FrostWire for Mac

What's new in this version:

New:
- New:Powered by Jlibtorrent 2.0.12.5 with bittorrent 2.0 support and hundreds of optimizations
- New:Dynamic SoundCloud client ID and app version fetching from remote server for uninterrupted service
- New:TorrentCSV search performer
- New:Knaben Database Search Performer
- New:Partial selection file dialog now allows shift-click to select ranges of files in torrents
- New:settings panel to pick location for .torrent files
- New:FlatLaf light theme
- New:Header bar rearranged, search bar goes to the center, nav buttons on the left, FW Logo first
- New:Torrent Transfer > Advanced > Check local data feature. If a file belonging to a torrent is now on disk it can be force checked
- New:Audio and video playback now uses the operating system's default media player instead of custom player infrastructure
- New:Strict EDT Mode to catch long running tasks stalling event dispatch thread

- EDT freeze:Comprehensive startup performance overhaul - defer heavy class loading and I/O to prevent EDT blocking during initialization (19 EDT violations fixed)
- EDT freeze:ResourceManager uses deferred image loading instead of synchronous MediaTracker to avoid blocking on image I/O
- EDT freeze:LibraryCoverArtPanel defers component listener initialization with SwingUtilities.invokeLater()
- EDT freeze:SearchMediator uses lazy singleton pattern with deferred SearchResultDisplayer creation
- EDT freeze:MPlayerInstance.runCommand() moved to background thread to avoid Process.waitFor() blocking EDT
- EDT freeze:SearchResultDisplayer creation deferred with placeholder component to avoid class loading file I/O during tab initialization
- EDT freeze:SplashWindow preloads OS icons during initialization to avoid file I/O during paint operations
- EDT freeze:StatusLine defers bandwidth label icon loading to background EDT cycle using SwingUtilities.invokeLater()
- EDT freeze:ApplicationHeader defers MediaPlayerComponent creation with placeholder panel to prevent class loading during startup
- EDT freeze:MainFrame defers expensive minimum size calculations to background thread - prevents 2+ second EDT blocking from cascading layout calculations
- EDT freeze:AbstractTab implements lazy icon loading to defer tab icon loading via SwingUtilities.invokeLater() on first getIcon() call
- EDT freeze:SearchResultActionsRenderer defers 5 action button icons (play, download, details, speaker) via lazy static initialization with ensureIconsLoaded()
- EDT freeze:AbstractActionsRenderer defers 3 action button icons (play, download, share) via lazy static initialization with ensureIconsLoaded()
- EDT freeze:SourceRenderer defers 7 source icons (soundcloud, archive.org, tpb, zooqle, magnetdl, default, 1337x) via lazy static initialization with ensureIconsLoaded()
- EDT freeze:TransferActionsRenderer defers 2 action button icons (play, share) via lazy static initialization with ensureIconsLoaded()
- EDT freeze:TransferSeedingRenderer defers 2 seeding icons (seed, loading) via lazy static initialization with ensureIconsLoaded()
- EDT freeze:TransferDetailFilesActionsRenderer defers 2 file action icons (play, share) via lazy static initialization with ensureIconsLoaded()
- EDT freeze:PaymentOptionsRenderer defers 4 payment method icons (bitcoin_enabled, bitcoin_disabled, paypal_enabled, paypal_disabled) via lazy static initialization
- EDT freeze:LogoPanel defers logo_header icon loading via SwingUtilities.invokeLater() with placeholder label
- EDT freeze:MediaButton defers button icon loading (up and down icons) via SwingUtilities.invokeLater() in loadIcons() method
- EDT freeze:LimeJFrame defers window icon loading via SwingUtilities.invokeLater() in loadWindowIcon() method
- Performance:These EDT fixes significantly improve startup time and responsiveness, especially on resource-constrained systems and older hardware
- Performance:Search architecture optimizations - 25-50% reduction in memory allocations
- Performance:SizeParser utility consolidates duplicate implementations, 200+ lines of code eliminated
- Performance:SearchMatcher memory optimization reduces garbage collection pressure by 25%
- Performance:YT pattern static initialization and string operation optimization
- Maintenance:SearchTimeoutException provides better diagnostics with performer and domain context
- Maintenance:Search package hierarchy flattened, V2 package consolidated
- Removed:TorrentDownloads search performer (site offline permanently)
- Removed:BTDigg search performer (protected by Cloudflare, unable to reliably parse search results)
- Maintenance:mplayer not available in linux warning can now not be shown ever again
- Removed:Torlock search performer (old site is down, new site is malicious)
- Removed:LimeTorrents search performer
- Maintenance:MacEventHandler is now compatible with JDK 23 and JDK 24
- Maintenance:Archive.org search
- Maintenance:GloTorrents search
- Maintenance:Idope search
- Maintenance:MagnetDL search
- Crash: fixed NPE in MultilineToolTip.updateUI() when switching from Synth L&F
- Removed:FrostWire Media Player custom built-in audio/video player (fwplayer binaries for Windows/macOS/Linux)
- Removed:MPlayer integration code and process management for audio playback
- Removed:Player settings panel and configuration options
- Removed:Playback state tracking and speaker icon indicators in UI components (TransferActionsRenderer, LibraryFilesTableDataLine, SearchResultActionsRenderer, etc.)
