No. 21of 33 ·Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Software

MLDonkey

Web · Windows · Linux · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.5

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

MLDonkey is ranked #21 of 33 in peer-to-peer file sharing software on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted, Web, Windows. There is a free plan.

MLDonkey plans and pricing

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MLDonkey Free GPL-2.0-only · self-hosted daemon github.com · 9 Oct 2026

Compared on peer-to-peer file sharing software

Free plan: Yes
Supported platforms: Linux, Windows
Web interface: Yes
Remote control: Yes
DHT support: Yes

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The record

Purpose: MLDonkey is a cross-platform, multi-network peer-to-peer daemon.
Supported networks: Supported networks include eDonkey with Overnet and Kad, BitTorrent with DHT, Direct Connect, and HTTP/FTP.
Control interfaces: The background daemon provides telnet, web, and binary protocol interfaces for third-party GUIs.
Web UI: The installation guide says to open http://localhost:4080 in a browser to access the web-based interface.
File locations: The installation guide says downloaded files go in incoming/ and files to share go in shared/.
Network setup: The installation guide says certain firewall or router ports need to be opened for full use and that the web interface's Options tab shows the ports.
GUI option: The project describes an optional GTK2 GUI, while noting that the core builds fine with opam even when that GUI does not.
Build dependency: The README lists supported OCaml versions as >= 4.03 and < 5.0.
Windows build: The installation guide points users to a MinGW guide for compiling on Windows.
Third-party clients: The installation guide says third-party control applications exist for specific platforms and vary in stability and functionality.
Utilities: The installation guide names make_torrent and ed2k_hash as included utilities that can be compiled with make utils.
Community support: The README says GitHub Discussions serves as a replacement forum after the former wiki and forums shut down on August 21, 2023.
License: The package metadata identifies the license as GPL-2.0-only.
Price from: Free

Where it ranks on Freedom251

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Sources

github.com/ygrek/mldonkey· checked 9 Oct 2026
github.com/ygrek/mldonkey/blob/master/mldonkey.opa· checked 9 Oct 2026
github.com/ygrek/mldonkey/blob/master/distrib/Inst· checked 9 Oct 2026
github.com/ygrek/mldonkey/blob/master/README.md· checked 9 Oct 2026