No Yes Yes ARGOS SlotFocus, trickleSlots
MorphXT Official 0.47c Yes Yes Yes SUC, USS Yes No No Yes dynamic 1:3 Ratio Stringlist, Stricter protocol checks SlotFocus, trickleSlots
Neomule Official 0.47c Yes Yes Release Priority + Powershare USS, NAFC, NeoBC [1] Yes Yes Yes (including IpBlock) custom optional 1:4 Ratio ARGOS (including DLP support) SlotFocus, trickleSlots, Badwolf, manuel
ScarAngel eMule Xtreme 0.47c Yes Yes PS & SuperRelease NAFC Yes No Yes Yes optional: 1:3 ratio or source limits DLP Xtreme Upload System
Sivka Official 0.47a No No Release priority USS No No yes (incl. List) ? No No ?
StulleMule eMule Morph v0.47c Yes Yes Yes SUC, USS Yes No Yes Yes dynamic 1:3 Ratio DLP methods USC, Slotfocus
Spike2 Official 0.47a Yes No No USS No No (incl. List) No No Stringlist, v0.8+: ClientAnalyzer Slotfocus, Min/Max.Slots
Tombstone Official 0.47a No No Yes USS No No No No Yes ClientAnalyzer SlotFocus
Xtreme Official 0.47c No Yes SuperRelease NAFC No No Yes No optional: 1:3 ratio or source limits DLP Xtreme Upload System
ZZUL Official 0.47c No No Yes USS No No No No fixed 1:3 Ratio No No
ZZUL BastarD eMule ZZUL 0.47c No No Yes USS Yes No No Yes fixed 1:3 Ratio Stringlist + ClientAnalyzer for Armadillo No
VipeR Official 0.47c No Yes ? USS ? ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
eMule Plus - No Yes ? ? No No ? Yes No Yes trickleSlots
Hydranode - No No ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ?
Jubster - No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No ? ?
lPhant - Yes No ? No ? Basic Support for Crumbs ? ? No No ?
MLDonkey - No Yes folder reserved slot No No (No queue) No Uses a very low priority list instead Similar Feature about 1:4 below 10KB/s ? ?
Morpheus MLDonkey No ? ? ? No ? ? ? No ? ?
Shareaza - No No ? ? ? No ? ? No ? ?
xMule - No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
client mod based on WebCache IP to Country PowerShare Dynamic upload SUQWT SubChunk Transfer Drop sources Push Small files ZZRatio AntiLeecher-Feature SlotControl

[edit] Features (continued)

client Protocol Obfuscation[2] Handles big files (>4GB) Chat[3] Buddy list Send FILERATING tags to servers EndGame NAT traversal AICH L2HAC [4] Secure User Identification Global searches Other
aMule No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? Yes Yes Multiplatform-Client
eMule Official Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes zz's Version No Yes No Yes Yes -
ESE No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (DBR) No Yes No Yes Yes Faster Endgame (DBR), Separate IO threads
iONiX not before v5 not before v5 Yes Yes Yes not before v5 No Yes ? Yes Yes NiceHash/NiceMove
Magic Angel No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No Yes No Yes Yes -
MorphXT Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Upnp, multiuser webserver, wapserver, FakeCheck
Neomule Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes its an own simplified implementation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Extended comments
ScarAngel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ? No Yes No Yes Yes SUQW
Sivka ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
StulleMule Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Upnp
Spike2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DBR No Yes No Yes Yes
Tombstone ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
Xtreme Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes  ? No Yes No Yes Yes -
ZZUL Yes Yes ? ? Yes No No Yes ? Yes Yes -
ZZUL BastarD no yet Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes NiceHash, Extended upload priority range
VipeR Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
eMule Plus No up to 512GB Yes Yes Yes ? No No Yes Yes Yes Releaser support, FakeCheck, Fractional up/down rates, AutoDownload Lists, Optimized WebServer, Community-function
Hydranode ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
Jubster ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
lPhant ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? BitTorrent support
MLDonkey Developpers needed Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No Yes Yes BitTorrent support
Morpheus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
Shareaza No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes BitTorrent support
xMule ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? -
client Protocol Obfuscation[2] Handles big files (>4GB) Chat[3] Buddy list Send FILERATING tags to servers EndGame NAT traversal AICH L2HAC [4] Secure User Identification Global searches Other

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ NeoBC is based on PawcioBC
  2. ^ a b Compatible with the implementation of official eMule.
  3. ^ a b It refers to client to client chat.
  4. ^ a b LowID to HighID Automatic Callback.

[edit] Other eMule clients

The following mods are source-compliant, rule-compliant with the eMule project, and still updated:

  • Beba
  • Cyrex2001
  • ForDummies
  • FRTK Evostar
  • netF
  • NextEMF
  • Onyxmule
  • Sion
  • TK4

If you know one of them, you can add it to the table with its features.

Not updated anymore, but might still contain interesting features:

  • Ackronic
  • Xlillo
  • [Jmule] A Java based emule that seems to be an abandoned project.

[edit] See also