<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
peer-to-peer	O
(	O
P2P	O
)	O
file-sharing	O
network	O
and	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
might	O
refer	O
to	O
(	O
1	O
)	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
networks	O
,	O
or	O
(	O
2	O
)	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
official	O
user	O
client	O
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
is	O
used	O
mostly	O
to	O
exchange	O
music	O
,	O
although	O
users	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
share	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
was	O
created	O
by	O
Nir	B-Operating_System
Arbel	I-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
Israeli	O
programmer	O
from	O
Safed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
two	O
independent	O
networks	O
under	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
name	O
,	O
both	O
ran	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
older	O
one	O
is	O
accessed	O
by	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
156	O
;	O
the	O
newer	O
network	O
accessed	O
by	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
157	O
(	O
Windows	O
only	O
)	O
or	O
SoulseekQt	B-Operating_System
(	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
Linux	B-Application
platforms	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
developments	O
are	O
solely	O
on	O
the	O
SoulseekQt	B-Operating_System
client	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoulseekQt	B-Operating_System
has	O
somewhat	O
different	O
functionality	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
157	O
client	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
peer	O
to	O
peer	O
(	O
P2P	O
)	O
file	O
sharing	O
program	O
,	O
the	O
accessible	O
content	O
is	O
determined	O
by	O
the	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
what	O
files	O
they	O
choose	O
to	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
depends	O
on	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
central	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
these	O
central	O
servers	B-Application
are	O
key	O
to	O
coordinating	O
searches	O
and	O
hosting	O
chat	O
rooms	O
,	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
actually	O
play	O
a	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
files	O
between	O
users	O
,	O
which	O
takes	O
place	O
directly	O
between	O
the	O
users	O
concerned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
feature	O
specific	O
to	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
search	O
engine	O
is	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
the	O
folder	O
names	O
and	O
file	O
paths	O
in	O
the	O
search	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
protocol	O
search	O
algorithms	O
are	O
not	O
published	O
,	O
as	O
those	O
algorithms	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
does	O
not	O
support	O
multi-source	O
downloading	O
or	O
"	O
swarming	O
"	O
like	O
other	O
post-Napster	O
clients	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
fetch	O
a	O
requested	O
file	O
from	O
a	O
single	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
clients	I-Operating_System
contain	O
a	O
ban	O
feature	O
whereby	O
selected	O
users	O
may	O
be	O
banned	O
from	O
requesting	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
,	O
like	O
other	O
P2P	O
clients	O
,	O
allows	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
download	O
individual	O
files	O
from	O
another	O
by	O
selecting	O
each	O
one	O
from	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
search	O
results	O
,	O
a	O
Download	O
Containing	O
Folder	O
option	O
simplifies	O
the	O
downloading	O
of	O
entire	O
albums	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
features	O
two	O
file	O
transfer	O
monitoring	O
windows	O
where	O
the	O
progress	O
of	O
files	O
being	O
uploaded	O
and	O
downloaded	O
can	O
be	O
monitored	O
and	O
controlled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
list	O
of	O
items	O
a	O
user	O
likes	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
obtain	O
global	O
rankings	O
for	O
that	O
item	O
in	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
community	O
or	O
to	O
obtain	O
recommendations	O
from	O
other	O
users	O
who	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
items	O
in	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
things	O
they	O
like	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
156	O
,	O
157	O
and	O
Qt	O
clients	O
provide	O
a	O
"	O
wishlist	O
"	O
feature	O
which	O
functions	O
like	O
a	O
stored	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
software	O
is	O
free	O
,	O
a	O
donation	O
scheme	O
exists	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
programming	O
effort	O
and	O
cost	O
of	O
maintaining	O
the	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
numerous	O
other	O
software	O
titles	O
,	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
has	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
forums	O
where	O
users	O
may	O
seek	O
help	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
topics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
technical	O
aspects	O
of	O
using	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
is	O
entirely	O
financed	O
by	O
donations	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
advertising	O
or	O
user	O
fees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nir	B-Operating_System
Arbel	I-Operating_System
writes	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
July	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
claims	O
to	O
be	O
against	O
copyright	O
violation	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
their	O
service	O
is	O
to	O
promote	O
unsigned	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
was	O
taken	O
to	O
court	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
two	O
French	O
music	O
industry	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
groups	O
alleged	O
that	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
is	O
designed	O
to	O
permit	O
unauthorized	O
access	O
to	O
copyrighted	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
user	O
base	O
around	O
2000	O
was	O
composed	O
mostly	O
of	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
IDM	O
mailing	O
list	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
first	O
found	O
on	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
was	O
underground	O
electronic	O
music	O
or	O
music	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
users	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aided	O
by	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
users	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
Nir	B-Operating_System
Arbel	I-Operating_System
released	O
new	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
