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=pod
Ncdc is a modern and lightweight direct connect client with a friendly
ncurses interface.
=head2 Get ncdc!
=over
=item Latest version
1.20 ([dllink ncdc-1.20.tar.gz download]
- L<changes|https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdc/changes>)
Convenient static binaries for Linux:
L<64-bit|https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdc-linux-x86_64-1.20.tar.gz> -
L<32-bit|https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdc-linux-i486-1.20.tar.gz> -
L<ARM|https://dev.yorhel.nl/download/ncdc-linux-arm-1.20.tar.gz>. Check the
L<installation instructions|https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdc/install> for more info.
=item Development version
The latest development version is available from git and can be cloned using
C<git clone git://g.blicky.net/ncdc.git>. The repository is available for
L<online browsing|http://g.blicky.net/ncdc.git/>.
=item Requirements
The following libraries are required: ncurses, zlib, bzip2, sqlite3, glib2 and
gnutls.
Ncdc is entirely written in C and available under a liberal MIT license.
=item Community
[html]
L<Bug tracker|https://dev.yorhel.nl/ncdc/bug> - For bugs reports, feature requests and patches.<br />
C<adcs://dc.blicky.net:2780/> - For real-time chat.
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=item Packages and ports
Are available for the following systems:
L<Arch Linux|https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ncdc/> -
L<Fedora|https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/ncdc/overview/> -
L<FreeBSD|http://www.freshports.org/net-p2p/ncdc/> -
L<Frugalware|http://frugalware.org/packages?srch=ncdc&op=pkg&arch=all&ver=all> -
L<Gentoo|http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-p2p/ncdc> -
L<GNU Guix|https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/package-list.html> -
L<Homebrew|http://braumeister.org/formula/ncdc> -
L<OpenSUSE|http://packman.links2linux.org/package/ncdc>
I have a few old packages on the L<Open Build
Service|https://build.opensuse.org/package/show?package=ncdc&project=home%3Ayorhel>,
but these are unmaintained. The static binaries are preferred.
A convenient installer is available for
L<Android|http://code.ivysaur.me/ncdcinstaller.html>.
=back
=cut
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=head2 Features
Common features all modern DC clients (should) have:
=over
=item * Connecting to multiple hubs at the same time,
=item * Support for both ADC and NMDC protocols,
=item * Chatting and private messaging,
=item * Browsing the user list of a connected hub,
=item * Share management and file uploading,
=item * Connections and download queue management,
=item * File list browsing,
=item * TTH-checked, multi-source and segmented file downloading,
=item * Searching for files,
=item * Secure hub (adcs:// and nmdcs://) and client connections on both protocols,
=item * Bandwidth throttling,
=item * IPv6 support.
=back
And special features not commonly found in other clients:
=over
=item * Different connection settings for each hub,
=item * Encrypted UDP messages (ADC SUDP),
=item * Subdirectory refreshing,
=item * Nick notification and highlighting in chat windows,
=item * Trust on First Use for TLS-enabled hubs,
=item * A single listen port for both TLS and TCP connections,
=item * Efficient file uploads using sendfile(),
=item * Large file lists are opened in a background thread,
=item * Doesn't trash your OS file cache (with the flush_file_cache option enabled),
=item * (Relatively...) low memory usage.
=back
=head2 What doesn't ncdc do?
Since the above list is getting larger and larger every time, it may be more
interesting to list a few features that are (relatively) common in other DC
clients, but which ncdc doesn't do. Yet.
=over
=item * NAT Traversal,
=item * OP features (e.g. client detection, file list scanning and other useful stuff for OPs),
=item * SOCKS support.
=back
Of course, there are many more features that could be implemented or improved.
These will all be addressed in later versions (hopefully :).