- Removed:Speaker icon assets (speaker.png, speaker_light.png)
- EDT freeze:moved media checks off EDT; coalesce selection; add EDT I/O guard
- EDT freeze: Fix in TransferDetailFiles by moving heavy I/O to background thread, would stall app when opening large torrents on startup
- Cleanup:removed all remnants of azureus source code
- Optimization:PerformersHelper.sanitize() 8.8x speed gains in title normalization by not using a regex and instead simple string replacements
- Fixed:logic bug in PerformersHelper.countMatchedTokens()
- Cleanup:apple libdispatch removal
- Cleanup:deprecated iTunes integration removed after cleanups. Users can manage their own playlists on Apple Music.
- New: libtorrent::set_piece_hashes_posix_disk_io to avoid SIGSEGV/SIGBUS leaks to macos when creating torrents
- Crash:don't crash if a null set_piece_hashes_listener is passed to set_piece_hashes_ex
- Crash:StatusLine seedingStatusButton.getText()
- Crash:ConcurrentModificationException in Ssl$FWHostnameVerifier
- Cleanup:Remove unused sun.awt.X11 classes (linux)
- Maintenance:fix javadoc errors, javadoc cleanup
- Maintenance:all license headers are consistent with GPL 3.0
- Maintenance:simplified donations buttons in status bar to a single 'Donate' button
- Maintenance:added don't show me again for linux warning when mplayer isn't found
- Maintenance:fwplayer_osx.arm64 rebuilt with OpenSSL 3.5.3 support
- Speed-up:reuse OkHttpClient instances to unlock connection pooling and reduce GC pressure
- Speed-up:Cache torrent-search date parsers to eliminate per-result SimpleDateFormat allocations
- Speed-up:Use buffered I/O for large transfers in OkHttpClientWrapper.save and ZipUtils.unzip. Up to 96% CPU savings in sys write calls, 30-50% reduction in CPU during I/O operations, search results should come out a lot faster
- Speed-up:Optimize Levenshtein distance allocation footprint in PerformersHelper fuzzy matching
- Speed-up:Optimize hot paths for string sanitizers - eliminate regex compilation overhead in search and scrapes (UrlUtils and StringUtils)
- Speed-up:Optimize hot paths for Logger, ThreadPool, and collection sizing
- Speed-up:Refactor SearchManager tasks to Runnable and remove Thread.yield() from hot path
- Fixed:thread leak and data race in UrlUtils.getFastestMirrorDomain
- EDT freeze:Comprehensive fix for EDT violations in transfers UI with multiple optimization layers
- EDT freeze:Move BTDownloadModel.refresh() to background thread to prevent EDT blocking during model updates
- EDT freeze:Add debouncing to BTDownloadDataLine.update() to prevent rapid successive JNI calls
- EDT freeze:Throttle TransferActionsRenderer state checks to 200ms intervals during table rendering
- EDT freeze:Move clearable downloads check to background thread in BTDownloadMediator.doRefresh()
- EDT freeze:Add count caching to BTDownloadModel with background updates every 500ms
- EDT freeze:Cache active uploads for hidden downloads in BTDownloadRowFilteredModel
- EDT freeze:Use cached transfer state instead of expensive JNI calls in button state updates
- jlibtorrent:libraries are now compiled with C++20 (ming/windows with C++2a which is the same)
- jlibtorrent:g++-9 upgraded to g++-11 for linux build
- jlibtorrent:new Sha256Hash::swig()
- jlibtorrent:new SessionManager::find(Sha256Hash) and SessionManager::find(TorrentInfo) methods
- jlibtorrent:built with android NDK r28c with 16K page size support
- Android 64-bit binaries are compiled to have 16KB max-page-size
- jlibtorrent:New com.frostwire:jlibtorrent- maven packages for easier integration with gradle/maven
- jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data() : add_torrent_params
- jlibtorrent:new torrent_handle::get_resume_data(resume_data_flags_t flags) : add_torrent_params
- jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_inbound_length_variance
- jlibtorrent:new settings_pack.int_types i2p_outbound_length_variance
- jlibtorrent:Jar built with JDK 17 - JAVA_17 compatibility
- jlibtorrentBoost 1.88.0 upgrade
- jlibtorrent:OpenSSL 3.5.2 upgrade (from 1.1.1t)
- jlibtorrent:Upgraded SWIG to 4.3.1
- jlibtorrent:Gradle 9.0.0
- dev:junit upgraded from 4.13.1 -> 4.13.2
- lt:add option to send host header in HTTP proxy CONNECT command
- lt:cache DNS failures for a shorter time
- lt:file_renamed_alert is always posted, regardless of alert mask
