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.
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license | Copy files over 2GiB[1] | |
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AbleFtp | HiTek Software | ? | 8.00 | free trial , $69.95 | Proprietary | |
AbsoluteTelnet SFTP | Celestial Software | 1996 | 6.01 | free trial , $49.95 | Proprietary | |
AceFTP | Visicom Media | 1997 | 3.80.3 | free trial , $29.95 | Proprietary | |
ALFTP | ESTsoft | 2000 | 4.1 | Freeware | Proprietary | |
AmiTradeCenter | AmigaZeux | 1999 | 1.4 | Freeware | Proprietary | |
BitKinex FTP | Barad-Dur, LLC. | 2003 | 2.9 | $34 | Proprietary | |
BulletProof FTP aka BPFTP | BulletProof Software LLC | 1997 | 2.61.0.54 | free trial , $34.95 | Proprietary | |
Captain FTP | Xnet | 2001 | 4.5 | $25, $40 (Upgrade Protected) | Proprietary | |
Classic FTP | NCH Software | 2007 | 1.0 | Free | Proprietary | |
CoreFTP | CoreFTP.com | 2003 | 2.1 | Free (LE), $24.95 (Standard) $34.95 (Pro) | Proprietary | |
CrossFTP | CrossFTP | 2006 | 1.37 | Free (Standard), $24.95 (Pro) | Proprietary | |
cURL | Daniel Stenberg | 1998 | 7.17.0 | Free | MIT | |
CurlFtpFS | Robson Braga Araujo | 2006 | 0.9.1 | Free | GPL | |
CuteFTP | Alex Kunadze | 1994 | 8.0.7 | $39.99 (Home), $59.99 (Pro) | Proprietary | |
Cyberduck | David V. Kocher | 2001 | 2.7.3 | Free | GPL | |
Directory Opus | GPSoftware | 1990 | 9.0 | AUD$85 | Proprietary | |
eFtp Client | Ecode Software | 2001 | 3.0 | $29 (Home), $39.99 (Pro) | Proprietary | |
Exceed | Hummingbird Ltd. | 2001 | 2008 | $545.00 | Proprietary | |
F-IT | Jupiter ITS | 2008 | 0.1 | Free | MIT | |
FAR Manager | Eugene Roshal / FAR Group | 1996 | 1.70 | $25, Free for Russian-speakers | Proprietary | |
Fetch | Fetch Softworks | 1989 | 5.3 | $25, Free for education | Proprietary | |
FileZilla | Tim Kosse, et al. | January, 2001 | 3.0.7 | Free | GPL | Yes |
FireFTP | Mime Čuvalo | September, 2004 | 0.97.1 | Free, Charityware | MPL | |
FlashFXP | iniCom Networks | June 24, 1998 | 3.6.0.1240 | $25.00 | Proprietary | |
Fling FTP | NCH Software | 2007 | 1.0.7 | Free | Proprietary | |
FTP Commander | Internetsoft Corporation | 1997 | 8.80 | $49.95 | Proprietary | |
FtpCube | Michael Gilfix | 2001 | 0.5.1 | Free | Artistic | |
FTPEditor | FTPEditor.com | 1999 | 3.3 | $29 (Standard), $49 (Pro) | Proprietary | |
FTP Explorer | FTPx Corp. | October, 1996 | 1.0.1.53 | $35.99 | Proprietary | |
FTPRush | TianHong.NC China | June, 2004 | 1.0.0622 | $29.95 | Proprietary | |
FTP Voyager | Rhino Software, Inc. | February, 1997 | 15.0.0.2 | $39.95 (Standard), $49.95 (Secure) | Proprietary | |
Fugu | University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group | 2003 | 1.2.0 | Free | BSD | |
gFTP | Brian Masney | 1998 | 2.0.18 | Free | GPL | |
Global Downloader | Actysoft Inc | 2005 | 1.4.0.1 | $24,95 | Proprietary | |
Glub Tech Secure FTP | Glub Tech, Inc. | 1999 | 2.5.15 | $25.00 commercial, Free noncommercial | Proprietary | |
Interarchy | Stairways Software Pty Ltd | 1993 (as Anarchie) | 9.0 | $59.00 | Proprietary | |
Kasablanca | Magnus Kulke | 2002 | 0.4.0.2 | Free | GPL | |
KFTPGrabber | Jernej Kos | 2003 | 0.8.1 | Free | GPL | |
LeechFTP | Jan Debis | 1998 | 1.3 (Discontinued) | Free | Proprietary | |
lftp | Alexander V. Lukyanov | August, 1996 | 3.5.11 | Free | GPL | |
MacFusion | MacFusion Project | 2007 | 1.2 Beta 3 | Free | Apache License 2.0 | |
Mosaic | NCSA | 1993 | 3.0 | Free | ? | |
MOVEit Freely | Standard Networks, Inc. | 2002 | 5.0 | Free | Proprietary | |
NcFTP | NcFTP Software Inc. | 1991 | 3.1.9 | Free | Clarified Artistic License | |
net2ftp | David C. Gartner | January, 2003 | 0.96 | Free | GPL | |
Red Bird SFX - Secure File Transfer | Kandmtech, LLC | 2004 | ? | $49.95 | Proprietary | |
Robo-FTP - Secure Automated File Transfer | Serengeti Systems Incorporated | January 30, 2001 | 3.5.0 | Free Trial, $149.99 | Proprietary | |
SecureFX | VanDyke Software Inc. | 2007 | 4.5 | $59.95 | Proprietary | |
SftpDrive | Magnetk LLC | 2005 | 1.7.7 | $39 | Proprietary | |
SFTPPlus | Pro:Atria Ltd | 2005 | 2.0 | Commercial, flexible edu etc. | Proprietary | |
SmartFTP | SmartSoft Ltd | 1998 | 3.0.1013.7 | $36.95 commercial, Free noncommercial trial | Proprietary | |
Sysax FTP Automation | Codeorigin, LLC | 2000 | 4.0 | Free personal, $97 commercial | Proprietary | |
Transmit | Panic, Inc. | 1998 | 3.6.6 | $29.95 | Proprietary | |
WebDrive | South River Technologies | 1998 | 7.31 | $54.95, free trial | Shareware | |
WinSCP | Martin Prikryl | 2000 | 4.0.7 | Free | GPL | |
WISE-FTP | AceBIT | 1998 | 5.5.5 | 49.00 | Proprietary | |
