Comparison of clients

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available applications supporting the eDonkey network. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up-to-date.

You can check some features from the Feature wiki article of eMule-Wiki.

General

client	fork from	FLOSS	Malware-free	Runs on			Kademlia	Unicode	Language support
				Linux	Windows	Mac OS X
aMule	fork of xMule	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Kad	Yes	28 languages.
eDonkey2000	-	discontinued
eMule and its Mods	-	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Kad	Yes	40 languages
eMule Plus	fork of eMule	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	30 languages
Hydranode	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	?
Jubster	-	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	?
Lphant	-	No	No	No	Yes	?	No	?	2 languages
MLDonkey	-	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Kad + Overnet	Yes	2 languages
Morpheus	-	No	No	No	Yes	No	?	?	?
Shareaza	-	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	27 languages
xMule	fork of lMule	Yes	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	?

Features

Client		Mod Based On	WebCache	IP to Country	PowerShare	Dynamic Upload	SUQWT	SubChunk Transfer	Drop Sources	Push Small files	ZZ Ratio	AntiLeech	Slot Control
aMule		-	No	No	Yes [1]	?	?	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
eMule	Official	-	No	No	No	USS	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	beba	Official 0.47c	No	No	No	USS	No	No	Yes	No	No	Client Analyzer	Slot Focus, Upload Slot Control
	ESE	Official 0.47a	No	No	No	USS	No	No	No	No	dynamic 1:3 [active Ratio]	No	No
	Magic Angel	eMule MorphXT 9.2	Yes	Yes	Yes	SUC, USS	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	ARGOS	SlotFocus, trickleSlots
	MorphXT	Official 0.47c	Yes	Yes	Yes	SUC, USS	Yes	No	No	Yes	dynamic 1:3 Ratio	Stringlist, Stricter protocol checks	SlotFocus, trickleSlots
	Neomule	Official 0.47c	Yes	Yes	Release Priority + Powershare	USS, NAFC, NeoBC <ref>NeoBC is based on PawcioBC</ref>	Yes	Yes	Yes (including IpBlock)	custom	optional 1:4 Ratio	ARGOS (including DLP support)	SlotFocus, trickleSlots, Badwolf, manuel
	ScarAngel	eMule Xtreme 0.47c	Yes	Yes	PS & SuperRelease	NAFC	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	optional: 1:3 ratio or source limits	DLP	Xtreme Upload System
	Sivka	Official 0.47a	No	No	Release priority	USS	No	No	yes (incl. List)	?	No	No	?
	StulleMule	eMule Morph v0.47c	Yes	Yes	Yes	SUC, USS	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	dynamic 1:3 Ratio	DLP methods	USC, Slotfocus
	Spike2	Official 0.47a	Yes	No	No	USS	No	No	(incl. List)	No	No	Stringlist, v0.8+: Client Analyzer	Slotfocus, Min/Max.Slots
	Tombstone	Official 0.47a	No	No	Yes	USS	No	No	No	No	Yes	Client Analyzer	SlotFocus
	Xtreme	Official 0.47c	No	Yes	SuperRelease	NAFC	No	No	Yes	No	optional: 1:3 ratio or source limits	DLP	Xtreme Upload System
	ZZUL	Official 0.47c	No	No	Yes	USS	No	No	No	No	fixed 1:3 Ratio	No	No
	ZZUL BastarD	eMule ZZUL 0.47c	No	No	Yes	USS	Yes	No	No	Yes	fixed 1:3 Ratio	Stringlist + Client Analyzer for Armadillo	No
	VipeR	Official 0.47c	No	Yes	?	USS	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes
eMule Plus		-	No	Yes	Release priority	No	No	No	?	Yes	No	Yes	trickleSlots
Hydranode		-	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	?
Jubster		-	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	No	?	?
Lphant		-	Yes	No	?	No	?	Basic Support for Crumbs	?	?	No	No	?
MLDonkey		-	No	Yes	Folder reserved slot + release file slot	Yes	No (No queue)	No	Uses a very low priority list instead	Similar Feature	About 1:4 below 10KB/s	No	No (user selects number of slots)
Morpheus		MLDonkey	No	?	?	?	No	?	?	?	No	?	?
Shareaza		-	No	No	?	?	?	No	?	?	No	Reward uploaders	?
xMule		-	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Client		Mod Based On	WebCache	IP to Country	PowerShare	Dynamic Upload	SUQWT	SubChunk Transfer	Drop Sources	Push Small files	ZZ Ratio	AntiLeech	Slot Control

Features (continued)

Client		Protocol Obfuscation	Handles files >4GB	Chat	Buddy list	Send FILERATING tags to servers	EndGame	NAT traversal	AICH	L2HAC	Secure User ID	Global Searches	UPnP port mapping	Other
aMule		No	cvs version	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	cvs version	Multiplatform-Client
eMule	Official	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	zz's Version	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	-
	beba	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Lightweight mod (removed many rather useless features), includes many official and unofficial fixes; supports Auto Hard Limit
	ESE	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes (DBR)	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Separate IO threads
	iONiX	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	not before v5	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	NiceHash/NiceMove project is suspended.
	Magic Angel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
	MorphXT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Multiuser webserver, wapserver, FakeCheck
	Neomule	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	its an own simplified implementation	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Extended comments
	ScarAngel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	SUQWT
	StulleMule	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
	Spike2	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	DBR	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	-
	Tombstone	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	DBR	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	-
	Xtreme	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	DBR	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	accurate Bandwidthcontrol, improved Creditsystem, multi-threaded disc access, advanced auto upload-priority, fast reacting GUI, Downloadmanager
	ZZUL	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
	ZZUL BastarD	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	NiceHash, FineCS, Extended upload priority range
eMule Plus		No	up to 512GB	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Releaser support, FakeCheck, Fractional up/down rates, AutoDownload Lists, Optimized WebServer, Community-function
MLDonkey		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	?	Edonkey, BitTorrent, Gnutella, G2, Http/Ftp downloader and FastTrack support
Morpheus		?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	-
Shareaza		No	Template:Partial<ref>It is supported from the version 2.2.5.0 but it is disabled by default, the option is eDonkey.LargeFileSupport</ref>	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	BitTorrent, Gnutella and G2 support
xMule		No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	-
Client		Protocol Obfuscation	Handles files >4GB	Chat	Buddy list	Send FILERATING tags to servers	EndGame	NAT traversal	AICH	L2HAC	Secure User ID	Global Searches	UPnP port mapping	Other

Notes

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Other eMule clients

The following mods are source-compliant, rule-compliant with the eMule project, and still updated:

• Cyrex2001
• ForDummies
• FRTK Evostar
• netF
• NextEMF
• Onyxmule
• Sion
• TK4

If you know one of them, you can add it to the table with its features.

Not updated anymore, but might still contain interesting features:

• Ackronic
• Xlillo
• Jmule A Java based E-Mule that seems to be an abandoned project.

See also

• category:features