Editing GiFT (section)

== giFT front-ends ==
{{update section|reason=claims things are "current" relating to software whose last release was over 10 years ago|date=November 2022}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Name || Platform || License || Features || Latest version || Website
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| giFTcurs<ref>Scott Rippee (15 Jan 2004) [http://www.osnews.com/story/5679/Throw_That_GUI_Out_the_Door_Console_Applications_That_Shine/page2/ Throw That GUI Out the Door: Console Applications That Shine], [[OSNews]]</ref>
| [[Unix-like]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|
* [[Ncurses]]-based
* the only one that was officially supported
| 0.6.2
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|-
| Apollon<ref>Juergen Haas, [http://linux.about.com/od/kubuntu_doc/a/kubudg29t21.htm Appolon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075539/http://linux.about.com/od/kubuntu_doc/a/kubudg29t21.htm |date=2011-07-07 }}, [[About.com]] Kubuntu Guide</ref><ref>Carsten Schnober, [http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/55/Apollon.pdf Olympian Exchange. File Sharing with Apollon and GiFT] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121095531/http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/55/Apollon.pdf |date=2008-11-21 }}, [[Linux Magazine]] issue 55, June 2005, pp. 82-83</ref>
| [[Unix-like]]/[[KDE]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
|
*Tabbed searching
*Preview of [[mp3]] and videos
*FirstRun wizard
*[[System tray]] docking
*Chat with other Apollon users
| 1.0.2.1 (2005-05-08)
| apollon.sourceforge.net
|-
| KCeasy<ref>Thomas Mennecke (September 5, 2004) [http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=560 Getting Into KCeasy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220014137/http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=560 |date=2012-02-20 }}, [[Slyck.com]]</ref><ref>[http://filesharingz.com/reviews/kceasy-review.php KCEasy Review] FileSharingZ.com</ref><ref name=kcei/>
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]<ref name=kceasylicense>{{cite web|url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/kceasy/|title=KCeasy|website=SourceForge|date=8 April 2013 }}</ref>
|
* Includes a media player.
* Originally, included the giFT-FastTrack plugin, to connect to [[Kazaa]] and [[Kazaa Lite]]. In Version 0.12 and later he removed the giFT-FastTrack plug-in in order to avoid a legal fight with [[Sharman Networks]]. The FastTrack plug-in is still being developed and is available from a third-party website. Upgrading from previous versions of the program will not remove the giFT-FastTrack plug-in.
| 0.19-rc1  (2008-02-03)
|KCeasy Source Forge website
|-
| giFTwin32<ref name=kcei>{{cite web|url=http://www.slyck.com/story481_Slycks_Interview_with_KCeasy|title=Slyck News - Slyck's Interview with KCeasy|website=www.slyck.com|access-date=2010-02-16|archive-date=2010-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103150143/http://www.slyck.com/story481_Slycks_Interview_with_KCeasy|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Microsoft Windows]]
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* fewer features than KCeasy, but also has a smaller footprint
* better suited for older hardware
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| Poisoned<ref>John Borland, [http://news.cnet.com/2100-1027-5109645.html Macintosh users join Kazaa network], [[CNET]]  News, November 19, 2003</ref><ref>Thomas Mennecke, ''[http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=305 Poisoned: Bringing FastTrack to the Macintosh Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220014142/http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=305 |date=2012-02-20 }}'', November 21, 2003</ref>
| [[Mac OS X]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
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* Its name is a pun on the [[German language|German]] word ''Gift'' (which means ''poison'' in English).
| 0.5191 (2006-08-08)
| www.gottsilla.net
|}