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. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.
Contents
Free and open source
Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Software license | Copy files over 2 GB limit[1] | Interface |
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cURL | Daniel Stenberg | 1998 | 7.44.0 (August 12, 2015[2]) [±] | MIT | Yes | CLI |
Cyberduck | David V. Kocher | 2001 | 4.6.1 December 18, 2014 | GPL | Yes | GUI |
FileZilla | Community | 2001 (January) | 3.14.1 (16 October 2015[±][3] | )GPL | Yes | GUI |
FireFTP | Mime Čuvalo | 2004 (September) | 2.0.24.1-signed (May 18, 2015[±] | )MPL 1.1, Charityware | Yes (since version 2.0.5) | Firefox addon |
Fugu | University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group | 2003 | 1.2.0 May 2, 2005 | BSD | ? | GUI |
gFTP | Brian Masney | 1998 | 2.0.19 November 30, 2008 | GPL | Yes | GTK+ |
lftp | Alexander V. Lukyanov | 1996 (August) | 4.7.1 (April 4, 2016[4]) [±] | GPL | Yes | CLI |
Macfusion | Michael Gorbach | ? | 2.0.4 | BSD | ? | GUI |
NcFTP | NcFTP Software Inc. | 1991 | 3.2.5 January 17, 2011 | Clarified Artistic License | Yes | CLI |
net2ftp | David C. Gartner | 2003 (January) | 0.98 March 1, 2013 | GPL | ? | Web application |
Swish | Alexander Lamaison | 2007 | 0.7.0 July 30, 2012 | GPL | Yes | Windows Explorer shell extension |
tnftp | Luke Mewburn | 1999 | 20130505 May 5, 2013 | BSD | ? | CLI |
WinSCP | Martin Přikryl | 2000 | 5.7.6 (November 4, 2015[5]) [±] | GPL | Yes | GUI and CLI |
Yafc | Sebastian Ramacher | 1999 | v1.3.7 (January 1, 2016[±] | )GPL | Yes | CLI |
Proprietary freeware
Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Software license | Copy files over 2 GB[1] | Interface |
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Admin Hands | ARPAplus | 2015 | 2015.05.01.01 (May 1, 2015 | )Proprietary | Yes | Android |
Ali's FTP Interface | S. Ali Tokmen | 2003 | 2013.01.20.01 (January 20, 2013 | )No license mentioned, but source is available | ? | Web application |
AnyClient | JSCAPE | 2008 | 4.1 January 14, 2012 | Proprietary | Yes | Web Interface and GUI |
BitKinex | Barad-Dur, LLC. | 2003 | 3.2.2 July 11, 2010 | Proprietary | Yes | GUI + command line |
Classic FTP | NCH Software | 2007 | 2.52 | Proprietary | Yes | GUI |
Fling FTP (free version contains adware) | NCH Software | 2007 | 1.0.7 | Proprietary | Yes | Windows Explorer shell extension |
FTP! | syncplify.me | 2014 (January) | 1.0.6.26 January 14, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes | GUI |
FTP Rush | Wing FTP Software | 2011 | 2.1.8 | Freeware | Yes | GUI |
LeechFTP | Jan Debis | 1998 | 1.3 (Discontinued) | Proprietary | No | GUI |
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 |
FTP Voyager | Rhino Software, Inc | January, 1997 | 16.1.0.0 (August 20, 2013; 8 months ago) | Proprietary | Yes | GUI |
Freeware and commercial editions
Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Software license | Copy files over 2 GB[1] |
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CoreFTP | CoreFTP.com | 2003 | 2.2 (build 1751) June 27, 2012 | Freeware | Yes |
CrossFTP | CrossFTP.com | 2006 | 1.51 | Proprietary | Yes |
FAR Manager | Eugene Roshal / FAR Group | 1996 | 3.0 build 4242 (17 January 2015[±] 2.0 build 1807 (3 February 2011[±] |
) Proprietary | Yes |
Fetch | Fetch Softworks | 1989 | 5.7.3 October 30, 2013 | Proprietary | Yes |
FTP Script! | syncplify.me | 2013 | 2.0.2.22 December 9, 2013 | Proprietary | Yes |
rwBackup | Stack-Its | 2014 | 1.0 April 16, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes |
Secure FTP | Glub Tech | 1999 | 2.6.2 July 27, 2013 | Apache | Yes |
Sysax FTP Automation | Codeorigin, LLC | 2005 | 5.31 April 12, 2012 | Proprietary | Yes |
Xftp | Netsarang Computer | 2004? | 4 Build 0111 January 6, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes |
Trials of commercial
Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Software license | Copy files over 2 GB[1] |
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3D-FTP | SiteDesigner Technologies, Inc. | 1999 | 9.01 July 6, 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
AbsoluteTelnet | Celestial Software | 1996 | 9.49 July 2, 2012 | Proprietary | Yes |
AutoFTP | PrimaSoft PC | 1998 | 4.9 | Proprietary | ? |
BatchFTP | ENSware LLC. | 2000 | 9.0.0.1 February 12, 2009 | Proprietary | Yes |
