FrostWire for Mac
Open-Source BitTorrent search tool.
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FrostWire overview
FrostWire performs a smart search upon the most relevant torrent search results that come from BitTorrent search engines, meaning it remembers every file contained by every torrent it scans, increasing greatly the odds of finding what you are looking for, super-fast.
As FrostWire fetches search results from the search engines, it uses these results to crawl the Azureus DHT to learn about the contents indexed by these torrents. FrostWire will not use the bandwidth of the search engines in this process; it will only use the torrent info hash to perform DHT queries, meaning .torrent files are fetched only from the DHT, not from the search engines' Web servers. Its search power will not depend upon a central entity.
FrostWire is also capable of downloading directly from cloud sources [YouTube, Soundcloud], has a full file library and file player built in. There's also an Android app that can transfer files easily [on Wi-Fi] between their Macs and their phones using the FrostWire application.
Note: While the software is classified as freeware, it is actually donationware. Please consider making a donation to help support development.
What’s new in version 6.13.2
- Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
FrostWire for Mac
Free
In English
Version 6.13.2
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Oct 17 2023
Version: 6.13.0
The download links here at MU go 404. New links: (1) ARM version: https://www.frostwire.com/download/?os=mac_arm64& (2) x86 version: https://www.frostwire.com/download/?os=mac_x86_64&
Apr 30 2022
Version: 6.9.8
Note there is an ARM M1 native version available at the developer website.
Dec 31 2020
Version: 6.8.10
Since years the time is over for p2p - my opinion
Jul 15 2020
Version: 6.8.5
it opens and crashes since june previously used for past seven years
May 15 2015
Version: 6.1.0
I have been using Frostwire for years and have been happy, However, I launched Frostwire this morning and it notified me that there was an update available. So I clicked update and it proceeded to download the App which was about 50mb. (Twice as large as the normal download) I then was prompted to run the installer which I did. Al of a sudden I was notified by Drive Genius that there was am addition to my startup items and that Mackeeper had been installed. Also a larger window opened up and wanted to perform a MacKeeper scan. I removed the software immediately and will no longer use Frostwire again. Any software that installing MacKeeper without asking for permission is deplorable. Be aware of the update to new version feature.
