eDonkey2000 combines the strenghts of both old school P2P networks, Gnutella and Napster, while avoiding their problems. It doesn't rely on a central server yet searches are quick and your client doesn't get bogged down with endless search requests. You have the ability to search all the files being shared anywhere on the eDonkey2000 network.

It allows you to transfer any type of file. It automatically resumes interrupted transfers from alternate sources. It even introduces ways to share a whole collection of files together so you can be sure to get all the songs in an album or all pieces of a movie. Users will be able to download a file from multiple sources at the same time thus insuring that transfers will be as fast as possible.

Files can be uploaded while being downloaded. This insures that a rare file that is wanted by many people will be distributed as quickly as possible.

There is also a Windows GUI client and Linux client available.