OpenNAP is a piece of free software that replicates the functionality of the once-popular Napster peer-to-peer filesharing server. OpenNAP uses a free Napster-like protocol with extended functionality, is released under the GNU General Public License, and runs under Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OS X, and under Windows NT , Windows 2000 and Windows XP . Latest original opennap version is 0.44 . Free software, as defined by the Free Software Foundation, can be used, copied, studied, modified and redistributed. ... Second version (revised 2001) of Napster logo: Cat wearing headphones. ... A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively few servers. ... File sharing is the activity of making files available to other users for download over the Internet, but also over smaller networks. ... The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Unix. ... This article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. ... Mac OS X (pronounced Mac OS Ten) is the latest version of the Macintosh operating system, and is designed and developed by Apple Computer to run on their Macintosh line of personal computers. ... Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, and was succeeded by Windows 2000 (still based on Windows NT). ... Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K, W2K or Windows NT 5. ... As of 2005, Windows XP is the current client version of the Microsoft Windows operating system. ...

The OpenNap project is hosted at SourceForge (Note: This site has not been updated since November 15, 2001.). SourceForge is a collaborative software development management system. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

There is a newer and up-to-date version called opennap-ng; SlavaNap is an alternative OpenNap server . Opennap NG is a free, non-commercial open source server software for Unix and Windows, serving the original Napster peer-to-peer filesharing, to be used with clients such as Lopster/WinLop, XNap, WinMX, AudioGnome, and others. ... SlavaNap is an alternative Peer to Peer server with many version changes. ...

OpenNAP clients

• Lopster (GPL, for Unix-like systems, Gtk)
• XNap (GPL for Unix-like systems, Java)
• Teknap
• Napster for BeOS versions 1.06 and above.
• SunshineUN for Windows (Win32) systems (requires program such as Napigator for finding servers)
• WinMX

Lopster is a free peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing program which supports napster-like servers such as OpenNAP or SlavaNap. ... The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Unix. ... The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. ... XNap is a free OpenNAP client for Unix-like systems and licensed under the GNU Public License . ... The GNU logo For other uses of GPL, see GPL (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Unix. ... The Java Platform is the name for a computing environment from Sun Microsystems which can run applications developed using the standard Java programming language and set of development tools. ... TekNap is a Napster-compatible client for file downloading and on-line chatting with colorable text, originally named BWap. ... Second version (revised 2001) of Napster logo: Cat wearing headphones. ... WinMX is a peer-to-peer file sharing program authored by Frontcode Technologies and running on Windows operating systems. ...

External links

• opennap
• opennap-ng.
• opennap-ng.
• SlavaNap
• GotNap
• Lopster client