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LimeWire is known as the fastest P2P (Peer-To-Peer) file sharing program and also allow a user to search for multiple files at the same time like all types of computer files, music video, images, games, and text documents etc. It connects users via the Internet to the LimeWire gateway i.e. a specialized intelligent Gnutella router, at startup to maximize the user’s viewable network space. LimeWire support various operating systems like Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris, etc.

LimeWire is written in Java programming language and uses Gnutella network to trace and relocate files. It can detect the fake/corrupt music downloads and manage files to organize downloaded files. The featured File List Generator can create a searchable database of downloaded files. A user can share any file such as .mp3, .avis, jpgs, tiffs etc. and its ability of firewall to firewall transfer helps in increasing the amount of content on the network.