WS FTP | Ipswitch, Inc. | 1996 | 2007.00 | $39.95 (Home), $54.95 (Pro) | Proprietary | |
Creator | First public release date | Latest stable version | Cost (USD) | Software license |
[edit] Operating system support
The operating systems the clients can run on.
Client | Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS |
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AbsoluteTelnet SFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
AceFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
ALFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
AmiTradeCenter | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
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 |
eFtp Client | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Exceed | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 |
FtpCube | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
FTPEditor | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
FTP Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
FTPRush | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
FTP Voyager | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
MacFusion | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Mosaic | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
MOVEit Freely | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
NcFTP (CL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
net2ftp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
Red Bird SFX - Secure File Transfer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Robo-FTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
SftpDrive | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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.
FTP | FTP over SSH (secure FTP) | SFTP | FTPS (FTP over SSL) | FXP (Site2site transfer) | DAV / HTTP(S) | P2P | Compression | Remote Compression | API / Commandline available | |
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AbsoluteTelnet SFTP | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
AceFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ||
ALFTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
AmiTradeCenter | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | ARexx | |
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 | No | 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) | No | Yes (Pro only) | No | |
Cyberduck | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
Directory Opus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Exceed | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | No | Yes | No | |||||
FlashFXP | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Fling FTP | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
FTP Commander | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
FtpCube | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
FTPEditor | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | |||||
FTP Explorer | Yes | No | No | No | No | |||||
FTPRush | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | ||
FTP Voyager | Yes | Yes (Secure only) | Yes (Secure only) | Yes (Secure only) | No | No | ||||
Fugu | 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)) | Yes | 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 | |||
Mosaic | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |||
MOVEit Freely | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes (Only) | |
NcFTP | Yes | No | No | No | ||||||
Red Bird SFX - Secure File Transfer | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | ||
Robo-FTP Secure Automated File Transfer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | |
SftpDrive | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | |||
SFTPPlus | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||
SmartFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
Sysax FTP Automation | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Transmit | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||
WebDrive | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
WinSCP | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes (SFTP only) | No | Yes | |
WISE-FTP | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ||
WS FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes (Pro only) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes |
ZipDeploy | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
FTP | FTP over SSH (secure FTP) | SFTP | FTPS (FTP over SSL) | FXP (Site2site transfer) | DAV / HTTP(S) | P2P | 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 Windoze, 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