Comparison of FTP client software

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Template:Use mdy dates The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) clients. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions, or external programs.

Free and open-source software

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Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB limit[1] Interface
Version Date
Template:Rh | cURL Daniel Stenberg 1998 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata curl Yes CLI
Template:Rh | Cyberduck David V. Kocher 2001 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata GPL-3.0-or-later Yes GUI and CLI
Template:Rh | Far Manager Eugene Roshal / FAR Group 1996 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata BSD-3-Clause Yes TUI
Template:Rh | FileZilla Community 2001 (January) Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata GPL-2.0-or-later Yes GUI
Template:Rh | FireFTP Mime Čuvalo 2004 (September) Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata MPL-1.1, Charityware Yes (since version 2.0.5) Waterfox, Firefox pre-version 57 addon
Template:Rh | Fugu University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group 2003 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Fugu[2] ? GUI
Template:Rh | gFTP Brian Masney 1998 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata GPL-2.0-or-later Yes GTK+
Template:Rh | lftp Alexander V. Lukyanov 1996 (August) Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata GPL-3.0-or-later Yes CLI
Template:Rh | Macfusion Michael Gorbach 0 ? Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Apache-2.0 ? GUI
Template:Rh | NcFTP NcFTP Software Inc. 1991 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata ClArtistic Yes CLI
Template:Rh | net2ftp David C. Gartner 2003 (January) Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata GPL-2.0-or-later ? Web application
Template:Rh | Rclone Nick Craig-Wood 2015 (July) Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata MIT Yes CLI
Template:Rh | tnftp Luke Mewburn 1999 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata BSD-4-Clause Yes CLI
Template:Rh | WinSCP Martin Přikryl 2000 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata GPL-3.0-only Yes GUI and CLI

Proprietary freeware

Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB[1] Interface
Version Date
Template:Rh | CrossFTP CrossFTP Software 2006 1.99.2 2020-05-23 Proprietary Yes GUI
Template:Rh | LeechFTP Jan Debis 1998 1.3 (Discontinued) Proprietary No GUI
Template:Rh | FTP Voyager Rhino Software, Inc 1997 (January) 16.1.0.0 2013-08-20 Proprietary Yes GUI

Freeware and commercial editions

Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB[1]
Version Date
Template:Rh | Core FTP CoreFTP.com 2003 2.2 (build 1751) 2012-06-27 Freeware Yes
Template:Rh | Fetch Fetch Softworks 1989 5.7.7 2017-12-02 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Secure FTP Glub Tech 1999 2.6.2 2013-07-27 Apache Yes
Template:Rh | Sysax FTP Automation Codeorigin, LLC 2005 5.31 2012-04-12 Proprietary Yes

Trials of commercial

Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB[1]
Version Date
Template:Rh | AbsoluteTelnet Celestial Software 1996 9.49 2012-07-02 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Beyond Compare Scooter Software 1996 5.1.0 2025-06-04 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Commander One Eltima Software 2015 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | CrossFTP Pro CrossFTP Software 2006 1.98.7 2020-05-23 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | CuteFTP Alex Kunadze/Globalscape 1994 macOS: 3.1.3
Windows: 9.3.0 		2014-05-02
2018-07-11 		Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Directory Opus GPSoftware 1990 12.28 2022-06-03 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | FlashFXP OpenSight Software, LLC 1999 5.4.0.3970 2017-04-01 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | SmartFTP SmartSoft Ltd 1998 10.0.3185.0 2023-11-15 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Total Commander Christian Ghisler 1993 Android: Template:Wikidata
Windows: Template:Wikidata 		Template:Wikidata
Template:Wikidata 		Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | WebDrive South River Technologies, Inc. 1998 2017 2017-06-16 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | WS_FTP Ipswitch, Inc. 1996 12.7 2018-11-27 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Yummy FTP Yummy Software 2004 1.9.0 2018-05-10 Proprietary, Setapp ?

