Frostwire.com - Limewire's Freer Sans Spyware Cousin

So you’ve probably heard of Limewire—the alternative to Kazaa. Well now there’s FrostWire, an open source and completely free file sharing platform which aims to stick to Limewire’s initial aims before the Pro version came around inviting you to upgrade (and pay of course). In fact Frostwire gives you even more than its namesake. It integrates with your iTunes for one, and you’ll get BitTorrent support. Besides that it promises ‘turbo charged download speeds’ and no spyware or adware. Apart from that, Frostwire looks pretty similar to its cousin Limewire. You can down virtually any sort of file from the Gnutella community. It’s available for Windows, Macs, and Linux (Debian and Ubuntu).

“FrostWire, a Java Gnutella Peer-to-Peer client, is a collaborative effort from many Open Source and freelance developers located from all around the world. In late 2005, a few concerned developers of LimeWire's open source community announced the start of a new project fork "FrostWire" that would protect the developmental source code of the LimeWire client and any improvements to the Gnutella protocol design. The developers of FrostWire give high regard and respect to the GNU General Public License and consider it to be the ideal foundation of a creative and free enterprise market.”

Nobody likes lawsuits but everyone seems to like freebies. Frostwire seems like a welcome alternative to Limewire if only for the bothersome upgrade it offers at every turn. What’s more, Frostwire aims to stick its open source guns. It offers you a clean, slick interface that’s similar enough to other programs, i.e. Limewire, that users will have no trouble whatsoever adapting.

Will Frostwire prove to be as smooth and quick as its predecessor Limewire? Is it any better? Will they be releasing a paid version?