Beyond Compare | Scooter Software | 1996 | 4.1.3 December 17, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes |
Beyond FTP | Automated Programming Technologies | 1997 | 3.3.01 (build 009) July 11, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes |
BulletProof FTP aka BPFTP | BulletProof Software LLC | 1997 | 2.63 | Proprietary | Yes |
ClassicFTP | NCH Software. | 2007 | 2.52 December 29, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes |
Commander One | Eltima Software | 2015 | 1.1 September 29, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes |
CuteFTP | Alex Kunadze/Globalscape | 1994 | 9.0.5 (Windows) July 22, 2013 | / 3.1.3 (Mac) May 2, 2014Proprietary | Yes |
Directory Opus | GPSoftware | 1990 | 11.10 December 19, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes |
FlashFXP | OpenSight Software, LLC | 1999 | 4.3.0 February 20, 2013 | Proprietary | Yes |
FTP Client | Vicomsoft | 1997 | 5.0.1 | Proprietary | Yes |
Global Downloader | Actysoft Inc | 2005 | 1.8.1.1 November 20, 2011 | Proprietary | Yes |
LeapFTP | LeapWare | 1996 | 3.1.0 October 31, 2010 | Proprietary | Yes |
GoAnywhere Director | Linoma Software | 2002 | 4.5.1 | Proprietary | Yes |
Robo-FTP | Serengeti Systems Incorporated | 2001 | 3.8.3 July 30, 2012 | Proprietary | Yes |
rwBackup | Stack-Its | 2014 | 1.0 April 16, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes |
SFTPPlus | Pro:Atria Ltd | 2005 | 3 | Proprietary | Yes |
SmartFTP | SmartSoft Ltd | 1998 | 6.0.2155.0 July 23, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes |
Total Commander | Christian Ghisler | 1993 | 8.52a September 17, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes |
UploadFTP | Brightek Software | 2011 | 2.0.1 August 14, 2011 | Proprietary | Yes |
WebDrive | South River Technologies, Inc. | 1998 | 11.0 February 1, 2013 | Proprietary | Yes |
WS_FTP | Ipswitch, Inc. | 1996 | 12.4 | Proprietary | Yes |
Yummy FTP | Yummy Software | 2004 | 1.9.0 May 10, 2011 | Proprietary | ? |
LexiCom | Cleo | 2003 | 5.2 July 1, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes |
Commercial
Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Software license | Copy files over 2 GB[1] | |
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ALFTP | ESTsoft | 2000 | 5.31 February 1, 2012 | Proprietary | ? | |
BitKinex FTP | Barad-Dur, LLC. | 2003 | 3.2.3 November 7, 2010 | Proprietary | ? | |
Captain FTP | Xnet | 2001 | 6.5 | Proprietary | ? | |
ExpanDrive (Mac) | ExpanDrive, Inc | 2008 | 5.1.9 (April 6, 2016[±] | )Proprietary | Yes | |
ExpanDrive (Windows) (formerly SftpDrive) | ExpanDrive, Inc | 2005 | 5.1.9 (April 6, 2016[±] | )Proprietary | Yes | |
Flow | Five Details | 2008 | 1.6.5 | Proprietary | Yes | |
FTP Client | Hankinsoft Development, Inc | 2011 | 1.10 | Proprietary | Yes | |
FTP Commander | Internetsoft Corporation | 1997 | 9.21 November 8, 2010 | Proprietary | Yes | |
FTP Explorer | FTPx Corp. | October, 1996 | 1.0.1.53 | Proprietary | ? | |
GoAnywhere Director | Linoma Software | 2002 | 4.5.1 | Proprietary | Yes | |
Interarchy | Nolobe Software Pty Ltd | 1993 (as Anarchie) | 10.0.2 August 18, 2010 | Proprietary | Yes | |
rwBackup | Stack-Its | 2014 | 1.0 April 16, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes | |
SFTPPlus | Pro:Atria Ltd | 2005 | 3 | Proprietary | Yes | |
SecureFX | VanDyke Software | 1998 | 7.0 July 3, 2012 | Proprietary | Yes | |
Steed | French Fry, SAS | 2012 | 1.1.1.1014 March 17, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes | |
Transmit | Panic, Inc. | 1998 | 4.4.8 September 19, 2014 | Proprietary | Yes | |
WISE-FTP | AceBIT | 1998 | 7.0 (Build 7.0.4) March 16, 2012 | Proprietary | ? | |
edtFTPj | Bruce P. Blackshaw | 2000 | 2.3.0 August 26, 2011 | Proprietary | Yes | Java JAR file |
edtFTPnet | Bruce P. Blackshaw | 2003 | 2.2.1 August 26, 2011 | Proprietary | Yes | Windows DLL |
VLTrader | Cleo | 2005 | 5.2 July 1, 2015 | Proprietary | Yes |
Operating system support
The operating systems the clients can run on.
Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS | AS400 |
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3D-FTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
AbsoluteTelnet | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
ALFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
AnyClient | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
Beyond Compare | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Beyond FTP | 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 | |
