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We are here to help the DC community get the most out of the file sharing program DC++. This site contains a set of DC++ hub lists (including our own one), DC hub list information, comprehensive DC hub list guide and a break-down DC hub scripts for hub owners.
What is DC++?
DC++ announces the freedom to share! DC++ is an open source client for Windows for the Direct Connect network. Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits. The client is completely free of advertisements and has a nice, easy to use interface. Firewall and router support is integrated and it is easy and convenient to use functionality like multi-hub connections, auto-connections and resuming of downloads.
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DC++ is a free and open-source, peer-to-peer file-sharing client that can be used to connect to the Direct Connect network or to the ADC protocol. It is developed primarily by Jacek Sieka, nicknamed arnetheduck.
As of 2005, no official statistics exist to verify the proportion of DirectConnect users using DC++. However, it is generally believed to be the most extensively used by a large margin; administrators of popular public DirectConnect hubs generally agree that DC++ is the client used by a significant majority.
DC++ is a free and open-source alternative to the original client, NeoModus Direct Connect (NMDC); it connects to the same file-sharing network and supports the same file-sharing protocol. One of the reasons commonly attributed to the aforementioned popularity of DC++ is that it has no adware of any kind, unlike NMDC.
Many other clients exist for the Direct Connect network, and most of these are DC++ "mods": modified versions of DC++, based on DC++'s source code. A partial list of DC++ mods is given below. Some of these clients were developed for specialized communities (e.g. music-sharing communities), or in order to support specific experimental features, or perhaps features that have been rejected from inclusion in DC++ itself. An example of an experimental feature is hashing, which was initially implemented in BCDC++ and later adopted by DC++.
Hub addresses
DC++ supports hub addresses in the following forms: dchub://example.com[:4012], with an optional port, and adc://example.com:12345. The dchub:// text indicates a hub using the NMDC protocol whereas the adc:// indicates an ADC protocol based hub. In the example, 4012 is the port where you can access the hub; the default port for NMDC hubs is 411.
Derivatives
An advantage of the free and open-source nature of DC++ is that several derivatives (mods) have been released which add features to the original client.
Many users send patches to DC++ which are included in future releases, but some features are rejected by the developer. Stated reasons for rejecting a patch are because they are coded poorly, or that the feature is frivolous, abusable or overly specialized, and does not belong in the main client. Examples include: upload bandwidth limiting (many users feel that upload bandwidth limiting is a form of cheating, while other users not using a full-duplex network connection can only achieve reasonable download speeds by limiting uploads), colorized chat, specialized operator functions (e.g. client/share checking).
The developers of some mods contribute features and bug-fixes back to DC++.
Below is a list of well-known mods and their features:
BCDC++
Features:
- Automatic active mode IP configuration
- Bandwidth limiting
- Chat coloring (e.g. nickname highlighting)
- Custom description (tag) setting and DC++ emulation
- Lua scripting support
- Winamp, MPlayerC and and iTunes "Now Playing" messages (ability to use a command to send the currently playing media file to the chat)
fulDC
This client is the spiritual successor of oDC.
Features:
- Chat colorization (nick and custom highlighting)
- Chat log rotation (deletion)
- Popups on certain events (PM, hub disconnection)
- Search enhancements in download queue
- Total time left in transfer window
- Skiplist for downloads and the share
- Automatic refresh of incoming files and the share
- Free slots file extensions
- Max sources for match queue
- Shortcuts to popular web sites through chat commands
http://www.fuldc.net/ - "fulDC is officially a dead project. I have lost interest in developing it further. Don't count on any new releases."
