macMule

Original eMule for macOS — download, drag to Applications, run.

macMule packages eMule (the ed2k/Kad file-sharing client) as a self-contained macOS .app using Wine. No configuration needed — it auto-connects to the eMule Security server and the Kad network on first launch.

Download

Grab the latest .dmg from Releases, open it, drag macMule to your Applications folder, and launch.

Requirements

• macOS 10.15.4 (Catalina) or later
• Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) or Intel Mac
• Rosetta 2 (automatically prompted on Apple Silicon)
• ~1 GB disk space

How It Works

macMule bundles:

• eMule (community x64 build by irwir)
• Wine Crossover (x86_64 Windows compatibility layer by Gcenx)

On first launch, it copies a Wine prefix and eMule files to ~/Library/Application Support/macMule/. Your downloads go to ~/Library/Application Support/macMule/drive_c/eMule/Incoming/.

Building from Source

Prerequisites:

• Wine Crossover: brew install --cask gcenx/wine/wine-crossover
• Rosetta 2: softwareupdate --install-rosetta --agree-to-license
• GitHub CLI: brew install gh

Then:

git clone https://github.com/mderouet/macMule.git
cd macMule
./build.sh            # builds latest stable release
./build.sh 0.70b      # builds a specific version
./build.sh 0.72a      # also works for pre-releases

This produces build/macMule-v<version>.dmg.

License

• eMule: GPL v2
• Wine: LGPL 2.1

Credits

• irwir/eMule — eMule community build
• Wine / Gcenx — Wine Crossover for macOS
• eMule Security — Server list and Kad nodes