FrostWire is a community driven project based on source code released by LimeWire LLC to create and maintain a Gnutella client according to the open standards of an international community.
We are busy building a website and creating a new design for the FrostWire Gnutella client. Since LimeWire is a registered trademark we cannot distribute the client under its old name.
For that reason, we are looking for creative p2p fans that would like to create skins, design logos or websites. However we are also trying to get more people working on the Java core, the interface and the C++ windows installer (based on GnucDNA and NSIS). If you are interested in maintaining LimeWire's legacy get involved!
We are trying to maintain good relations to the LimeWire project. The FrostWire team (all of whom are still members of the LimeWire open-source community) regrets LimeWire's decision to start filtering content on Gnutella.
However, we will continue supporting LimeWire development and do not wish to make fundamental changes to the LimeWire core itself. FrostWire will not break with LimeWire's design philosophy.
However the FrostWire project will never offer a PRO version. The FrostWire project will always remain strictly non-profit and free of any bundled software, including any ads or nags.
Requirements:
· Java 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
New Features include:
· Easier Tab Navigation (Toggling)
· Right click on a tab and you’ll have the option to hide or show any of the FrostWire tabs right there.
· Improved .torrent metadata file sharing
· Automatic .torrent sharing has been reimplemented to correctly share .torrent files you use, thus enabling more torrent metadata file content on the gnutella network as FrostWire 4.18.6 and further versions is adopted by the community.
· .torrent files have now been included as a search type
· Being a BitTorrent client it was unnatural not having a .torrent file search.
· The more the community uses FrostWire for BitTorrent, the more search results will be available under this search type.
· Other important updates for this first release of 2010 include bugfixes on Theme Handling, the Console Tab dissapearing, a lot of code cleanup, 2 reported crashes fixed and a slightly smaller installer compared to the previous version.
· Next releases will improve BitTorrent support and antivirus integration for windows users.
