AMULE(1)

✨ AMULE(1) — NAME ✨

okay so bestie, the manual name is amule and it's literally "the all-platform eMule p2p client" 🦋 a whole p2p client that runs on basically everything, no cap 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

amule [-c <path>] [-geometry <geom>] [-o] [-r] [--configure-autostart
<on|off>] [-w <path>] [-d] [-i] [-t <num>] [eD2k-link|collection-file]

amule [-v]

amule [-h]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's every option you can throw at it, slay 👑

• -c <path>, --config-dir=<path> — 🌸 reads config from <path> instead of your home dir, bestie
• -geometry <geom> — 🖼️ sets the window geometry. <geom> uses the same format as standard X11 apps: [=][<width>{xX}<height>][{+-}<xoffset>{+-}<yoffset>] ✨
• -o, --log-stdout — 📝 prints log messages to stdout so you can actually see what's happening 👀
• -r, --reset-config — 🧹 resets config back to default values. fresh start era 🌈
• --configure-autostart=<on|off> — 🚀 turns starting aMule on user login on or off, then it exits. the OS store gets picked automatically: the Windows registry Run key, a macOS LaunchAgent, or a Linux XDG .desktop autostart entry. it's giving set-it-and-forget-it 💅
• -w <path>, --use-amuleweb=<path> — 🔗 tells aMule where the amuleweb binary lives, at <path>
• -d, --disable-fatal — 🛡️ don't catch fatal exceptions, and don't block exit on assertions. this one is for headless or supervised setups (systemd, watchdog scripts) where the usual modal assertion dialog would stop auto-restart from happening 🙈
• -i, --enable-stdin — ⌨️ doesn't disable stdin. stdin stays open, bestie 🫶
• -t <num>, --category=<num> — 🏷️ sets the category for any passed eD2k links to <num>
• -v, --version — 🔢 displays the current version number
• -h, --help — 💁 prints a short usage description
• eD2k-link | collection-file — 🦋 adds an eD2k link, or every link in an eMule collection file, to the core

the eD2k link you pass in can be any of these:

• 📁 a file link (ed2k://|file|...), which gets added to the download queue
• 🖥️ a server link (ed2k://|server|...), which gets added to the server list
• 📜 a serverlist link, in which case every server in the list gets added to the server list
• 🧲 a magnet link

or, instead of a link, the argument can be the path to an .emulecollection file, or a file:// URL naming one. then every link in it gets added to the download queue. this is what lets a file manager open a collection with aMule, and honestly that's so iconic 🌟

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📚 NOTES 📚

🛣️ Paths

for every option that takes a <path> value: if the path has no directory part (just a plain filename), it's treated as living under the aMule configuration directory, ~/.aMule. no directory = goes in your aMule folder 🍓

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📁 FILES 📁

• ~/.aMule/*

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🐛 REPORTING BUGS 🐛

bugs go on the forum (https://github.com/amule-org/amule/discussions) or the bugtracker (https://github.com/amule-org/amule/issues). please do not report bugs over e-mail, not to the mailing list, and not directly to any team member 🙅‍♀️ it's giving "use the proper channels, bestie" 💜

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⚖️ COPYRIGHT ⚖️

aMule and all of its related utilities are distributed under the GNU General Public License 📜

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

alc(1), alcc(1), amuled(1), amulecmd(1), amulegui(1), amuleweb(1), cas(1), ed2k(1), wxcas(1) ✨

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🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

this manpage was written by Vollstrecker, <amule@vollstreckernet.de> 💖

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aMule v3.1.0 · September 2026 · AMULE(1) 🌈 that's a wrap, bestie! go be a main character in your downloads folder 💅✨