Commercial

Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB[1]
Version Date
Template:Rh | ALFTP ESTsoft 2000 5.31 2012-02-01 Proprietary ?
Template:Rh | ExpanDrive (formerly SFTPDrive) ExpanDrive, Inc 2005 Linux: Template:Wikidata
macOS: Template:Wikidata
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Template:Wikidata 		Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | ForkLift BinaryNights, LLC 2007 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | FTP Explorer FTPx Corp. October, 1996 1.0.1.53 2012-01 Proprietary ?
Template:Rh | FTP Files Anders Borum ApS 2024 2024.47 2024-10-07 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Interarchy Nolobe Software Pty Ltd 1993 (as Anarchie) 10.0.6 2014-08-18 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Steed French Fry, SAS 2012 1.2.1.1169 2017-06-27 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | Transmit Panic, Inc. 1998 5.6.4 2020-04-20 Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | WISE-FTP AceBIT 1998 7.0 (Build 7.0.4) 2012-03-16 Proprietary ?
Template:Rh | edtFTPj Bruce P. Blackshaw 2000 Template:Wikidata Template:Wikidata Proprietary Yes
Template:Rh | edtFTPnet Bruce P. Blackshaw 2003 2.2.1 2011-08-26 Proprietary Yes

Operating system support

The operating systems the clients can run on:

Client Windows macOS Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS ChromeOS
Template:Rh | AbsoluteTelnet Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | ALFTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Beyond Compare Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh | Classic FTP Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Codeanywhere (webbased) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh | Commander One No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Core FTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | CrossFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | cURL (CL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | CuteFTP Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Cyberduck Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | Directory Opus Yes No No No No Yes No
Template:Rh | ExpanDrive Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Template:Rh | Far Manager Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Fetch No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | FireFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | FlashFXP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Fling FTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | ForkLift No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | FTP Client No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | FTP Explorer Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | FTP Files No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | FTP Voyager Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Fugu No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | gFTP No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Interarchy No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | LeechFTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | lftp (CL) Yes (cygwin) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Macfusion No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh2 | Mosaic Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | NcFTP (CL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | net2ftp (web-based) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh |PSFTP (PuTTY) (CL) Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Rclone Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Template:Rh | Secure FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh | SmartFTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Steed Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Sysax FTP Automation Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Total Commander Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | tnftp (CL) Yes (cygwin) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Template:Rh | Transmit No Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | WebDrive Yes Yes No No No No No
Template:Rh | WinSCP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | WISE-FTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | WS_FTP Yes No No No No No No
Template:Rh | Yummy FTP No Yes No No No No No
Client Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS ChromeOS

(CL) Command-Line interface only – no GUI (Graphical user interface)

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. Template:Sort-under

Client FTP FTP over SSH SFTP FTPS (FTP over SSL) FXP (Site2site transfer) DAV / HTTP(S) Compression Mode Z / Remote Compression API / Commandline available Resume Download Passive mode Parallel Transfer[3] Segmented Downloads[3]
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |AbsoluteTelnet No No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |ALFTP Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Beyond Compare Yes No Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) No Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Classic FTP Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Codeanywhere Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Commander One Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Core FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? Yes[4]
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |CrossFTP Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |cURL Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes (Only) Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |CuteFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (HTTP(S)) Yes No ? Yes Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Cyberduck Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes (SFTP only) Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Directory Opus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |ExpanDrive (Mac) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |ExpanDrive (Windows) Yes No Yes Yes No No ? No ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Far Manager Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Fetch Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes (basic) Yes Yes ? No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |FireFTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |FlashFXP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Fling FTP Yes No No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh | ForkLift Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |FTP Client Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |FTP Explorer Yes No No No ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" | FTP Voyager Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Fugu No No Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |gFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes (control connection only) Yes ? No ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Interarchy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |LeechFTP Yes No No No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |lftp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Partial) No No Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Macfusion Yes ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Macfusion Yes ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |NcFTP Yes No No ? ? ? No ? Yes ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |PSFTP (PuTTY) No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Rclone Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Secure FTP Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |SmartFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Steed Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No ? Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Sysax FTP Automation Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes (script and command line) ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Total Commander Yes Yes Yes (plugin) Yes Yes Yes (plugin) Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Transmit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes (AppleScript) Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |WebDrive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (SFTP) Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Windows 7 (ftp.exe) Yes No No No No No No No No ? No ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |WinSCP Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes (SFTP only) Yes (SCP command) Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |WISE-FTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |WS_FTP Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes (Pro only) No Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) Yes ? ?
Template:Rh class="table-rh" |Yummy FTP Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (AppleScript) Yes Yes ? ?
Client FTP FTP over SSH SFTP FTPS (FTP over SSL) FXP (Site2site transfer) DAV / HTTP(S) Compression Mode Z / Remote Compression API / Commandline available Resume Download Passive mode Parallel Transfer Segmented Downloads

See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b c d e 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
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