- Comparison of FTP client software
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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of FTP clients and related clients that use other file transfer protocols. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.
link titleftp://forever-laris.free.bg Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc.
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Free
Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GiB[1] Interface cURL Daniel Stenberg 1998 7.21.3 MIT Yes CLI CurlFtpFS Robson Braga Araujo 2006 0.9.2 GPL ? Virtual file system Cyberduck David V. Kocher 2001 3.7 GPL Yes GUI edtFTPj Bruce P. Blackshaw 2000 2.2.0 LGPL Yes Java JAR file edtFTPnet Bruce P. Blackshaw 2003 2.2.1 LGPL Yes Windows DLL FileZilla Community 2001 (January) 3.5.1 GPL Yes GUI FireFTP Mime Čuvalo 2004 (September) 1.0.10 MPL, Charityware No Firefox addon Fugu University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group 2003 1.2.0 BSD ? GUI gFTP Brian Masney 1998 2.0.19 GPL Yes GTK+ lftp Alexander V. Lukyanov 1996 (August) 4.1.1 GPL Yes CLI Macfusion Michael Gorbach ? 2.0.4 BSD ? GUI NcFTP NcFTP Software Inc. 1991 3.2.4 Clarified Artistic License Yes CLI net2ftp David C. Gartner 2003 (January) 0.98 GPL ? Web interface PSFTP (PuTTY) Simon Tatham 1999 (January) 0.6 MIT ? CLI Swish Alexander Lamaison 2007 0.4.4 GPL Yes Windows Explorer shell extension WinSCP Martin Prikryl 2000 4.3.4 GPL Yes GUI Yafc John Buswell ? 1.1.1 GPL ? CLI Freeware
Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GiB[1] Interface BitKinex Barad-Dur, LLC. 2003 3.2.2 Proprietary Yes GUI + command line Classic FTP NCH Software 2007 1.13 Proprietary Yes GUI Fling FTP (free version contains adware) NCH Software 2007 1.0.7 Proprietary Yes Windows Explorer shell extension FTP Rush Wing FTP Software 2011 2.1.5 Freeware Yes GUI LeechFTP Jan Debis 1998 1.3 (Discontinued) Proprietary No ? Mosaic NCSA 1993 3.0 (Discontinued) Proprietary ? ? pbFtpClient Level5Software 2007 6.1 Proprietary ? Windows GUI UploadFTP Free Brightek Software 2011 2.0 Proprietary Yes GUI Freeware and Payware Editions
Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GiB[1] CoreFTP CoreFTP.com 2003 2.1 Proprietary ? CrossFTP CrossFTP.com 2006 1.51 Proprietary Yes FAR Manager Eugene Roshal / FAR Group 1996 2.0.1807 Proprietary Yes Fetch Fetch Softworks 1989 5.5.1 Proprietary Yes Secure FTP Glub Tech 1999 2.6.0 Proprietary Yes Sysax FTP Automation Codeorigin, LLC 2005 4.1 Proprietary Yes Trials of Payware
Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GiB[1] BatchFTP ENSware LLC. 2000 9.0.0.1 Proprietary Yes 3D-FTP SiteDesigner Technologies, Inc. 1999 9.01 Proprietary Yes AbsoluteTelnet Celestial Software 1996 7.21 Proprietary Yes AutoFTP PrimaSoft PC 1998 4.9 Proprietary ? BulletProof FTP aka BPFTP BulletProof Software LLC 1997 2.63 Proprietary Yes CuteFTP Alex Kunadze 1994 8.3.4 Proprietary Yes FlashFXP OpenSight Software, LLC 1999 4.0 Proprietary Yes FTP Client Vicomsoft 1997 4.6.3 Proprietary Yes FTP Voyager Rhino Software, Inc January, 1997 15.1.0.4 Proprietary Yes Global Downloader Actysoft Inc 2005 1.6.2.1 Proprietary Yes LeapFTP LeapWare 1996 3.0.1 Proprietary Yes GoAnywhere Director Linoma Software 2002 3.5.1 Proprietary Yes Robo-FTP Serengeti Systems Incorporated 2001 3.7.8 Proprietary Yes SmartFTP SmartSoft Ltd 1998 3.0.1217.0 Proprietary Yes Total Commander Christian Ghisler 1993 7.55a Proprietary Yes UploadFTP Brightek Software 2011 2.0 Proprietary Yes WebDrive South River Technologies, Inc. 1998 9.0.2199 Proprietary Yes WS_FTP Ipswitch, Inc. 1996 12.3 Proprietary Yes Yummy FTP Yummy Software 2004 1.8.2 Proprietary ? Payware
Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GiB[1] ALFTP ESTsoft 2000 5.1 Proprietary ? BitKinex FTP Barad-Dur, LLC. 2003 3.0.3 Proprietary ? Captain FTP Xnet 2001 6.0 Proprietary ? Directory Opus GPSoftware 1990 9.5 Proprietary Yes ExpanDrive (Mac) ExpanDrive, Inc 2008 1.3.4 Proprietary Yes ExpanDrive (Windows) (formerly SftpDrive) ExpanDrive, Inc 2005 1.8.1 Proprietary ? FTP Commander Internetsoft Corporation 1997 9.20 Proprietary Yes FTP Explorer FTPx Corp. October, 1996 1.0.1.53 Proprietary ? GoAnywhere Director Linoma Software 2002 3.6.2 Proprietary Yes Interarchy nolobe pty ltd. 1993 (as Anarchie) 10.0.2 Proprietary Yes SecureFX VanDyke Software 1998 6.7 Proprietary Yes Transmit Panic, Inc. 1998 4.1.6 Proprietary Yes WISE-FTP AceBIT 1998 6.1.0 Proprietary ? Operating system support
The operating systems the clients can run on.
