izimi is a free-to-download PC software product that lets users share any file with anyone else on the internet, without the viewer / recipient needing to download any special software other than a standard web browser.izimi serves files direct from a user's own PC, so files that a user wishes to share do not need to be uploaded to any central service. The downloadable application is accompanied by a social networking website (www.izimi.com) that gathers together all izimi users and their publicly shared content and allows non-registered users to find izimi users and their content and comment or rate it.Like Kazaa, Limewire and similar P2P applications, Izimi places no restrictions on the type, size, or quantity of files that can be shared. This is economically possible because all izimi content is served direct from users' own PCs, not uploaded to central servers, and so there is no pressing need for izimi to impose such restrictions. This also means all downloads initiate a file transfer from the end user's PC.

For example, if Bob is sharing a 1 meg file and it's downloaded 1,000 times, 1,000 megs of data will be uploaded from Bob's PC by the Izimi application. This may violate the terms of service for Bob's ISP or College Internet connection. This also means total download speed is limited by Bob's upstream bandwidth.

Rumors are circulating that Izimi is working on file caching technology to address this limitation.

Files are only available while the PC is on, connected to the Internet and running the Izimi application. If all three conditions are not met, anyone trying to download the file will get the error message:

Oops! An error has occurred. The file you are looking for is not available. The file may be offline. Then again, the link or address to the file may have been updated, moved, deleted or incorrectly typed.

The service launched on March 5th 2007. izimi is the brand name of eSeekers Ltd which is registered in the UK. izimi is based in Oxford, UK and San Francisco, CA, USA.