Top 10 Open Source File Sharing Programs

September 17, 2007
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James Maguire

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PeerGuardian
Developed by Phoenix Labs, this open source app works to protect your privacy as you use a P2P network. It blocks incoming and outgoing connections on a IP blocklist. OS: Windows.

Owl Intranet Knowledgebase
Useful for businesses of many sizes, Owl is a multi-user document repository, as well as a document management system. It allows you to easily publish documents on the Web for collaborative sharing and peer review. One major advantage: it’s highly scalable, meaning it grows as your needs grow. It's Web-based, so it’s OS-independent.

eGroupWare: Enterprise Collaboration
You didn’t think file sharing was just for people, ahem, “building their music collection,” did you? Equipped with a Web interface, eGroupware enables serious inter-office communication between far-flung workers. It helps the whole staff keep up with their contacts, appointments, and to-dos. OS: Windows, Linux, Mac.

FileZilla
The appropriately-named FileZilla is a veritable Godzilla of FTP and SFTP clients. It’s fast, and has all the essential tools built in: configurable speed limits, filename filters, large file capability (that one’s important). Plus it has a real cool name. You can say to friends, “Hey, let’s use FileZilla" (then let out an animal roar). That will definitely impress them. OS client: Windows, Mac, Linux. OS server: Windows only.