giFT Internet File Transfer (giFT) is a computer software daemon that allows several file sharing protocols to be used with a simple client having a graphical user interface (GUI). The client dynamically loads plugins implementing the protocols, as they are required. The protocols are:
The clients communicate with the giFT process using a lightweight network protocol; the protocol code is completely abstracted from the user interface. There are a...
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