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Shareaza
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Also known as Raza

Shareaza is a peer-to-peer file sharing client running under Microsoft Windows which supports the Gnutella, Gnutella2 (G2), eDonkey, BitTorrent, FTP, HTTP and HTTPS network protocols and handles magnet links, ed2k links, and the now deprecated gnutella and Piolet links. It is available in 30 languages.

Key facts

Software.logo
Shareaza HomeHeader.png
Software.screenshot
Shareaza screenshot en.png
Software.author
Michael Stokes
Software.programming language
C++ with MFC and Boost
Software.operating system
Windows 2000 and later
Software.size
6.32 MB (32-bit), 6.82 MB (64-bit)
Software.language count
30
Software.language
English, German, French, Spanish, Catalan, etc.
Software.genre
Peer-to-peer file sharing
Software.license
GPL-2.0-or-later

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Wikidata facts

Official website
shareaza.sourceforge.net
Image
Shareaza screenshot.png
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native label
Shareaza
Commons category
Shareaza
programmed in
C++
software version identifier
2.7.10.2
operating system
Microsoft Windows
Commons gallery
Shareaza
source code repository URL
svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/shareaza/code/
language of work or name
French
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Domain takeover
  • Trademark registration by iMesh
  • Version history
  • Awards and reviews
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Shareaza is a peer-to-peer file sharing client running under Microsoft Windows which supports the Gnutella, Gnutella2 (G2), eDonkey, BitTorrent, FTP, HTTP and HTTPS network protocols and handles magnet links, ed2k links, and the now deprecated gnutella and Piolet links. It is available in 30 languages.

Shareaza was developed by Michael Stokes until June 1, 2004, and has since been maintained by a group of volunteers. On June 1, 2004, Shareaza 2.0 was released, along with the source code, under the GNU General Public License (GPL-2.0-or-later), making it free software.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shareaza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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