client	O
very	O
frequently	O
,	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
user	O
requests	O
for	O
new	O
features	O
or	O
bug	O
fixes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
got	O
a	O
first	O
boost	O
in	O
2001	O
when	O
Napster	B-Application
was	O
closed	O
down	O
and	O
then	O
a	O
second	O
boost	O
in	O
2002	O
when	O
the	O
site	O
Audiogalaxy	O
was	O
closed	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nir	B-Operating_System
Arbel	I-Operating_System
stated	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
published	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
2003	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
,	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
over	O
a	O
million	O
registered	O
usernames	O
and	O
that	O
80,000	O
–	O
100,000	O
users	O
log	O
on	O
during	O
peak	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
increase	O
in	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
users	O
after	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
Audiogalaxy	O
was	O
plainly	O
evident	O
from	O
a	O
before-and-after	O
comparison	O
of	O
chat	O
room	O
populations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
its	O
competitor	O
,	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
's	O
most-joined	O
chat	O
rooms	O
averaged	O
50	O
or	O
so	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
is	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
community	O
than	O
a	O
simple	O
file	O
sharing	O
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
,	O
users	O
can	O
connect	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
with	O
similar	O
music	O
tastes	O
to	O
share	O
files	O
and	O
to	O
chat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
musicians	O
from	O
the	O
electronic	O
scene	O
are	O
themselves	O
too	O
part	O
of	O
this	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summer	O
2004	O
,	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
users	O
from	O
all	O
the	O
world	O
met	O
in	O
Augsburg	O
,	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
year	O
since	O
then	O
,	O
that	O
meeting	O
still	O
takes	O
place	O
at	O
a	O
digital	O
arts	O
festival	O
called	O
Lab30	O
(	O
30	O
being	O
the	O
street	O
number	O
of	O
the	O
Abraxas	O
Theater	O
)	O
in	O
Augsburg	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
organized	O
by	O
longtime	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
user	O
Manfred	O
Genther	O
and	O
other	O
Augsburg	O
locals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
artists	O
have	O
performed	O
at	O
the	O
festival	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
them	O
have	O
performed	O
live	O
for	O
the	O
very	O
first	O
time	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lab30	O
has	O
steadily	O
grown	O
in	O
size	O
since	O
the	O
first	O
event	O
and	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
meeting	O
place	O
for	O
the	O
musicians	O
and	O
users	O
of	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
users	O
are	O
also	O
music	O
producers	O
,	O
and	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
Records	I-Operating_System
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
"	O
SLSK	B-Operating_System
Records	O
"	O
)	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
change	O
in	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
this	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
July	O
6	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
there	O
have	O
been	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
,	O
with	O
entirely	O
different	O
users	O
,	O
user	O
groups	O
,	O
and	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
client	O
SoulseekQT	B-Operating_System
Public	O
Build	O
1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
04/19/2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
third-party	O
clients	O
was	O
discouraged	O
(	O
but	O
not	O
prohibited	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
coding	O
errors	O
or	O
explicit	O
circumvention	O
of	O
network	O
rules	O
in	O
third-party	O
clients	O
had	O
,	O
at	O
times	O
,	O
a	O
drastic	O
negative	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicotine+	O
is	O
an	O
actively	O
maintained	O
fork	O
of	O
the	O
now	O
defunct	O
Nicotine	B-Operating_System
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicotine+	O
runs	O
under	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
,	O
*	O
BSD	O
,	O
Solaris	O
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
currently	O
maintained	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
volunteers	O
with	O
its	O
source	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
Gtk+	O
3	O
,	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
,	O
and	O
supports	O
UPnP	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicotine+	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
Flatpak	B-Language
,	O
as	O
of	O
release	O
version	O
2.0.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nicotine+'s	O
defunct	O
predecessor	O
Nicotine	B-Operating_System
also	O
ran	O
on	O
all	O
Unix-based	O
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
may	O
still	O
be	O
available	O
from	O
some	O
package	O
distributors	O
on	O
Linux-based	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PySoulSeek	O
was	O
a	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
that	O
runs	O
under	O
Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris	O
and	O
other	O
Unix-based	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
PySoulSeek	O
runs	O
under	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
but	O
with	O
some	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
slskd	O
and	O
Museek+	O
are	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
clients	I-Operating_System
utilizing	O
a	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
model	I-Operating_System
,	O
though	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
under	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeker	O
is	O
a	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
for	O
modern	O
Android	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GoSeek	O
was	O
a	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
for	O
older	O
Android	O
devices	O
(	O
before	O
Android	O
Nougat	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MewSeek	O
was	O
originally	O
iSlsk	O
,	O
a	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
client	I-Operating_System
for	O
iPod	O
Touch	O
and	O
iPhone	O
clients	O
running	O
jailbroken	O
versions	O
of	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
MewSeek	O
no	O
longer	O
supports	O
Soulseek	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clients	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
included	O
Soulseex	O
(	O
ssX	O
)	O
and	O
iSoul	O
.	O
</s>
