Lopster is a file-sharing client that supports napster-like server such as OpenNap or SlavaNap.

Napster is a protocol for sharing files between users. With Napster, the files stay on the client machine, never passing through the server. The server provides the ability to search for particular files and initiate a direct transfer between the clients. In addition, chat forums similar to IRC are available

Basic Information

• Latest Release: 1.2.2
• Development: Lopster II preview (core + napster + directconnect + soulseek)
• Author: Markus Lausser (sgop at users.sf.net)
• Project start: April 2000
• License: GPL
• OS: POSIX, MacOSX, ported to MS Windows

Features

These are some of the features lopster has. There actually are much more, but here are the ones most other clients do not have.

• Compression support for server-client communication (opennap-ng)
• Autoconnect to server and channels
• External event handling for a few events (calling external script)
• Support of all opennap commands
• Basic IRC support
• Statistic for current transfers and file accesses
• Multi source downloads and autoresume
• Bandwidth limitation per transfer and user
• User priority classes for uploads
• Search on Napster, in Library, in Browses and Search Results
• Notification when hotlist users are on
• Display filters for browses
• Quick search in browse
• Libraries are save/load-able
• Quick search in your library
• Opennap channel operator extension support
• Colors scheme support
• Highlightet text for special words and friend users
• Colored Nicks in both chat and the channel user list
• TAB completion of commands and users