FrostWire - Is it a LimeWire Killer?
Long gone are the days of Napster & Kazaa. There are many options in the fray now for a P2P file sharing program. Limewire has its one following of people who love it and use it. I have used it for a while as well. LimeWire used to be totally free but they offer a PRO version now for $21.95 with features such as optimized search results, turbo-charged downloads and Tech support. Sound familiar? That’s the route taken by a lot of free programs and I don’t blame them.
And you can’t blame me for looking for a totally free alternative, right? 
Frostwire is a great alternative for LimeWire and it has so much promising features that I find hard to ignore. It offers a lot of the PRO features of Limewire and even more like iTunes support.
Frostwire Quick Facts
- Completely free & open source (an awesome combination)
- It is a Java Gnutella P2P client
- Offers a clean slick interface with no spyware or adware
- iTunes integration
- Firewall to firewall transfers
- BitTorrent support
- Proxy support & community chat rooms
- Turbo charged maxmum download speeds & network connections
- Works in Windows, Mac, Ubuntu/Debian. RedHat /Fedora and available as a tarball.
I love open source software and Frostwire is a welcome addition to my list of open source software I use in my computer.
Download Frostwire (7.1 MB - Windows)
What do you use for a P2P client? Does it matter to you if it’s open source?
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January 6th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I prefer Limewire but i havent tried frostwire yet.
January 7th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Hey Madhur, if you like LimeWire FrostWire seems to be definitely worth trying. Especially when it lists a lot of the PRO features of LineWire for free here.
January 25th, 2008 at 8:01 am
I’d rather just use utorrent personally if you guys need help getting started using utorrent and want to look at some guides just go to http://www.trackereactor.com . They will definitely help you out getting started as using limewire and frostwire attracts more RIAA and MPAA people looking into what you’re downloading.
January 25th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Thanks for chiming in. I have heard good things about utorrent as well! Cheers!
January 27th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
What exactly is so great about frostwire though…seems to me that its a spoof off limewire.
January 28th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Hey, it’s open source and the premium features in Livewire are free in Frost wire. Plus, the download speed is supposedly better too. It definitely is a copy of Limewire but in the intention of giving more to the consumer more for free. I like that part.
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