List of P2P protocols

File transfer protocols used by multiple programs

The name of the protocol may also be the name of the primary or original application software that uses it.

Protocol	Used by	Defunct clients
ActivityPub	Friendica, Libervia, Lemmy, Mastodon, Micro.blog, Nextcloud, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Pleroma
Advanced Peer-to-Peer Networking (APPN)	Systems Network Architecture
BitTorrent	BitComet, Bitlord, BitTorrent, Flashget, FrostWire, Getright, i2psnark, libtorrent, μTorrent, Miro, MLDonkey, Popcorn Time, qBittorrent, Shareaza, Tixati, Transmission, Tribler, Xunlei, Vuze, etc.	Trustyfiles, Vagaa
Direct Connect	ApexDC++, BCDC++, DC++, MLDonkey, Shareaza	NeoModus Direct Connect
eDonkey	aMule, Bitcomet, eMule, Flashget, imule, MLDonkey, Neoloader, Shareaza, Xunlei	FileScope, edonkey2000, Vagaa
FastTrack	MLDonkey, XNap	Grokster, Kazaa, Kazaa Lite, Trustyfiles
Freenet	Freenet, Frost
Gnutella	Cabos, Envy, Gnucleus, gtk-gnutella, iphex, Phex, Shareaza, WireShare	Acquisition, BearShare, FileScope, iMesh, LimeWire, Morpheus, Trustyfiles
Gnutella2	Envy, gtk-gnutella, MLDonkey, Shareaza	FileScope
Libp2p^[1]	IPFS, Orbit (chat application)^[2], Ethereum^[3]
OpenFT	giFT, MLDonkey
OpenNap	Audiognome, Lopster, SunshineUN,^[4] TekNap, Utatane, XNap, Winlop, WinMX	FileScope, Morpheus, Napigator
Overnet	XNap	edonkey2000, Overnet
RetroShare	RetroShare, elRepo.io, Xeres	UnseenP2P
Soulseek	Nicotine+, Seeker, slskd, Soulseek NS, SoulseekQt	GoSeek, iSoul, MewSeek, Museek, Museek+, Nicotine, PySoulSeek, SolarSeek, Soulseex (ssX)
Tox	qTox, μTox, Toxic, Toxygen, TRIfA, Antox, Isotoxin, jTox, Protox, aTox^[5]
WebTorrent	WebTorrent Desktop, Brave (web browser)^[6]
WinMX Peer Networking Protocol	OurMX, WinMX, WinPY

Protocol	Used by	Defunct clients
IRC (XDCC)	BitchX, Colloquy, Konversation, Kvirc, mIRC, Pidgin, WeeChat, HexChat
Tox	qTox, μTox, Toxic, Toxygen, TRIfA, Antox, Isotoxin, jTox, Protox, aTox^[7]

Protocol	Used by	Defunct clients
Bitcoin	Bitcoin, Alt-Coins

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^ Steier, Henning (14 July 2016). "Interplanetary File System: Gedächtnisse fürs Web | NZZ". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2016-09-21. Retrieved 2017-06-21.
^ "libp2p & Ethereum (the Merge)". libp2p Blog & News. 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2024-10-21.
^ "SunshineUN". April 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ "Tox clients". Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-29.
^ "How to Stream Movies and Download Torrent Files in Brave Browser". BrowserPulse. 2020-05-07. Archived from the original on 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ "Tox clients". Archived from the original on 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-29.