List of P2P protocols

Protocols used by multiple programs

The name of the protocol may also be the name of the primary or original application software that uses it.

Protocol	Used by	Defunct clients
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN)	Systems Network Architecture
Ares	Ares Galaxy	Warez P2P
Bitcoin	Bitcoin, Alt-Coins
BitTorrent	Ares Galaxy, BitComet, Bitlord, BitTorrent, Flashget, FrostWire, Getright, i2psnark, libtorrent, μTorrent, Miro, MLDonkey, Popcorn Time, qBittorrent, Shareaza, Tixati, Transmission, Tribler, Xunlei, Vuze, etc.	Trustyfiles, Vagaa
Direct Connect	ApexDC++, BCDC++, DC++, MLDonkey, Shareaza	NeoModus Direct Connect
eDonkey	aMule, Bitcomet, eMule, FileScope, Flashget, imule, MLDonkey, Neoloader, Shareaza, Xunlei	edonkey2000, Vagaa
FastTrack	MLDonkey, XNap	Grokster, Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, Trustyfiles
Freenet	Freenet, Frost
Gnutella	Cabos, Envy, FileScope, Gnucleus, gtk-gnutella, iphex, Phex, Shareaza, WireShare	Acquisition, BearShare, iMesh, LimeWire, Morpheus, Trustyfiles
Gnutella2	Envy, FileScope, gtk-gnutella, MLDonkey, Shareaza
Libp2p[1]	IPFS, Orbit (chat application)[2]
IRC (XDCC)	BitchX, Colloquy, Konversation, Kvirc, mIRC, Pidgin, Weechat, Xchat
OpenFT	giFT, MLDonkey
OpenNap	Audiognome, FileScope, Lopster, SunshineUN,[3] TekNap, Utatane, XNap, Winlop, WinMX	Morpheus, Napigator
Overnet	XNap	edonkey2000, Overnet
WebTorrent	WebTorrent Desktop
WinMX Peer Networking Protocol	OurMX, WinMX, WinPY, WinZO

Protocols used by only one application

Program
Filetopia
Fopnu
Perfect Dark
RetroShare
Share
Soribada
Soulseek
Winny

See also

• Comparison of file sharing applications

References

1. The quiet revolution: the internet of data structures with IPFS | CIO
2. Interplanetary File System: Gedächtnisse fürs Web | NZZ
3. https://sourceforge.net/projects/sunshineun/