Phex

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Phex

Phex's search interface (GNU/Linux-KDE-KStep)
Developer: Phex Development Team
Latest release: 2.8.10.98 / July 18, 2006
OS: Cross-platform
Use: Peer to peer
License: GPL
Website: phex.org

Phex is a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the Gnutella network. It is free software and without spyware or adware. Phex is released under the GNU General Public License.

Phex is based on Java technology and therefore available for many different systems that offer a J2SE 1.4 runtime environment, such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and others.

Phex supports "swarming" downloads, meaning that parts of a file will be downloaded from different peers if available, speeding up the download process. Advanced users are offered fine-grained control over configuration settings.

[edit] History

In April 2001 Konrad Haenel forked the rarely-updated Gnutella client Furi to form Phex. While he participated in the Phex project initially, he left in late 2001. The project member Gregor K. continued to develop Phex and is the lead developer today.

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