Commander One | No | 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! | 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 Script! | 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 | |
rwBackup | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
SFTPPlus | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Secure FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SmartFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Steed | 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 | |
Xftp | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Yummy FTP | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |
Cleo LexiCom | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Cleo VLTrader | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS | AS400 |
(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 | Passive mode |
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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 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ali's FTP Interface | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
AnyClient | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Beyond Compare | Yes | No | Yes (Pro only) | Yes (Pro only) | No | Yes (Pro only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Beyond FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Commander One | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
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 | Yes |
cURL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Only) | Yes | Yes |
CurlFtpFS | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
CuteFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (HTTP(S) | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes |
Cyberduck | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes (SFTP only) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
ExpanDrive (Mac) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
ExpanDrive (Windows) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes |
FireFTP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
FlashFXP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fling FTP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
FTP! | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | 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 Script! | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
FTP Voyager | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Fugu | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
FTP Rush | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (windows rushmirc.dll) | Yes | Yes |
gFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (control connection only) | Yes | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Partial) | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
Macfusion | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mosaic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? |
NcFTP | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | 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 | Yes |
rwBackup | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | ? |
SFTPPlus | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Secure FTP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
SmartFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Steed | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | 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 | Yes |
Transmit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes (AppleScript) | Yes | Yes |
UploadFTP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes (Pro Only) | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? |
WebDrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
Windows 7 (ftp.exe) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
WinSCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (SFTP only) | Yes (SCP command) | Yes | 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) | Yes (Pro only) | ? |
Xftp | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 | Passive mode |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 ubuntuforums.org: 2007, 2GB data transfer limitation? Quote: "...The common 2 GB 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
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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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