- lt:add feature to request resume data synchronously
- lt:don't leak file descriptors to child processes (O_CLOEXEC)
- lt:optimize the utp resend
- lt:optimize tracker announcements
- lt:fix handling of invalid filenames
- lt:add support for I2CP inbound.lengthVariance and outbound.lengthVariance tunnel settings
- lt:validate add_torrent_params::save_path at run-time
- lt:use stricter rules for what filenames are valid on Android
- lt:fix applying IP filter to DHT traffic (HanabishiRecca)
- lt:fix race condition when cancelling requests after becoming a seed
- lt:fix performance bug in the file pool, evicting MRU instead of LRU (HanabishiRecca)
- lt:fix bug where file_progress could sometimes be reported as >100%
- jlibtorrent:BDecodeNode: hasList, hasDict, hasString, hasInt, getList, getDict, getString, getInt
- lt:limit piece size in torrent creator
- lt:don't hint FADV_RANDOM on posix systems. May improve seeding performance
- lt:allow boost connect while checking resume data if no_verify_files flag is set
- lt:fix BEP-40 peer priority for IPv6
- lt:fix file pre-allocation when changing file priority (HanabishiRecca)
- jlibtorrent:SWIG interface files have been modularized for better maintainability and readability
- jlibtorrent:Added missing alert types
- jlibtorrent:Introduced typed_bitfield template
- jlibtorrent:Operator renaming for Java compatibility
- jlibtorrent:Included boost_system_error_code.i
- jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script
- jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script
- jlibtorrent:Set TORRENT_ABI_VERSION=4
- jlibtorrent:Libtorrent updated to RC_2_0 (rev:2ab8fedabb7716947edc77958da6d0b5e1040df9)
- jlibtorrent:Android NDK r26d (LTS) upgrade (from r25c)
- jlibtorrent:Added --swig-only and --build-only options to swig/build scripts
- jlibtorrent:Added prepare-macos.sh script for macOS build setup
- jlibtorrent:Updated run-swig.sh script for improved SWIG processing
- jlibtorrent:Enhanced exception handling in SWIG interfaces
- jlibtorrent:Fixed issues in file_storage.hpp and ip_filter.hpp
- jlibtorrent:Adjusted build flags and macros for Boost and libtorrent compatibility
- jlibtorrent:Enabled SWIG directors for specific classes
- lt:fix uTP issue where closing the connection could corrupt the payload
- lt:apply DSCP/TOS to sockets before initiating the TCP connection
- lt:assume copy_file_range() exists on linux (unless old glibc)
- lt:fix issue where set_piece_deadline() did not correctly post read_piece_alert
- lt:fix integer overflow in piece picker
- lt:torrent_status::num_pieces counts pieces passed hash check, as documented
- lt:check settings_pack::max_out_request_queue before performance alert
- lt:allow on_unknown_torrent method in the absence of active torrents (new plugin feature added)
- lt:add feature to async_move_storage() to not move files
- lt:fix reject resume data if it contains mismatching info hashes
- lt:fix clear the candidate_cache when clear peer_list
- lt:fix missing python converter for dht::announce_flags_t
- lt:fix issue with web seed connections when they close and re-open
- lt:fallocate() not supported is not a fatal error
- lt:fix proxying of IPv6 connections via IPv4 proxy
- lt:treat CGNAT address range as local IPs
- lt:add stricter checking of piece layers when loading torrents
- lt:add stricter checking of v1 and v2 hashes being consistent
- lt:cache failed DNS lookups as well as successful ones
- lt:add an i2p torrent state to control interactions with clear swarms
- lt:fix i2p SAM protocol parsing of quoted messages
- lt:expose i2p peer destination in peer_info
- lt:fix i2p tracker announces
- lt:fix issue with read_piece() stopping torrent on pieces not yet downloaded
- lt:improve handling of allow_i2p_mixed setting to work for magnet links
- lt:fix web seed request for renamed single-file torrents
- lt:fix issue where web seeds could disappear from resume data
- lt:extend save_resume with additional conditional flags
- lt:fix issue with retrying trackers in tiers > 0
- lt:fix last_upload and last_download resume data fields to use posix time
- lt:improve error messages for no_connect_privileged_ports, by untangle it from the port filter
- lt:fix I2P issue introduced in 2.0.0
- lt:add async tracker status query, post_trackers()
