JMule

{{short description|File sharing software}}

{{Infobox software

| name = JMule

| screenshot = Jmule screenshot.png

| caption = JMule 0.4 Beta

| released = {{start date and age|2002|09|21}}[https://sourceforge.net/projects/jmule/ SourceForge.net project details of JMule]

| repo = {{URL|http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/jmule/}}

| programming language = Java

| platform = Java SE

| size = 2.73 MB

| language = English

| genre = Peer-to-peer

| license = GNU General Public License

| website = {{URL|jmule.org}}

}}

JMule is an open source file sharing client written in Java for eDonkey2000 networks.{{Cite web|url=http://emulefans.com/jmule-0-5-8/|title=JMule v0.5.8|accessdate=2010-10-29|date=2010-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121161925/http://emulefans.com/jmule-0-5-8/|archive-date=2010-11-21|url-status=dead}} JMule is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, it is based on Java platform and requires at least Java SE 6.0 for operation. At a more general level this is a project that try to accomplish several goals.{{Cite web|url=http://jmule.org/?page=goals|title=JMule goals|accessdate=2010-10-29|date=|archive-date=2011-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726205431/http://jmule.org/?page=goals|url-status=dead}} For now the client has Swing and SWT user interfaces, but more user interfaces were to come soon as of 2010.{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.amule.org/index.php/JMule|title=JMule - aMule Project FAQ|accessdate=2010-10-29|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724094206/http://wiki.amule.org/index.php/JMule|archivedate=2011-07-24}} The name "JMule" comes from a "J" (Java) and a "Mule" (like eMule, aMule).{{Cite web|url=http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Internet/JMule-48092.shtml|title=JMule - Softpedia|publisher=Softpedia|accessdate=2010-10-29|date=}}