- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: October 05, 2009
- Total Downloads: 194,389,759
- Downloads last week: 473,888
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9810 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on February 12, 2009
From its start as a post-Napster clone to its leading role as the quintessential Gnutella client, LimeWire is the highest-profile P2P application. Version 5 re-envisions LimeWire for a Web 2.0 world, with an emphasis on sharing with friends, square buttons with rounded corners, and overall a cleaner interface.
Two search bars and two sidebars cap off the redesign. The uppermost search bar is the global search that scans what everybody is sharing over the P2P network, while the secondary one on the right searches your library. The sidebars are set up in a similar way. Both are on the left, with the outer one offering three options: your library, the global P2P network, and your friends. Click on My Library and your inner sidebar shows your collection of music, movies, and documents. The P2P Network option shows what you're uploading and downloading, while the Friends option lets you share your library specifically with your Google/Jabber contacts, which you can import. Search results can be presented in both the new Web 2.0-style that surfaces just the most relevant information, with an Information button to dive deeper or the "classic" spreadsheet view.
The Advanced Tools feature is also new, which lets power users drill down and get highly specific information about who they're connected to, similar to what's available from torrent clients. This data includes IP addresses, bandwidth, the program being used and its version. The new features and overall functionality make this by far the most mature version of LimeWire to date. Despite the typical performance flaws found in all file-sharing clients, this latest version continues to offer solid performance and good looks across the board.
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Publisher's description
From LimeWire :LimeWire is a P2P file-sharing application for all types of computer files, including music, video, pictures, games, and text documents. Other features include dynamic querying, file previews during download, advanced techniques for locating rare files, and an easy, clean user interface.
LimeWire's new spam blocker gets rid of junk results, and automatic updates will keep you sharing faster than ever with the latest version. You can search for Creative Commons and Weedshare licensed files, and publish your own creative works with Creative Commons licensing. LimeWire continues its guarantee of no adware or spyware. Includes built-in bittorent support.
What's new in this version:
Version 5.3.6 updates interface for smoother navigation and BitTorrent downloads are faster.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 9810 votes
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Version: LimeWire 5.3.6
"Geart Source of Trojans and Virus"
Pros: Free Access to lots of Tojan infected Musci Files. Get a Letther from your ISP saying that you are pirating Music and get Cut off the internet
Cons: Not That I can think of
Summary: This product is not very safe. If you run a Business, say by by to your bank account. You will get a keylogger and loose all your money. Or someone will hack your facebook and casue embracement.
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Version: LimeWire 5.3.6
Pros: see below for reply
Cons: see below for reply
Summary: It will not download. It says it did but I check it out and it shows o bytes. there is no way i can check it. I also tried frostwire and it is the same.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.3.6
Pros: None will not work
Cons: Will not download Java problemes
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.3.6
"Not a good way to get free music (better use iGetMusic)"
Pros: Free of charge
Integrated search featureCons: Too many fakes
Requires a lot of work from the userSummary: P2P networks have become popular as a way to get access (more or less legally) to, among other things, free music. Limewire certainly is a premier app to search for and download MP3s. However, there are some serious drawbacks. The first is that it i... read more >>
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: LimeWire 5.3.6
"WILL NOT WORK SINCE DOWNLOADING NEW VERSION"
Pros: WILL NOT WORK TO GIVE A RATING.... FREEZES UP MY PC WHEN I TRY TO OPEN PROGRAM.
Cons: WILL NOT WORK TO GIVE A RATING.... FREEZES UP MY PC WHEN I TRY TO OPEN PROGRAM.
Summary: PC RUNS PERFECT UNTIL I TRY TO OPEN LIMEWIRE.... THEN PC FREEZES UP AND WILL NOT WORK. DON'T KNOW WHATS WRONG WITH LIMEWIRE. LIMEWIRE.COM WILL NOT ANSWER ANY EMAILS TELLING ME WHAT TO DO.. A BUMMER
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