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.
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[edit] General information
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc.
[edit] Free
| Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Software license | Copy files over 2 GiB[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic FTP | NCH Software | 2007 | 1.13 | Proprietary | Yes |
| cURL | Daniel Stenberg | 1998 | 7.19.0 | MIT | Yes |
| CurlFtpFS | Robson Braga Araujo | 2006 | 0.9.1 | GPL | ? |
| Cyberduck | David V. Kocher | 2001 | 3.1 | GPL | Yes |
| FileZilla | Tim Kosse, et al. | January, 2001 | 3.2 | GPL | Yes |
| FireFTP | Mime Čuvalo | September, 2004 | 1.0.2 | MPL | ? |
| Fling FTP | NCH Software | 2007 | 1.0.7 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Fugu | University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group | 2003 | 1.2.0 | BSD | ? |
| gFTP | Brian Masney | 1998 | 2.0.19 | GPL | ? |
| Kasablanca | Magnus Kulke | 2002 | 0.4.0.2 | GPL | ? |
| KFTPGrabber | Jernej Kos | 2003 | 0.8.1 | GPL | ? |
| lftp | Alexander V. Lukyanov | August, 1996 | 3.7.11 | GPL | Yes |
| NcFTP | NcFTP Software Inc. | 1991 | 3.1.9 | Clarified Artistic License | ? |
| net2ftp | David C. Gartner | January, 2003 | 0.96 | GPL | ? |
| pbFtpClient | Level5Software | 2007 | 5.30 | Proprietary | ? |
| WinSCP | Martin Prikryl | 2000 | 4.1.8 | GPL | Yes |
| LeechFTP | Jan Debis | 1998 | 1.3 (Discontinued) | Proprietary | ? |
| Mosaic | NCSA | 1993 | 3.0 (Discontinued) | ? | ? |
[edit] Optional
| Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | Copy files over 2 GiB[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CrossFTP | CrossFTP.com | 2006 | 1.51 | Free (Standard), $25 (Pro) | Proprietary | Yes |
| Fetch | Fetch Softworks | 1989 | 5.3.1 | $25, Free for education | Proprietary | ? |
| FAR Manager | Eugene Roshal / FAR Group | 1996 | 1.70 | $25, Free for ex-USSR | Proprietary | ? |
| CoreFTP | CoreFTP.com | 2003 | 2.1 | Free (LE), $24.95 (Standard), $34.95 (Pro) | Proprietary | ? |
| Glub Tech Secure FTP | Glub Tech, Inc. | 1999 | 2.5.18 | $30.00 commercial, Free noncommercial | Proprietary | ? |
| Sysax FTP Automation | Codeorigin, LLC | 2005 | 4.1 | Free personal edition, $147 pro edition | Proprietary | Yes |
[edit] Free Trials
| Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | Copy files over 2 GiB[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D-FTP | SiteDesigner Technologies, Inc. | 1999 | 8.03 | free trial , $39.95 | Proprietary | Yes |
| BulletProof FTP aka BPFTP | BulletProof Software LLC | 1997 | 2.63 | free trial , $34.95 | Proprietary | ? |
| CuteFTP | Alex Kunadze | 1994 | 8.3.2 | free trial, $39.99 (Home), $14.99 (Lite) , Pro ($59.99 (for Windows), $39.99 (for Mac)) |
Proprietary | Yes |
| SmartFTP | SmartSoft Ltd | 1998 | 3.0.1026.12 | $36.95 / $49.95 | Proprietary | Yes |
| WebDrive | South River Technologies | 1998 | 7.31 | free trial, $54.95 | Shareware | ? |
[edit] Non-Free
| Client | Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | Copy files over 2 GiB[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALFTP | ESTsoft | 2000 | 5.1 | $20 | Proprietary | ? |
| BitKinex FTP | Barad-Dur, LLC. | 2003 | 3.0.3 | $34 | Proprietary | ? |
| Captain FTP | Xnet | 2001 | 6.0 | $25, $40 (Upgrade Protected) | Proprietary | ? |
| Directory Opus | GPSoftware | 1990 | 9.0 | $61.2 | Proprietary | ? |
| ExpanDrive (Mac) | ExpanDrive, Inc | 2008 | 1.3.4 | $39.95 | Proprietary | Yes |
| ExpanDrive (Windows) (formerly SftpDrive) | ExpanDrive, Inc | 2005 | 1.8.1 | $39.95 | Proprietary | ? |
| FTP Commander | Internetsoft Corporation | 1997 | 8.80 | $49.95 | Proprietary | Yes |
| FTP Explorer | FTPx Corp. | October, 1996 | 1.0.1.53 | $35.99 | Proprietary | ? |
| FTP Voyager | Rhino Software, Inc | January, 1997 | 15.1.0.3 | $39.95 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Global Downloader | Actysoft Inc | 2005 | 1.4.5.1 | $24,95 | Proprietary | Yes |
| Interarchy | Stairways Software Pty Ltd | 1993 (as Anarchie) | 9.0 | $59.00 | Proprietary | ? |
| Transmit | Panic, Inc. | 1998 | 3.6.6 | $29.95 | Proprietary | ? |
| WISE-FTP | AceBIT | 1998 | 5.5.9 | $64.66 | Proprietary | ? |
[edit] 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 |
| ALFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| BitKinex | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| BulletProof FTP | Yes | Yes | 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 | No | 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 |
| FTP Commander | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| FTP Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| FTP Voyager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Fugu | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| gFTP | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Global Downloader | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Glub Tech Secure FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interarchy | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Kasablanca | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| KFTPGrabber | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| LeechFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| lftp (CL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
| SFTPPlus | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| SmartFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Sysax FTP Automation | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Transmit | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| WebDrive | Yes | No | 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 |
| Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS |
(CL) Command-Line interface only - no GUI
[edit] 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 (secure FTP) | SFTP | FTPS (FTP over SSL) | FXP (Site2site transfer) | DAV / HTTP(S) | Compression | Remote Compression | API / Commandline available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3D-FTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| ALFTP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| BitKinex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? |
| BulletProof FTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| Captain FTP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? |
| Classic FTP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| CoreFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| CrossFTP | Yes | Yes (Pro only) | Yes (Pro only) | Yes (Pro only) | Yes (Pro only) | Yes (Pro only) | Yes | No | Yes |
| cURL | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (Only) |
| 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 |
| Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
| 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) | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? |
| Fetch | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| FileZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (basic) |
| FireFTP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No |
| FlashFXP | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Fling FTP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| FTP Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? |
| FTP Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
| FTP Voyager | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Fugu | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| gFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (control connection only) | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| Global Downloader | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (HTTP(S)) | No | No | No |
| Glub Tech Secure FTP | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Interarchy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| Kasablanca | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? |
| KFTPGrabber | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? |
| LeechFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| lftp | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Partial) | No | No | Yes |
| Mosaic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? |
| NcFTP | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
| pbFtpClient | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
| SFTPPlus | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| SmartFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Sysax FTP Automation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (script and command line) |
| Transmit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? |
| WebDrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| WinSCP | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (SFTP only) | Yes (SCP command) | Yes |
| WISE-FTP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? |
| WS FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes (Pro only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Client | FTP | FTP over SSH (secure FTP) | SFTP | FTPS (FTP over SSL) | FXP (Site2site transfer) | DAV / HTTP(S) | Compression | Remote Compression | API / Commandline available |
[edit] Notes
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
