lMule (short for "Linux Mule") was an early attempt to bring an

eMule eMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing application for Microsoft Windows. Started in May 2002 as an alternative to eDonkey2000, eMule now connects to both the eDonkey network and the Kad network. The distinguishing features of eMule are ...

-like client to

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started in January 2003 by Timo Kujala, who ported all eMule code to Linux by himself. Alternative applications were at the time

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applications whilst lMule was very similar to

in look and feel. The development team grew during the short lifespan of the project, but in June 2003, due to differences between the developers and the hijacking of the website by one contributor, the fork

xMule xMule (short for "X11 Mule") is a discontinued free client for the eDonkey peer-to-peer file sharing network intended to bring it to virtually all the major Unix platforms, with a particular emphasis on Linux. xMule was coded in C++ using wxWid ...

was born, where the initial "x" was supposed to mean the multiplatform goals of the project (this claim was much later changed by xMule maintainer to "X11 mule"). Timo Kujala and the other lMule developers not part of xMule project abandoned all development after this event. The developers fell out with one another again, spawning the

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aMule aMule is a free peer-to-peer file sharing utility that works with the eDonkey network and the Kad network, offering similar features to eMule and adding others such as GeoIP (country flags). On August 18, 2003 it was forked from the xMule sou ...

, meaning "another Mule" at the time it was started, then changed to "All-platform Mule" after some time. While the lMule project was completely dropped, the

was abandoned on 2006, and the

project continues in active development.

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* {{EDonkey File sharing software Discontinued software 2003 software EDonkey Clients for Linux File sharing software that uses wxWidgets

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