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| Developer(s) | Kevin Hearn (Frontcode Technologies) |
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| Initial release | 4 December 2000 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10 |
| Type | File sharing |
| License | Freeware |
| Website | Winmx.com (archive) |
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WinMX (Windows Music Exchange) is a freeware peer-to-peer file sharing program authored in 2000 by Kevin Hearn (president of Frontcode Technologies) in Windsor, Ontario (Canada).[1][2][3][4] According to one study, it was the number one source for online music in 2005 with an estimated 2.1 million users.[5] Frontcode Technologies itself abandoned development of WinMX in September 2005, but developers brought the service back online within a few days by releasing patches. WinMX continues to be used by a community of enthusiasts.[6]
Kevin Hearn released Tixati in 2009 and Fopnu in 2017. Fopnu is a client and a network with some similarities to WinMX. In 2021, he released DarkMX, a serverless file sharing client with built-in privacy preserving features and a built-in Tor client, as well as the ability to host a .onion file-sharing that is reachable via the Tor Browser.
- ^ "The Complete History of WinMX". www.winmxworld.com.
- ^ "Don't Call Them Napster - June 25, 2001". archive.fortune.com.
- ^ "COMPUTACIÓN: Compartiendo información - Proceso". 9 July 2004.
- ^ "WinMX - The BEST way to share your media". www.winmx.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2000.
- ^ ""iTunes more Popular than most P2P services." DMN Newswire". Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- ^ "WinMX Community Patch". patch.winmxconex.com.