Client Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS 3D-FTP Yes No No No No No AbsoluteTelnet Yes No No No No No ALFTP Yes No No No No No BitKinex Yes No No No No No Captain FTP No Yes No No No No Classic FTP Yes Yes No No No No CoreFTP Yes No No No No No CrossFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes cURL (CL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes CurlFtpFS No Yes Yes Yes No No CuteFTP Yes Yes No No No No Cyberduck Yes Yes No No No No Directory Opus Yes No No No No Yes ExpanDrive Yes Yes No No No No FAR Manager Yes No No No No No Fetch No Yes No No No No FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No FireFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No FlashFXP Yes No No No No No Fling FTP Yes No No No No No FRENDS Cobalt Yes No No No No No FTP Client No Yes No No No No FTP Commander Yes No No No No No FTP Explorer Yes No No No No No FTP Voyager Yes No No No No No Fugu No Yes No No No No FTP Rush Yes No No No No No gFTP No Yes Yes Yes Yes No GoAnywhere Director Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Interarchy No Yes No No No No LeechFTP Yes No No No No No lftp (CL) Yes (cygwin) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Macfusion No Yes No No No No Mosaic Yes Yes No No Yes Yes NcFTP (CL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes net2ftp (webbased) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes pbFtpClient Yes No No No No Yes PSFTP (PuTTY) (CL) Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Robo-FTP Yes No No No No No SFTPPlus Yes No Yes No Yes No Secure FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SmartFTP Yes No No No No No Swish Yes No No No No No Sysax FTP Automation Yes No No No No No Total Commander Yes No No No No No Transmit No Yes No No No No UploadFTP Yes No No No No No WebDrive Yes Yes No No No No WinSCP Yes No No No No No WISE-FTP Yes No No No No No WS_FTP Yes No No No No No Yummy FTP No Yes No No No No Client Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS (CL) Command-Line interface only – no GUI
Protocol support
Information about what internet protocols the clients support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the clients or extensions that provide such functionality.
Client FTP FTP over SSH SFTP FTPS (FTP over SSL) FXP (Site2site transfer) DAV / HTTP(S) Compression Remote Compression API / Commandline available Resume Download 3D-FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes AbsoluteTelnet No No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ? ALFTP Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? ? BitKinex Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Captain FTP Yes No Yes Yes ? No No ? ? ? Classic FTP Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? ? CoreFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes ? CrossFTP Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes Yes Yes cURL Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes (Only) Yes CurlFtpFS Yes No No Yes No No No No ? ? CuteFTP Yes No Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes (HTTP(S) – Pro only) Yes (Pro only) No ? ? Cyberduck Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes (SFTP only) No Yes Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes ExpanDrive (Mac) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes ? ExpanDrive (Windows) No No Yes No No No ? No ? ? FAR Manager Yes ? Yes (with WinSCP plugin) Yes (with Far Navigator plugin) ? No No ? ? ? Fetch Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No ? FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes (basic) Yes FireFTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No ? FlashFXP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes ? Fling FTP Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? FTP Client Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes FTP Commander Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? FTP Explorer Yes No No No ? ? No ? ? ? FTP Voyager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Fugu No No Yes No No No No ? ? ? FTP Rush Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes gFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes (control connection only) Yes ? No ? ? ? GoAnywhere Director Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Interarchy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes LeechFTP Yes No No No No No No ? ? ? lftp Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes (Partial) No No Yes Yes Macfusion Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Mosaic Yes No No No No No No ? ? ? NcFTP Yes No No ? ? ? No ? Yes ? pbFtpClient Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No ? ? PSFTP (PuTTY) No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Robo-FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes Yes SFTPPlus Yes No Yes Yes ? Yes No ? Yes ? Secure FTP Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? SmartFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes ? Swish No No Yes No No No Yes ? No ? Sysax FTP Automation Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes (script and command line) ? Total Commander Yes Yes Yes (plugin) Yes Yes Yes (plugin) Yes ? Yes Yes Transmit Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes UploadFTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes WebDrive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? WinSCP Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes (SFTP only) Yes (SCP command) Yes Yes WISE-FTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ? WS_FTP Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes (Pro only) No Yes (Pro only) ? Yummy FTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Client FTP FTP over SSH SFTP FTPS (FTP over SSL) FXP (Site2site transfer) DAV / HTTP(S) Compression Remote Compression API / Commandline available Resume Download Notes
- ^ a b c d e ubuntuforums.org: 2007, 2gb data transfer limitation? Quote: "...The common 2GB limit is actually a bug in many FTP clients. If he is using Windows, try the latest FileZilla...", kernel.org: FAQ: I can't download a file with size greater than 2GB, is your website broken?, Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits
See also
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- Comparison of FTP server software
- Comparison of SSH clients – note that many of these, although not listed here, also have an SFTP capability
Categories:- Software comparisons
- FTP clients
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