DC++ application is an open-source file-sharing client for Windows for the Direct Connect and Advanced Direct Connect network. Direct Connect allows you to share files over the Internet without restrictions or limits.
The DC++ client is completely free of advertisements and features a user-friendly interface. Firewall and router support are integrated, making it easy to use functionalities such as multi-hub connections, auto-connections, and download resumption.
DC++ is a popular open-source file-sharing client hosted on SourceForge. With over 50 million downloads, it remains a popular choice for users of the Direct Connect network.
DC++ is free software, written in C++ for Direct Connect and licensed under the GNU GPL 2.
DC++ Features
- No ads, spyware, or bundled software that you don’t need
- Open source software, code freely available under the GNU GPL
- Joins multiple hubs at the same time
- Multiple protocol support (ADC & NMDC)
- List of bookmark-like favorite hubs and users
- Shares large files and many files per your organization scheme
- Tiger Tree Hashes (TTH) used for file integrity
- Search across all (or selected) connected hubs by file type, size, name, or hash
- Resume of downloads, with optional automatic search for alternate sources by TTH
- Logging options and configuration for chat, private messages, downloads, and uploads
- Automatic connectivity setup with autoconfiguration of UPnP and NAT-PMP routers
- MAGNET link support for linking to specific content
- Automatic and manual download priorities
- Saving of user’s file lists for browsing and queueing
- GUI supports many languages using community-supplied Gettext .po language files
- Segmented downloading
- NAT-Traversal support
- SSL encrypted secure hub-client communication and file transfers
- Bandwidth limiting capabilities
- Plugin support
Changes in DC++ 0.882 :
Some under-the-hood improvements:
- Implemented the ADC encrypted active search results feature (SUDP). The feature is enabled by default on all secure ADCS hubs for search and result transfers between the newest DC++ versions
- More secure processing of XML files coming from foreign sources
- No loss of partially downloaded data in case of an operating system shutdown during non-segmented downloading of large files
- More efficient hash data rebuilding
- Segmented download initial chunk sizes have been tweaked to align with current average internet connection speeds. Please note that due to the special nature of the algorithm DC++ has for multi-source downloads, this change should effectively disable segmenting for the second chunk and on for downloads having only one source in most cases, due to the high bandwidth availability of most of today’s internet connections. This change might also help you deal better with those anti-segment evangelists – a few are still around after 25 years…
