List of FTP server software

Notable implementations of FTP servers (organized by the nature of the interface used to configure them) include:

Graphical

Name	License	Platform	Details
ALFTP	proprietary	Windows only	Personal FTP server
BulletProof FTP Server	proprietary, shareware	Windows only	Supports all version of Windows, including XP/Vista/Seven and Server 2003/2008
Cerberus FTP Server	proprietary, commercial	Windows only	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS web client, IPv6, SOAP-based web services API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, HTTP / HTTPS remote administration, public key and client certificate authentication
Complete FTP Server	proprietary, commercial	Windows only	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Windows Active Directory, remote administration, public key and client certificate authentication, Plugin API (.NET)
CrushFTP Server	proprietary, shareware	Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL, AS2, AS3, Plugin API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, SQL authentication, GUI remote administration, Events / Alerts, Protocol Conversion (incoming FTP/FTPS/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols converted to a back end FTP/SFTP server.), SSH Tunneling, HTTP(S) Tunneling, CrushTask
DataExpress	proprietary, business software	Microsoft Windows/Windows	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV WebDAV over SSL, AS2/AS3 and Impulse (Ad Hoc) Secure Managed File Transfer. Outgoing client connections FTP, SFTP and SCP
FileCOPA FTP Server	proprietary, shareware	Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Server 2003/2008/R2	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, PCI Compliant, Unlimited Connections, Unlimited Users, Event System, Selectable Ciphers, Simple Install, Reporting System.
FileZilla Server	open source, free software	Windows XP/Vista/7 Windows Server 2003/R2, 2008/R2	FTP, FTPS, supports autoban, speedlimits, IP Filter, Groups, Shared folders, compression,
freeFTPd	proprietary, shareware	Windows NT based	FTP, FTPS, SFTP
EFT Server	proprietary, commercial	Multi-platform	GlobalSCAPE offers EFT Server for both SMB and Enterprise. FTP, FTPS, SFTP
JSCAPE	proprietary	Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX, Linux Z/OS and Mac OS X	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV. event triggers. Java-based.
GoAnywhere Services	proprietary	i5/OS, Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, Windows, AIX	AS2, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP and HTTPS protocols supported. Web portal and file trigger capabilities. User authentication provided with Active Directory, LDAP, password or certificates. Web-based administration for user account management, file trigger configuration and secure file transfer.
Microsoft Internet Information Services	proprietary	Windows only	FTP, FTPS (FTPS is supported in IIS 7 and later)
NASLite	proprietary	Linux based	FTP/NAS server
RaidenFTPD	proprietary	Windows only	FTP, SSL
Robo-FTP Server	proprietary, commercial	Windows only	Supports FTP, SFTP, FTPS, offers event-driven automation including encryption, decryption, zip, unzip, email notification, etc.
Rumpus	proprietary, commercial	Mac OS X (Intel/PPC)	Support for FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, SSL, customizable web interface, remote web administration, remote application administration, web-based file transfer client, e-mail notifications, drop-ship files to e-mail address, deep linking download
Serv-U File Server	proprietary, commercial	Windows, Linux	Support for FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS listeners, Windows Active Directory integration, ODBC user/group storage, custom event triggers, remote browser-based administration, web-based file transfer client
Sysax Multi Server	proprietary, Free Personal Edition	Windows (All Editions)	Secure FTP Server that also supports Secure Shell Access and Web browser based secure file transfer. Protocols supported include FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and Secure Shell. Features include remote browser based administration, server event triggers and scripting, and authentication using Windows, ODBC, or Active Directory. Certified for Windows Vista.
War FTP Daemon	open source, free software	Windows 9X/2000/XP/2003	One of the original FTP servers made for the windows platform and still available.
Wing FTP Server	proprietary	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris	Powerful FTP Server with excellent web interface. Supports XCRC.
WS FTP Server	proprietary	Windows only	WS_FTP is one of the oldest Shareware FTP clients. Ipswitch makes an FTP server product called WS_FTP Server. WS_FTP stands for WinSock File Transfer Protocol.
Xlight FTP Server	proprietary, Free for personal use	Windows only	Xlight offers three different editions with different features, the lightweight Personal Edition is free for personal use. Features include Virtual Servers, UPnP Support, UTF-8, IPv6.
zFTPServer	proprietary, Free for personal use	Windows only	Remote administration, support for SSL, FTPS and SFTP, Virtual file system, scripting, multi-threading... and much more. Paid extensions available to add functionality (e.g., Windows/Active Directory-Integrated authentication and event based scripting of internal and external scripts).

Console/terminal-based

Name	Licence	Platform	Details
Apache FtpServer	Open-source	Windows Server 03/08 R2, Linux, Unknown Mac Compatibility	The Apache FtpServer is a 100% pure Java FTP server. It's designed to be a complete and portable FTP server engine solution based on currently available open protocols. FtpServer can be run standalone as a Windows service or Unix/Linux daemon, or embedded into a Java application. We also provide support for integration within Spring applications and provide our releases as OSGi bundles.
CrushFTP Server	proprietary, shareware	Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL, AS2, AS3, Plugin API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, SQL authentication, GUI remote administration, Events / Alerts, Protocol Conversion (incoming FTP/FTPS/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols converted to a back end FTP/SFTP server.), SSH Tunneling, HTTP(S) Tunneling, CrushTask, Headless (A separate GUI machine can connect and control the server, or you can edit XML files directly.)
glFTPd		Linux, BSD, Mac OS X	This server has numerous features making many complex and complicated setups possible. Some of the most important are: virtual users and groups, private paths, bandwidth throttling, upload/download ratio support, on the fly CRC calculating of files being uploaded, script support on almost all commands and operations, online user management, built-in statistics viewable using site commands, FTPS and ACL support.
GoAnywhere Services	proprietary	Linux, BSD, Unix, AIX, i5/OS, HP-UX	Enterprise Level file transfer with Web portal and file trigger capabilities.
MuddleFTPD
ProFTPD	open-source	Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, Cygwin, and more
publicfile	open-source	Linux, BSD, and more	support FTP and HTTP
Pure-FTPd	open-source	Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more	default FTP daemon in many linux distributions[citation needed]
SlimFTPd	open source, BSD License	Windows only
vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon)	GPLv2	Linux, BSD, and more	Supports standard FTP and secure FTPS protocols. Builtin mechanisms allow implicit and explicit mode of FTPS. Security is achieved by using of external SSL library, which simplify the source code of the server. An unusual feature is the ability to force anonymous connections through SSL encryption, thus increasing overall security of anonymous file transfers. SSLv1, SSLv2 and TLS protocols are provided. Optionally validation of client certificates can be configured. The access of users can be controlled by deny and enable lists. The server can be configured to generate detailed activity logs - the log format may be verbose or compatible with wu-ftpd format. vsftpd is default FTP daemon in Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, NimbleX and RHEL. Others like Slackware and Debian require an additional installation. The licensing model of vsftd is GPLv2 with exception which allows linking with OpenSSL library.
wu-ftpd	open-source	Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and more	Main website seems offline, but continues development in the newer CC series

Libraries

Name	Licence	Language	Platform	Details
pyftpdlib	MIT License	Python	Platform independent	A high-level portable library to easily write asynchronous FTP servers with Python. It is currently the most complete RFC-959 FTP server implementation available for Python.

See also

• Comparison of FTP client software
• File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
• FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS)
• FTP over SSH
• SSH File Transfer Protocol

External links

• List of FTP server software at the Open Directory Project