- lt:add async torrent status query, post_status()
- lt:support loading version 2 of resume data format
- lt:fix issue with odd piece sizes
- lt:add async piece availability query, post_piece_availability()
- lt:add async download queue query, post_download_queue()
- lt:add async file_progress query, post_file_progress()
- lt:add async peer_info query, post_peer_info()
- lt:fix uTP streams timing out instead of closing cleanly
- lt:add write_torrent_file_buf() overload for generating .torrent files
- lt:add create_torrent::generate_buf() function to generate into a buffer
- lt:fix copy_file when the file ends with a sparse region
- lt:uTP performance, fix packet loss when sending is stalled
- lt:fix trackers being stuck after session pause/resume
- lt:fix bug in hash_picker with empty files
- lt:uTP performance, prevent premature timeouts/resends
- lt:add option to not memory map files below a certain size
- lt:settings_pack now returns default values when queried for missing settings
- lt:fix copy_file fall-back when SEEK_HOL/SEEK_DATA is not supported
- lt:improve error reporting from file copy and move
- lt:tweak pad file placement to match reference implementation (tail-padding)
- lt:uTP performance, more lenient nagle's algorithm to always allow one outstanding undersized packet
- lt:uTP performance, piggy-back held back undersized packet with ACKs
- lt:uTP performance, don't send redundant deferred ACKs
- lt:support incoming SOCKS5 packets with hostnames as source address, for UDP trackers
- lt:ignore duplicate network interface change notifications on linux
- lt:fix total_want/want accounting when forcing a recheck
- lt:fix merging metadata with magnet links added on top of existing torrents
- lt:add torrent_flag to default all file priorities to dont_download
- lt:fix &so= feature in magnet links
- lt:improve compatibility of SOCKS5 UDP ASSOCIATE
- lt:fix madvise range for flushing cache in mmap_storage
- lt:open files with no_cache set in O_SYNC mode~
- lt:fix issue in use of copy_file_range() on linux
- lt:avoid open-file race in the file_view_pool
- lt:fix issue where stop-when-ready would not close files
- lt:fix issue with duplicate hybrid torrent via separate v1 and v2 magnet links
- lt:added new function to load torrent files, load_torrent_*()
- lt:support sync_file_range() on linux
- lt:fix issue in write_torrent_file() when file size is exactly piece size
- lt:fix file_num_blocks() and file_num_pieces() for empty files
- lt:add new overload to make_magnet_uri()
- lt:add missing protocol version to tracker_reply_alert and tracker_error_alert
- lt:fix privilege issue with SetFileValidData()
- lt:add asynchronous overload of torrent_handle::add_piece()
- lt:default to a single hashing thread, for full checks
- lt:Fix bug when checking files and the first piece is invalid
- lt:fix issue creating a v2 torrent from torrent_info containing an empty file
- lt:make recheck files also update which files use partfile
- lt:add write_through disk_io_write_mode, which flushes pieces to disk immediately
- lt:improve copy file function to preserve sparse regions (when supported)
- lt:add function to truncate over-sized files part of a torrent
- lt:fix directory creation on windows shared folders
- lt:add flag to make add_files() not record file attributes
- lt:deprecate (unused) allow_partial_disk_writes settings
- lt:fix disk-full error reporting in mmap_disk_io
- lt:fixed similar-torrents feature for v2 torrents
- lt:fix potential unbounded recursion in add_completed_job, in disk I/O
- lt:deprecated (unused) volatile_read_cache setting
- lt:fix part files being marked as hidden on window
- lt:on windows, explicitly flush memory mapped files periodically
- lt:fix build with WolfSSL
- lt:fix issue where incoming uTP connections were not accepted over SOCKS5
- lt:fix several issues in handling of checking files of v2 torrents, esp. from magnet links
- lt:make the token limit when parsing metadata from magnet files configurable
- lt:fix issue with stalled pieces on disk full errors
- lt:fix missing python binding for file_progress_flags
- lt:fix torrent_file_with_hashes() to fail when we don't have the piece layers
- lt:restore path character encoding conversion for non UTF-8 locales on linux
- lt:fix use-after-free bug in make_magnet_uri
