FrostWire
FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent clientThe purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdrawShare any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network.
Version 4.17.2 improves installer size, saves considerable bandwidth, and integrates better with Bittorrent and Magnet links.
FrostWire is a fork of the LimeWire source code, and as such, it functions exactly the sameWhen you search for a file using FrostWire, you get results from LimeWire, and vice versa
However, the user experience differs in two waysOne is that the code is actually based on LimeWire Pro, the paid version of the popular P2P client, so users don't have to worry about simultaneous download restrictions, and they won't get bombarded by adsAlso, befitting the name, the interface has changed from green to blue and has been slightly improvedTabs have rounded corners, and there are two additions, as wellConnections monitors your outgoing and incoming connections by host name, but also provides bandwidth information, the vendor and version being used, and moreThere's also a built-in community chat
When we tested it, the built-in media player in FrostWire didn't work with MP3s or MPGs, although those files worked fine in LimeWire and elsewhereThe app also comes bundled with the ASK toolbar, but you can opt out of that during the installation processWhile some people have experienced faster download times with FrostWire compared with its parent, others have notFrostWire and LimeWire are practically indistinguishable, although the lack of ads is a big plus