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{{lowercase title|aMule}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = aMule
| logo                   = EMule mascot.svg
| screenshot             = AMule 2 2 4.png
| caption                = aMule 2.2.4
| collapsible            =
| developer              = aMule Team
| released               = {{start date|2003|09}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q295495|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest release date    = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q295495|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q295495|P348|P548=Q51930650}}
| latest preview date    = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q295495|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}
| programming language   = [[C++]]<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.openhub.net/p/amule |title=aMule |website=[[Open Hub]] |accessdate=2010-05-02}}</ref>
| operating system = [[Windows]], [[macOS|MacOS X]], [[Linux]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[*BSD]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://wiki.amule.org/wiki/Compatible_operating_system | title=Compatible operating system | website=the Wiki of the aMule Project | accessdate=2018-10-04 }}</ref>
| genre                  = [[Peer-to-peer file sharing]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = {{URL|amule.org}}
}}

'''aMule''' is a [[Free software|free]] [[peer-to-peer file sharing]] [[utility software|utility]] that works with the [[eDonkey network]] and the [[Kad network]], offering similar features to [[eMule]] and adding others such as [[GeoIP]] (country flags). On August 18, 2003 it was [[fork (software development)|forked]] from the [[xMule]] [[source code]], which itself is a fork of the [[lMule]] project, which was the first attempt to bring the eMule client to [[Linux]]. These projects were discontinued and aMule is the resulting project, though aMule has less and less{{clarify|less than what? Or if time aspect of divergence is emphasized, then specify over which time period and the nature of divergence|date=May 2022}} resemblance to the client that sired it.

aMule shares code with the [[eMule]] project. The credit and partials downloads of eMule can be used by aMule and vice versa, making program substitution simple.

aMule aims to be portable over [[Cross-platform|multiple platforms]] and is doing this with the help of the [[wxWidgets]] library. Currently supported systems include [[Linux]], [[macOS]], various [[BSD|BSD-derived]] systems, [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Irix]] and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]]. Beside the stable releases the project also offers [[Apache Subversion|SVN]] versions as an unstable release.

== TCP and UDP ports ==
According to the aMule official FAQ, these are the default [[Port (computer networking)|ports]]. Server ports 4661 TCP and 4665 UDP are only used by the EDonkey network. Therefore, the [[Kad Network]] will only use 4662 TCP and 4672 UDP. The traffic direction is from client perspective:
* 4661 TCP (outgoing): [[Port (computer networking)|Port]] on which an eDonkey server listens for connection (port number may vary depending on eDonkey server used).
* 4662 TCP (outgoing and incoming): Client to client transfers.
* 4665 UDP (outgoing and incoming): Used for global eDonkey server searches and global source queries. This is always Client TCP port + 3.
* 4672 UDP (outgoing and incoming): Extended aMule protocol, Queue Rating, File Reask Ping
* 4711 TCP: WebServer listening port. Used if aMule is accessed through the web.
* 4712 TCP: internal Connection port. Used to communicate aMule with other applications such as aMule WebServer or aMuleCMD.

Most of these [[Port (computer networking)|ports]] are customizable.

== Monolithic and modular build ==
aMule can be compiled using ''-disable-monolithic'' parameter: this allows aMule to be run in a modular way. This means that the core functionalities of the program can be started using <code>amuled</code>, the aMule [[Daemon (computer software)|daemon]] while the software behavior can be controlled through three different interfaces:
;aMuleCMD: The command-line aMule client.
;aMuleGUI: The ''regular'' GUI of the software. Experimental, a lot of features missing in comparison with the monolithic version and is unstable. There are Linux and Windows version for this tool: users can connect an aMule instance running on Linux from a workstation running Windows and the Win32 version of aMuleGUI.
;aMuleWEB: The web interface provided by the aMule core built-in [[Webserver]]. It can be retrieved via the [[LAN]] or from the Internet, provided any Internet router is properly configured using [[port forwarding]].

== See also ==
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* [[eDonkey network]]
* [[Kad network]]
* [[eMule]]
* iMule – an anonymous (and slower) mule exclusively for the [[I2P]] network. Based on aMule.
* [[Comparison of eDonkey software]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

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