Una giungla di programmi e protocolli

Network or Protocol	Use	Applications
Ares	File sharing	Ares Galaxy, Warez P2P, Filecroc
BitTorrent	File sharing/Software distribution/Media distribution	ABC, LimeWire, MLDonkey, Tribler, µTorrent,Thunder
Buzm	Shared HTML wiki	a peer-to-peer wiki platform
CSpace	File sharing, text chat, remote desktop	a peer-to-peer based communications system
Direct Connect	File sharing	DC++,
Domain Name System	Internet information retrieval
eDonkey	File sharing	aMule, eMule,
FastTrack	File sharing	giFT,Kazaa
Freenet	Distributed data store	Entropy
GNUnet	File sharing, chat	GNUnet,
Gnutella	File sharing	gtk-gnutella, LimeWire,
Gnutella2	File sharing	Adagio, Caribou,
Kad Network	File sharing	aMule, eMule,
JXTA	Peer applications	WiredReach Platform,
Krawler	Social network	Krawler[x]
MANOLITO/MP2P	File sharing	Blubster, Piolet
MFPnet	File sharing	amiciPhone
Napster	File sharing	Napigator, Napster
NeoEdge	File sharing, peer applications	MostFun Game Player,
OpenNap	File sharing	WinMX, Napster
P2PTV	Video stream or file sharing	TVUPlayer, CoolStreaming, TVants,
PDTP	Streaming media or file sharing	DistribuStream
Peercasting	Multicasting streams	PeerCast, FreeCast, PeerStream,
Pichat	Chat, Collaboration	a peer-to-peer chat platform
Usenet	Distributed discussion	expressLoad.
WPNP	File sharing	WinMX