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| DC++ | |
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 DC++ 0.705 Public Hub List under Windows Vista |
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| Developed by | Jacek Sieka |
| Latest release | 0.706 / April 24, 2008 |
| OS | Cross-Platform |
| Genre | Peer to peer |
| License | GPL |
| Website | dcplusplus.sf.net |
DC++ is a free and open-source, peer-to-peer file-sharing client that can be used to connect to the Direct Connect network or to the ADC protocol. It is developed primarily by Jacek Sieka, nicknamed arnetheduck.
As of 2008, DC++ had around 90% market share of the Direct Connect community. [1]
DC++ is a free and open-source alternative to the original client, NeoModus Direct Connect (NMDC); it connects to the same file-sharing network and supports the same file-sharing protocol. One of the reasons commonly attributed to the aforementioned popularity of DC++ is that it has no adware of any kind, unlike NMDC [2].
Many other clients exist for the Direct Connect network, and most of these are DC++ "mods": modified versions of DC++, based on DC++'s source code. A partial list of DC++ mods is given below. Some of these clients were developed for specialized communities (e.g. music-sharing communities), or in order to support specific experimental features, or perhaps features that have been rejected from inclusion in DC++ itself. An example of an experimental feature is hashing, which was initially implemented in BCDC++ and later adopted by DC++.
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[edit] Derivatives
An advantage of the free and open-source nature of DC++ is that several derivatives (mods) have been released which add features to the original client.
Many users send patches to DC++ which are included in future releases, but some features are rejected by the developer. Stated reasons for rejecting a patch are because they are coded poorly, or that the feature is frivolous, abusable or overly specialized, and does not belong in the main client. Examples include: upload bandwidth limiting (many users feel that upload bandwidth limiting is a form of cheating, while other users not using a full-duplex network connection can only achieve reasonable download speeds by limiting uploads), colorized chat, specialized operator functions (e.g. client/share checking).
The developers of some mods contribute features and bug-fixes back to DC++.
Below is a list of well-known mods and their features:
[edit] BCDC++
Features:
- Automatic active mode IP configuration
- Bandwidth limiting
- Chat coloring (e.g. nickname highlighting)
- Custom description (tag) setting and DC++ emulation
- Lua scripting support
- Winamp, MPlayerC and iTunes "Now Playing" messages (ability to use a command to send the currently playing media file to the chat)
[edit] fulDC
This client is the spiritual successor of oDC.[citation needed]
Features:
- Chat colorization (nick and custom highlighting)
- Chat log rotation (deletion)
- Popups on certain events (PM, hub disconnection)
- Search enhancements in download queue
- Total time left in transfer window
- Skiplist for downloads and the share
- Automatic refresh of incoming files and the share
- Free slots file extensions
- Max sources for match queue
- Shortcuts to popular web sites through chat commands
[edit] SababaDC
Features
- Segmented downloading
- Partial File Sharing
- Auto search for alternates in background for even faster downloads
- IE browser support
- Drop slower downloads
- Insert your IP automatically every 60 minutes
- support web server
- control traffic shaping - Avoid ISP P2P throttling
- Transfer speed limit - with timer from 1-10 hours
- Installs Skitu Toolbar and Skipu internet radio/TV player and you know it in setup.you can remove it any time if you don't want it.
[edit] LDC++
Features:
- Skiplist for downloads and the share
- Search skip files
- Clear chat button in PM
- Customizable tab style
- Multiple selection of styles
- Options to shutdown the PC upon completion of download
- Shutdown button to force the PC to shut down
- Password for favorite hubs obscured on disk
- Checkbox in PM to enable or disable sound
- Synchronization with NTP server
- Suspend monitor
LDC++ (StrongDC++ mod with more features added, has not seen updates since 2005)
[edit] RevConnect
Features:
- Segmented downloading
- Kademlia
- Partial File Sharing
- Credit System
[edit] StrongDC++
Features:
- Automated PC shutdown
- Segmented downloading
- Real upload queue
- Balloon tips for events
- Target folders by file type
- Fake detector
- Filter of search results
- Chat emoticons
- Tool for getting TTH of any file
- Bandwidth limiting
- Grouping search results by TTH
- Customizable appearance
- Display MP3 information before downloading
- Partial File Sharing
- Customizable Sounds
[edit] ApexDC++
Based on StrongDC++ 2.
Features:
- Peerguardian support
- Automatic active mode IP configuration
- Chat formatting (bold, italics, underlined)
- Seed files to a hub with intelligent chunk spreading (super seeding)
- Customizable appearance
- Tray password protection
- State what away messages are displayed at specified times
- Permanently ignore users
- Per-hub configuration
- Segmented downloading
- Bandwidth limiting
[edit] LinuxDC++
LinuxDC++ is a Unix port that is based on the core of DC++. It has a rewritten user interface based on the GTK+ toolkit. Latest version is 1.0.1, released on 25 November 2007. It is being developed actively and is available through CVS. Even though the name implies it is Linux-only, it works on other POSIX compliant operating systems, such as NetBSD and FreeBSD.
[edit] CzDC
Features:
- Automated PC shutdown
- Bandwidth limiting
- Chat coloring and formatting
- Country flags in transfers and hublist
- Customizable double click actions
- File preview
- Customizable appearance
- Favorite hubs passwords encoding
- Grouping search results by TTH.
- Max sources for auto match queue
- Pause and resume search
- Ability to ignore users
[edit] Other mods
- McDC++, features: changeable icons, changeable emoticons
- DCDM++, based on BCDC++, an operator-specific client that tries to detect malevolent clients
- DDC++, Icelandic DC client based on iDC++ [Community Quit]
- IceDC++, based on ApexDC++, designed with Kiwis in mind, peerguardian plugin
- LanDC++, mod for IceDC++, designed for LANs where hashing is not desirable
- ApexDC++ Speed Mod, based on ApexDC++, extended functionality of "Favorite Users" page (limit upload speed for user, ignore PM, ban, etc). Project frozen.
- iDC++, Operator Client, segmented downloading
- More can be found on: DC++ FAQ: Windows clients
[edit] References
- ^ Fredrik Ullner (January 2008). PC Pitstop and its P2P-report. DC++: Just These Guys, Ya Know?. Retrieved on 2008-03-19.
- ^ Annalee Newitz (July 2001). Sharing the Data. Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper. Metro Publishing Inc. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] Official
- DC++ (Official Website)
