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Features
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Popularity:
#2 in Tools & Utilities (out of 183 products)
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License:
Free
- Editor's Rating:
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Downloads:
220,754
- Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4/10.5
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
July 10, 2008
Publisher's description of FrostWire
FrostWire is a fork of the very popular LimeWire PRO Gnutella/Bittorrent client. The purpose of FrostWire is to keep and maintain the freedoms that LimeWire LLC may be forced to withdraw. Share any type of file on Gnutella and the Bittorrent network.
Version 4.17 improves Bittorrent and Magnet links support.
Editor's review of FrostWire
4.0 stars
- "Frosty yet hot"
FrostWire is a fork of the LimeWire source code, and as such, it functions exactly the same. When you search for a file using FrostWire, you get results from LimeWire, and vice versa.
However, the user experience differs in two ways. One is that the code is actually based on LimeWire Pro, the paid version of the popular P2P client, so users don't have to worry about simultaneous download restrictions, and they won't get bombarded by ads. Also, befitting the name, the interface has changed from green to blue and has been slightly improved. Tabs have rounded corners, and there are two additions, as well. Connections monitors your outgoing and incoming connections by host name, but also provides bandwidth information, the vendor and version being used, and more. There's also a built-in community chat.
When we tested it, the built-in media player in FrostWire didn't work with MP3s or MPGs, although those files worked fine in LimeWire and elsewhere. The app also comes bundled with the ASK toolbar, but you can opt out of that during the installation process. While some people have experienced faster download times with FrostWire compared with its parent, others have not. FrostWire and LimeWire are practically indistinguishable, although the lack of ads is a big plus.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 15 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: FrostWire 4.17
Pros: IT WORKS GOOD HOWEVER....
Cons: IT IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE MOST RECENT, 7.7, ITUNES SO YOU HAVE TO MANUALLY TRANSFER THEM OVER FROM YOUR COMPUTER, AT LEAST I HAD TO IN MY MAC. OTHERWISE, ITS JUST LIKE LIMEWIRE.
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Version: FrostWire 4.17
"I can't get it to operate. I have reloaded Java and it still doesn't work."
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Version: FrostWire 4.17
"Freezing yet hot application"
Pros: FrostWire for Mac is a very useful program. Security on Frostwire is better than the performance on LimeWire. Downloads are very fast and is easy to use.
Cons: The search results come out quite slow on the list. The labels of the actual file is not displayed properly on the search results, few punctuation and spelling errors.
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Version: FrostWire 4.17
Pros: the software is fast simple and is really easy and quick. It syncs really well with the new versions of iTunes.
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Version: FrostWire 4.17
"Pretty good, and I all the time."
Pros: Faster downloads than Limewire, it seems, love the color.
Cons: Freezes alot with multiple downloads.
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