FrostWire is a free cross-platform BitTorrent client with an elegant UI providing unlimited connections and downloads with added support for UI customization, online chat, simplified file search, firewall-to-firewall transfers and iTunes integration.

Development of FrostWire began in September 2004 after LimeWire considered making significant changes to its program due to mounting pressure from the RIAA. FrostWire is basically an identical application to LimeWire and began as a file sharing client on the Gnutella network later dropping support for Gnutella in version 5 to become a BitTorrent client instead. When LimeWire was shutdown in 2010 FrostWire took the limelight and its popularity grew with improved performance, stability and new added features. One great feature of FrostWire is the direct connect option which allows you to directly connect to a friend