Soulseek Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Soulseek for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Nicotine+, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Soulseek and ten of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Soulseek are RetroShare, BitTorrent, WireShare and Gigatribe.

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Soulseek alternatives are mainly Encrypted Chat Apps, but if you're looking for Instant Messengers or Music Downloaders you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Soulseek.
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    Nicotine+

     47 likes

    Nicotine+ is a graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network.

    27 Nicotine+ alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • Haiku
    • Gentoo
    • Manjaro Linux
    • OpenBSD
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    Nicotine+ screenshot 1
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    RetroShare

     173 likes

    Open source, decentralized platform enabling encrypted chat, secure voice and video calls, anonymous file sharing with swarming, censorship-resistant forums, channels, link sharing, and offline messaging. Uses OpenPGP and OpenSSL for robust privacy and security.

    157 RetroShare alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • OpenPGP
    Network tab with contact list and broadcast subtab open. The subtab shows text and image sent by one contact to all connected contacts.
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    BitTorrent

     138 likes

    BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol.

    90 BitTorrent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • US flagUnited States
    Downloading & Uploading
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    WireShare

     6 likes

    WireShare is a fork of the original LimeWire open source project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    WireShare screenshot 1
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  5. Gigatribe icon

    Gigatribe

     3 likes

    Gigatribe allows you to share all your documents, movies, pictures, directly from your hard drive with your friends over the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    Gigatribe screenshot 1
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    Quazaa

     8 likes

    Quazaa is a cross platform multi-network peer-to-peer file-sharing client based on Shareaza which will support Gnutella2, Ares, eDonkey2000, HTTP, FTP, and BitTorrent.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Quazaa screenshot 1
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  7. Xeres icon

    Xeres

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    A Peer-to-Peer (Friend-to-Friend), decentralized, encrypted and secure application designed for communication and sharing.

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    The main dashboard
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    Sockseek

     2 likes

    Configurable batch downloader supporting playlists, albums, and discographies from CSV, Spotify, and YouTube sources. Uses Soulseek.NET to intelligently select downloads, allows interactive selection, aggregate mode sorting by popularity, and custom file naming.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Seeleseek

     1 like

    Seeleseek is a macOS client for the Soulseek file-sharing network. It allows users to search and queue downloads across the network, share folders, browse others' libraries, chat, and maintain wishlists.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • US flagUnited States
    Search view
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    OFF System

     3 likes

    The Owner-Free Filing system has often been described as the first brightnet; A distributed system where no one breaks the law, so no one need hide in the dark.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    OFF System screenshot 1
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