LDC++
Features:
- Skiplist for downloads and the share
- Search skip files
- Clear chat button in PM
- Customizable tab style
- Multiple selection of styles
- Options to shutdown the PC upon completion of download
- Shutdown button to force the PC to shut down
- Password for favorite hubs obscured on disk
- Checkbox in PM to enable or disable sound
- Synchronization with NTP Server
- Suspend monitor
LDC++ - (StrongDC++ mod with more features added, has not seen updates since 2005)
RevConnect
Features:
- Segmented downloading
- Kademlia
- Partial File Sharing
- Credit System
LDC++ - (StrongDC++ mod with more features added, has not seen updates since 2005)
StrongDC++
Features:
- Automated PC shutdown
- Segmented downloading
- Real upload queue
- Balloon tips for events
- Target folders by file type
- Fake detector
- Filter of search results
- Chat emoticons
- Tool for getting TTH of any file
- Bandwidth limiting
- Grouping search results by TTH
- Customizable appearance
- Display MP3 information before downloading
- Partial File Sharing
- Customizable Sounds
ApexDC++
Based on StrongDC++ 2.
Features:
- Peerguardian support
- Automatic active mode IP configuration
- Chat formatting (bold, italics, underlined)
- Seed files to a hub with intelligent chunk spreading (super seeding)
- Customizable appearance
- Tray password protection
- State what away messages are displayed at specified times
- Permanently ignore users
- Per-hub configuration
- Segmented downloading
- Bandwidth limiting
LinuxDC++
LinuxDC++ on Linux/Gnome
LinuxDC++ is a Unix port that is based on the core of DC++. It has a rewritten user interface based on the GTK+ toolkit. Latest version is 1.0.1, released on 25 November 2007. It is being developed actively and is available through CVS. Even though the name implies it is Linux-only, it works on other POSIX compliant operating systems, such as NetBSD and Free BSD
CzDC
Features:
- Automated PC shutdown
- Bandwidth limiting
- Chat coloring and formatting
- Country flags in transfers and hublist
- Customizable double click actions
- File preview
- Customizable appearance
- Favorite hubs passwords encoding
- Grouping search results by TTH.
- Max sources for auto match queue
- Pause and resume search
- Ability to ignore users
SababaDC
Features:
- Segmented downloading
- Partial File Sharing
- Auto search for alternates in background for even faster downloads
- IE browser support
- Drop slower downloads
- Insert your IP automatically every 60 minutes
- support web server
- control traffic shaping - Avoid ISP P2P throttling
- Transfer speed limit - with timer from 1-10 hours
Installs Skitu/Skipu Toolbar to Internet Explorer without a option to disable, but the author claims "No Spyware, No adware, No trojan Horse, just the best file Sharing".
SababaDC
Other mods
Features:
- McDC++, features: changeable icons, changeable emoticons
- DCDM++, based on BCDC++, an operator-specific client that tries to detect malevolent clients
- DDC++, Icelandic DC client based on iDC++ [Community Quit]
- IceDC++, based on ApexDC++, designed with Kiwis in mind, peerguardian plugin
- LanDC++, mod for IceDC++, designed for LANs where hashing is not desirable
- ApexDC++ Speed Mod, based on ApexDC++, extended functionality of "Favorite Users" page (limit upload speed for user, ignore PM, ban, etc). Project frozen.
- iDC++, Operator Client, segmented downloading
- More can be found on: DC++ FAQ: Windows clients
Direct connect is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol. Direct connect clients connect to a central hub and can download files directly from one user to another.
Hubs feature a list of clients or users connected to them. Users can search for files and download them from other clients, as well as chat with other users.
Hubs
Direct connect hubs are central servers to which clients connect, thus the networks are not as de-centralised as Gnutella or FastTrack. Hubs provide information about the clients, as well as file searching and chat capabilities.File Transfers are done directly between clients, in true peer-to-peer fashion.
Hubs often have special areas of interest. Many have requirements on the total size of the files that their members share (share size), and restrictions on the content and quality of shares. A hub can have any arbitrary rule. Hubs can allow users to register and provide user authentication. It should be noted that the authentication is also in clear text. The hub may choose certain individiuals as operators (similar to IRC operators) to enforce said rules if the hub itself cannot.
While not directly supported by the protocol, hub linking software exist. The software allow multiple hubs to be connected, allowing users to share and chat with people on the other linked hubs.
Direct connect hubs have difficulty scaling, due to the broadcast-centricity of the protocol.
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