- lt:add write_torrent_file() to produce a .torrent file from add_torrent_params
- lt:allow loading v2 .torrent files without piece layer
- lt:fix issue with adding v2 torrents with invalid file root hash
- lt:fix piece picker bug causing double-picks with prefer-contiguous enabled
- lt:expose session_params in python bindings
- lt:fix (deprecated) use of add_torrent_params::info_hash
- lt:fix issue creating and loading v2 torrents with empty files. Improves conformance to BEP52 reference implementation
- lt:add new torrent_file_with_hashes() which includes piece layers for creating .torrent files
- lt:add file_prio_alert, posted when file priorities are updated
- lt:fix issue where set_piece_hashes() would not propagate file errors
- lt:add missing python binding for event_t
- lt:add work-around for systems without fseeko() (such as Android)
- lt:add convenience header libtorrent/libtorrent.hpp
- lt:increase default max_allowed_in_request_queue
- lt:fix loading non-ascii filenames on windows with torrent_info constructor (2.0 regression)
- lt:add std::hash<> specialization for info_hash_t
- lt:fix integer overflow in hash_picker and properly restrict max file sizes in torrents
- lt:strengthen SSRF mitigation for web seeds
- lt:add v1() and v2() functions to torrent_info
- lt:fix piece_layers() to work for single-piece files
- lt:fix python binding regression in session constructor flags
- lt:fix unaligned piece requests in mmap_storage
- lt:improve client_data_t ergonomics
- lt:fix issue with concurrent access to part files
- lt:fix attribute in single-file v2 torrent creation
- lt:fix padding for empty files in v2 torrent creation
- lt:add function to ask a file_storage whether it's v2 or not
- lt:fix mtime field when creating single-file v2 torrents
- lt:fix performance regression in checking files
- lt:disable use of SetFileValidData() by default (windows). A new setting allows enabling it
- lt:dropped dependency on iconv
- lt:deprecate set_file_hash() in torrent creator, as it's superceded by v2 torrents
- lt:deprecate mutable access to info_section in torrent_info
- lt:removed deprecated lazy_entry/lazy_bdecode
- lt:stats_alert deprecated
- lt:remove bittyrant choking algorithm
- lt:update userdata in add_torrent_params to be type-safe and add to torrent_handle
- lt:add ip_filter to session_params
- lt:added support for wolfSSL for SHA-1 hash and HTTPS (no Torrents over SSL)
- lt:requires OpenSSL minimum version 1.0.0 with SNI support
- lt:deprecated save_state() and load_state() on session in favour of new
- lt:write_session_params() and read_session_params()
- lt:added support for BitTorrent v2 (see docs/upgrade_to_2.0.html)
- lt:create_torrent() pad_file_limit parameter removed
- lt:create_torrent() merkle- and optimize-alignment flags removed
- lt:merkle_tree removed from add_torrent_params
- lt:announce_entry expose information per v1 and v2 info-hash announces
- lt:deprecated sha1_hash info_hash members on torrent_removed_alert,
- lt:torrent_deleted_alert, torrent_delete_failed_alert and add_torrent_params
- lt:undeprecate error_file_metadata for torrent errors related to its metadata
- lt:remove support for adding a torrent under a UUID (used for previous RSS support)
- lt:remove deprecated feature to add torrents by file:// URL
- lt:remove deprecated feature to download .torrent file from URL
- lt:requires boost >= 1.66 to build
- lt:update networking API to networking TS compatible boost.asio
- lt:overhauled disk I/O subsystem to use memory mapped files (where available)
- lt:libtorrent now requires C++14 to build
- lt:added support for GnuTLS for HTTPS and torrents over SSL
- lt:fix issue where stop-when-ready would not close files
- lt:uTP performance, fix packet loss when sending is stalled
- lt:uTP performance, prevent premature timeouts/resends
- lt:uTP performance, more lenient nagle's algorithm to always allow one outstanding undersized packet
- lt:uTP performance, piggy-back held back undersized packet with ACKs
- lt:uTP performance, don't send redundant deferred ACKs
- lt:fix wanted_done/done accounting when force-rechecking
- lt:expose userdata via torrent_handle (back-port from 2.0)
- lt:fix renaming of filenames that are too long for the filesystem
- lt:made UPnP and LSD code avoid using select_reactor (to work around an issue on windows in boost.asio < 1.80)