Vuze

Vuze
Developer(s)Azureus Software
Initial releaseJune 2003; 21 years ago (2003-06)
Final release
5.7.6.0 Edit this on Wikidata[1] / 2 November 2017; 7 years ago (2 November 2017)
Preview release5.7.6.1 Beta 1 (November 2, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-11-02)) [±][2]
Repository
Written inJava[3]
PlatformJava (software platform)
Size
  • Source code: 9.7 MB
  • Linux: 18.9 MB
  • Windows (x86): 9.1 MB
  • Windows (x64): 9.0 MB
  • Android: 5.4 MB
  • OS X: 10.1 MB
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Available in38 languages[5]
List of languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Chinese (simplified), Chinese (traditional), Polish, Finnish, Danish, Italian, Russian, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Brazilian-Portuguese, Czech, Lithuanian, Slovenian, Turkish, Catalan, Galician, Greek, Hebrew, Serbian, Serbian (latin), Malay, Japanese, Hungarian, Romanian, Thai, Korean, Slovak, Bosnian, Frisian, Macedonian, Georgian
TypeBitTorrent client
LicenseGNU General Public License v2
Websitewww.vuze.com

Vuze (previously Azureus) is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol. Vuze is written in Java, and uses the Azureus Engine. In addition to downloading data linked to .torrent files, Azureus allows users to view, publish and share original DVD and HD quality video content.[6] Content is presented through channels and categories containing TV shows, music videos, movies, video games, series and others.

Azureus was first released in June 2003 at SourceForge.net, mostly to experiment with the Standard Widget Toolkit from Eclipse. It later became one of the most popular BitTorrent clients.[7] The Azureus software was released under the GNU General Public License, and remains as a free software application. It was among the most popular BitTorrent clients. However, the Vuze software added in more recent versions is proprietary and users are required to accept these more restrictive license terms.

  1. ^ "Changelog". Vuze Community. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  2. ^ "Vuze - Dev Home". Vuze Development. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
  3. ^ Lextrait, Vincent (January 2010). "The Programming Languages Beacon, v10.0". Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2010.
  4. ^ "Azureus/Vuze.com - Browse /vuze at SourceForge.net". Azureus.Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  5. ^ "Vuze FAQ". Vuze.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-28. Retrieved 2013-07-24.
  6. ^ Azureus' HD Vids Trump YouTube Archived 2013-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, Calore, Michael (Wired News): (2006-12-04)
  7. ^ "SourceForge Top Projects". Sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-07-14.