JMule
 JMule 0.4 Beta
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| Initial release | September 21, 2002 |
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| Stable release | 0.5.8 (January 13, 2010) [±] |
| Preview release | 0.5.8 B9 (September 15, 2011) [±] |
| Repository | www |
| Written in | Java |
| Platform | Java SE |
| Size | 2.73 MB |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Peer-to-peer |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | jmule |
JMule is an open source file sharing client written in Java for eDonkey2000 networks. 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. For now the client has Swing and SWT user interfaces, but more user interfaces were to come soon as of 2010. The name "JMule" comes from a "J" (Java) and a "Mule" (like eMule, aMule).
Development
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.