| JMule | |
| Released: | [1] |
| Programming Language: | Java |
| Platform: | Java SE |
| Size: | 2.73 MB |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Peer-to-peer |
| License: | GNU General Public License |
JMule is an open source file sharing client written in Java for eDonkey2000 networks.[2] JMule is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, it is based on Java platform and requires at least Java SE 6.0 for operation. At a more general level this is a project that try to accomplish several goals.[3] For now the client has Swing and SWT user interfaces, but more user interfaces were to come soon as of 2010.[4] The name "JMule" comes from a "J" (Java) and a "Mule" (like eMule, aMule).[5]
As of 2010, JMule is under an active development mostly using open source software. The main IDE is Eclipse with AspectJ plugin that runs on Ubuntu Linux. The source code is stored in a public CVS repository provided by SourceForge.net The JMule Team releases nightly builds of the client but not on a regular basis. In 2010, the development priority was focused on Kad DHT and network infrastructure.