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OpenNap was an open-source Napster server, extending the Napster protocol to allow sharing of any media type, and adding the ability to link servers together. It became popular after the original Napster network was shut down in 2001, but was subject to similar pressures and its use soon declined.
The WinMX program houses a few built-in features such as bandwidth monitoring, short messaging, and hosting chatrooms and functions as an OpenNap client. Users could negotiate an exchange of their files with the help of the short messaging system or chat.
OpenNap: Audiognome, Lopster, SunshineUN, [4] ... WinMX Peer Networking Protocol OurMX, WinMX, WinPY File transfer protocols used by only one application.
December – Peer-to-peer file sharing client WinMX 1.8 beta is released, providing users with another way to connect to Napster (later OpenNap) networks. [39] December – Bearshare was launched as a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer file sharing application.
WinMX: WinMX Peer Network (independent, now user-operated), OpenNAP, chatrooms supported No No Free Windows Proprietary: C++ Yes 2004 Official development has ceased due to RIAA coercion. Versions 3.53, 3.54 beta 4 and older are available from 3rd parties. Winny: Winny Yes No Free Windows Proprietary: C++ Yes 2003 WireShare: Gnutella ...
Morpheus was a file sharing and searching peer-to-peer client for Microsoft Windows, developed and distributed by the company StreamCast, that originally used the OpenNap protocol, but later supported many different peer-to-peer protocols.
WinMX (see also 6257) 6715: Unofficial: AberMUD and derivatives default port 6771: Unofficial: BitTorrent Local Peer Discovery: 6783–6785: Unofficial: Splashtop Remote server broadcast 6801: Yes: ACNET Control System Protocol 6881–6887: Unofficial: BitTorrent beginning of range of ports used most often 6888 Yes: MUSE Unofficial
84% of those who had used file sharing software reported using WinMX mainly to share J-pop mp3's. [6] About half of these people had used Napster in the past, but its use was dropping off. Isamu Kaneko of Tokyo University releases Winny, the first Japanese file sharing client, based on the anonymous P2P, distributed data store and node model of ...