credit card information or require the user to sign up for a paid membership. The official eMule is free and does not ask for such information. These versions are usually found via rotating advertisements sometimes placed on legitimate sites. Chinese mods of eMule client VeryCD's easyMule is a popular eMule client among Chinese users. It has a simplified interface and lacks some advanced settings available in the standard eMule client. As of version 1.1 it only supports searching through the VeryCD database, though external eD2k links are accepted. Some criticized VeryCD for their misleading name "Dianlv" (; generally the Chinese name for eDonkey or eMule) and the site emule.org.cn, which is named "Dianlv (eMule) Chinese Site" (电驴(eMule)中文网站). Community version On July 29, 2017 was released a "Community Version" of eMule maintained by the official forum users. This version is available to download in a GitHub repository and is based on the latest official release or beta but contains additional features and bug fixes made by the community, prioritizing a more up-to-date version. See also eDonkey network Kad network Comparison of eDonkey software Comparison of file sharing applications aMule (Mac version) References External links Official forum Official IRC network (MindForge) eMule Protocol Specification by Danny Bickson and Yoram Kulbak from Hebrew University of Jerusalem Glasnost test eMule traffic shaping (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems) 2002 software Free file sharing software Free software programmed in C++ Windows-only free software Portable software Windows file sharing software Beta software