Valknut project is a peer-2-peer file-sharing program (similar to Kazaa, Soulseek or eDonkey) that uses the Direct Connect protocol.

It is compatible with other DC clients, such as the original DC from Neomodus, and DC.

Here are some key features of "Valknut":

· open source
· multiplatform (Linux,Win32,OSX ...)
· multilanguage
· multihub connections
· multihub search
· multi-/chunkdownload (download one file from multiple sources at the same time)
· firewall support
· sounds
· favorite hub list
· online translator
· load/save search results
· autosearch new sources
· socks support for linux (http://www.inet.no/dante/)
· proxy support for hublists
· support bz2 share lists
· support xml share lists
· support ssl transfers
· support ssl hub connections (e.g. hub use sslproxy)
· support secure chat (not secure against "Man In The Middle Attack")
· chat emoticons
· tiger tree hash (TTH) support

Requirements:

· dclib
· Qt
· libxml2
· OpenSSL

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

New features:
· Source IP address in search results
· Filelist browser find function
· PNG icons

Bug fixes:
· UserCommand sub-menu building
· Search result column numbering (breaking sorting, nicks in blue)
· Compiling with gcc 4.4