Vuze
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Vuze (previously Azureus) is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content. Content is presented through channels and categories containing TV shows, music videos, movies, video games, series and others.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Vuze
- Software.logo
- Vuze icon.png
- Software.screenshot
- Vuze 4.1.0.4.PNG
- Software.developer
- Azureus Software
- Software.discontinued
- Yes
- Software.programming language
- Java
- Software.replaced_by
- BiglyBT
- Software.platform
- Java (software platform)
- Software.language count
- 38
- Software.language
- English, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Polish, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Russian, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Czech, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Turkish, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Hebrew, Serbian, Serbian (latin), Malay, Japanese, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Korean, Slovak, Bosnian, Frisian, Macedonian, Georgian
- Software.genre
- BitTorrent client
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License v2
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Vuze
- Platform
- Java virtual machine
- Official website
- www.vuze.com
- Image
- Vuze 4.4.0.4.png
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- operating system
- cross-platform
- GUI toolkit or framework
- Standard Widget Toolkit
- programmed in
- Java
- Commons category
- Azureus screenshots
- Commons gallery
- Vuze
- software version identifier
- 5.7.6.0
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
- inception
- 2003-06-00
- source code repository URL
- svn.vuze.com/public
- distributed by
- Google Play
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Features
- Bridging between I2P and the clearnet
- History
- Azureus
- Vuze
- License change
- Acquisition by Spigot Inc
- Development hiatus and fork
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- External links
Vuze (previously Azureus) is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content. Content is presented through channels and categories containing TV shows, music videos, movies, video games, series and others.
Azureus was first released in June 2003 at SourceForge.net, mostly to experiment with the Standard Widget Toolkit from Eclipse. It later became one of the most popular BitTorrent clients. The Azureus software was released under the GNU General Public License, and remains as a free software application. It was among the most popular BitTorrent clients. However, the Vuze software added in more recent versions is proprietary and users are required to accept these more restrictive license terms.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vuze” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.