FileZilla

Infobox Software
name = FileZilla Client



caption = FileZilla 3.0 running in Ubuntu
collapsible = yes
developer = Tim Kosse, et al.
released = February, 2001
frequently_updated = Yes
programming language = C++, wxWidgets
operating system = Cross-platform
language = multilingual
genre = FTP client
license = GPL
website = [http://filezilla-project.org/ filezilla-project.org]

FileZilla Client (also referred to as FileZilla) is a free, open source, cross-platform FTP client. Binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). As of June 20, 2008, it was the 10th most popular download of all time from SourceForge.net. [ [http://sourceforge.net/top/topalltime.php?type=downloads SourceForge.net: All-Time Top Downloads ] ]

FileZilla Server is a sister product of FileZilla Client. It is an FTP server supported by the same project and features support for FTP and FTP over SSL/TLS.

FileZilla's source code is hosted on SourceForge. The project was featured as "Project of the Month" in November 2003. [ [http://sourceforge.net/potm/potm-2003-11.php SourceForge.net: Project of the Month (2003-11)] ]

Features and limitations

The main features are the site manager, message log, file and folder view, and the transfer queue.

The site manager allows a user to create a list of FTP sites along with their connection data, such as the port number to use, the protocol to use, and whether to use anonymous or normal logon. For normal logon, the username is saved and optionally the password.

The message log is displayed along the top of the window. It displays the console-type output showing the commands sent by FileZilla and the remote server's responses.

The file and folder view, displayed under the message log, provides a graphical interface for FTP. Users can navigate folders and view and alter their contents on both the local and remote machines using an Explorer-style tree interface. Users can drag and drop files between the local and remote computers.

The transfer queue, displayed along the bottom of the window, shows the real-time status of each queued or active file transfer.

As of version 2.2.23, FileZilla uses Unicode internally. As a result, it no longer runs on Windows 9x/ME.

The current binary versions of FileZilla for MacOS X no longer support MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger) or earlier. Running FileZilla with versions older than 10.5 (Leopard) requires compilation. [ [http://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6398&p=26014 Forum thread on Tiger support] ]

Timestamps

Uploading

FTP mode: Date/timestamps attributes on uploaded files can only be retained if the server supports the MFMT command.

SFTP mode: The said attributes can be retained starting with FileZilla 3.0.8.

Downloading

Date/timestamps on downloaded files can only be retained if the partition whereupon you save them supports timestamps for file creation date and time. E.g. on FAT32/NTFS partitions you can keep in the download folder the original timestamps that the files have on the server. Only newer FileZilla versions support keeping timestamps, and this option has to be enabled from the menu.

History

FileZilla was started as a computer science class project in the second week of January 2001 by Tim Kosse and two classmates. Before they started to write the code, they discussed on which licence they should release the code.They decided to make FileZilla an open-source project, because there were already many FTP clients available and they didn't think that they would sell even one copy if they made FileZilla commercial. [ [http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/documentation/history.htm FileZilla history ] ]

The alpha version was released in late February 2001, and all required features were implemented by beta 2.1.

Version 3 of FileZilla introduced support for operating systems other than Windows, including Linux and Mac OS X.

See also

*FileZilla Server
*Comparison of FTP client software

References

External links

* [http://filezilla-project.org/ Official website]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/ Project Site (SourceForge.net)]
* [http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Main_Page The FileZilla Wiki]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/xbfilezilla XBFileZilla] for the Xbox.
* [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/decathlon/filezilla Localising FileZilla]