LimeWire
Current Version: 4.18.8 (September 22, 2008)
LimeWire is a Java-based Gnutella client that is available in an easy-to-use (but, at over 4 MB for "Classic" Mac OS, rather large) installer. LimeWire claims to be the first Gnutella client to totally block website and web browser access, allowing access only to those who are sharing files on the network (preventing "lurkers" from hogging resources without giving something back).
While no information is available regarding version 4.18.8, the most recent major release for Mac OS X (presumably, it is a bugfix release), version 4.18.6 brought a small number of enhancements that are detailed in the release Wiki.
While LimeWire is free, there is also a "Pro" version available which which has no ads, no bundled software, and 1 year of free updates for $34.95.
User Reviews
"This (1.4) is the first version of LimeWire that has been stable enough for me to actually search for and download files. That being said, it is STILL very crash-prone. If the developers can improve its stability, it will become one of my favorite file-sharing applications."
—Paul Impola
"This program likes to crash a lot. I don't have much experience with freeware, but it was too much to take. When it worked it was great."
—Timothy Domst
"I have not so much experienced crashes, but when it manages to get more than 1 file per day, that is a great day. It definitely runs a list of queued DLs and retries every 5 minutes, but to no avail . . . ."
—Goulven Champenois
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