WinMX

WinMX (Windows Music Exchange) is a freeware peer-to-peer file sharing program authored in 2000 by Kevin Hearn (president of Frontcode Technologies) in Windsor, Ontario (Canada). According to one study, it was the number one source for online music in 2005 with an estimated 2.1 million users. Frontcode Technologies itself abandoned development of WinMX in September 2005, but developers brought the service back online within a few days by releasing patches. WinMX continues to be used by a community of enthusiasts.

Key facts

Software.collapsible: yes
Software.name: WinMX
Software.logo: Wmxlogo.jpg
Software.screenshot: Winmxscreenshot.JPG
Software.screenshot size: 300px
Software.developer: Kevin Hearn (Frontcode Technologies)
Software.discontinued: yes
Software.operating system: Microsoft Windows
Software.platform: Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Software.genre: File sharing
Software.license: Freeware
Software.website: Winmx.com (archive)

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.winmx.com
Image: WinMX v3.54 beta4.PNG

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software version identifier: 3.54

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Article

19 sections

Contents

History
Beginnings
Closure of Frontcode Technologies
Resurrection
Network attacks
Tixati and Fopnu
Function
Sharing files in WinMX
Searching for files
Chatting
OpenNap
Translations
Third-party programs
Chat
Upload managers
Replacement clients
See also
References
External links

Kevin Hearn released Tixati in 2009 and Fopnu in 2017. Fopnu is a client and a network with some similarities to WinMX. In 2021, he released DarkMX, a serverless file sharing client with built-in privacy preserving features and a built-in Tor client, as well as the ability to host a .onion file-sharing that is reachable via the Tor Browser.