JMule

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JMule
Initial releaseSeptember 21, 2002;22 years ago (2002-09-21) [1]
Stable release 0.5.8 (January 13, 2010;15 years ago (2010-01-13) [2] ) [±]
Preview release 0.5.8 B9 (September 15, 2011;13 years ago (2011-09-15) [3] ) [±]
Repository www.sourceforge.net/projects/jmule/
Written in Java
Platform Java SE
Size 2.73 MB
Available inEnglish
Type Peer-to-peer
License GNU General Public License
Website jmule.org

JMule is an open source file sharing client written in Java for eDonkey2000 networks. [4] JMule is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, it is based on Java platform and requires at least Java SE 6.0 for operation. At a more general level this is a project that try to accomplish several goals. [5] For now the client has Swing and SWT user interfaces, but more user interfaces were to come soon as of 2010. [6] The name "JMule" comes from a "J" (Java) and a "Mule" (like eMule, aMule). [7]

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Development

As of 2010, JMule is under an active development mostly using open source software. The main IDE is Eclipse with AspectJ plugin that runs on Ubuntu Linux. The source code is stored in a public CVS repository provided by SourceForge.net The JMule Team releases nightly builds of the client but not on a regular basis. In 2010, the development priority was focused on Kad DHT and network infrastructure. [6]

References

  1. ↑ SourceForge.net project details of JMule
  2. ↑ "JMule official Download Page". JMule. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  3. ↑ "JMule official "nightly" (Beta) build Page". JMule. 2011-09-15. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
  4. ↑ "JMule v0.5.8". 2010-06-12. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  5. ↑ "JMule goals". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  6. 1 2 "JMule - aMule Project FAQ". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
  7. ↑ "JMule - Softpedia". Softpedia. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
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