The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of 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 Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GB limit[1] Interface cURL Daniel Stenberg 1998 7.75.0 (3 February 2021[2] [±] MIT Yes CLI Cyberduck David V. Kocher 2001 7.2.5 January 1, 2020 GPL Yes GUI and CLI FAR Manager Eugene Roshal / FAR Group 1996 3.0 build 5665 (12 September 2020) [±] BSD Yes TUI *FileZilla Community 2001 (January) 3.52.2 (18 January 2021) [±] [3] GPL Yes GUI FireFTP Mime Čuvalo 2004 (September) 2.0.32 (February 1, 2019) [±] MPL 1.1, Charityware Yes (since version 2.0.5) Waterfox, Firefox pre-version 57 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) 4.9.2 (August 13, 2020[4] [±] GPL Yes CLI Macfusion Michael Gorbach ? 2.0.4 BSD ? GUI NcFTP NcFTP Software Inc. 1991 3.2.6 November 27, 2016 Clarified Artistic License Yes CLI net2ftp David C. Gartner 2003 (January) 0.98 March 1, 2013 GPL ? Web application Rclone Nick Craig-Wood 2014 (July) 1.54 February 2, 2021 MIT Yes CLI tnftp Luke Mewburn 1999 20151004 October 4, 2015 BSD Yes CLI WinSCP Martin Přikryl 2000 5.17.10[5] [±] GPL Yes GUI and CLI
FileZilla downloads now contain adware/malware[6] Freeware and commercial editions Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GB[1] CoreFTP CoreFTP.com 2003 2.2 (build 1751) June 27, 2012 Freeware Yes Fetch Fetch Softworks 1989 5.7.7 December 2, 2017 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
Trials of commercial Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GB[1] AbsoluteTelnet Celestial Software 1996 9.49 July 2, 2012 Proprietary Yes Beyond Compare Scooter Software 1996 4.3.6 October 2, 2020 Proprietary Yes Commander One Eltima Software 2015 1.1 September 29, 2015 Proprietary Yes CrossFTP Pro CrossFTP Software 2006 1.98.7 May 23, 2020 Proprietary Yes CuteFTP Alex Kunadze/Globalscape 1994 9.3.0 (Windows) July 11, 2018 / 3.1.3 (Mac) May 2, 2014 Proprietary Yes Directory Opus GPSoftware 1990 11.10 December 19, 2014 Proprietary Yes FlashFXP OpenSight Software, LLC 1999 5.4.0.3970 April 1, 2017 Proprietary Yes FTP Client Vicomsoft 1997 5.0.1 Proprietary Yes SmartFTP SmartSoft Ltd 1998 6.0.2155.0 July 23, 2015 Proprietary Yes Total Commander Christian Ghisler 1993 9.51 March 25, 2020 Proprietary Yes WebDrive South River Technologies, Inc. 1998 2017 June 16, 2017 Proprietary Yes WS_FTP Ipswitch, Inc. 1996 12.7 November 27, 2018 Proprietary Yes Yummy FTP Yummy Software 2004 1.9.0 May 10, 2018 Proprietary , Setapp ?
Commercial Client Creator First public release date Latest stable version Software license Copy files over 2 GB[1] ALFTP ESTsoft 2000 5.31 February 1, 2012 Proprietary ? ExpanDrive (Mac) ExpanDrive, Inc 2008 macOS: 7.7.1 (February 10, 2021[7] [±] Windows: 7.7.1 (February 10, 2021[8] [±] Linux: 7.7.1 (February 10, 2021[9] [±] Proprietary Yes ExpanDrive (Windows) (formerly SFTPDrive) ExpanDrive, Inc 2005 macOS: 7.7.1 (February 10, 2021[10] [±] Windows: 7.7.1 (February 10, 2021[11] [±] Linux: 7.7.1 (February 10, 2021[12] [±] Proprietary Yes ForkLift BinaryNights, LLC 2007 3.4.2 August 26, 2020 Proprietary Yes FTP Commander Internetsoft Corporation 1997 9.21 November 8, 2010 Proprietary Yes FTP Explorer FTPx Corp. October, 1996 1.0.1.53; January 2012 Proprietary ? Interarchy Nolobe Software Pty Ltd 1993 (as Anarchie) 10.0.6 August 18, 2014 Proprietary Yes Steed French Fry, SAS 2012 1.2.1.1169 June 27, 2017 Proprietary Yes Transmit Panic, Inc. 1998 5.6.4 April 20, 2020 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
Operating system support The operating systems the clients can run on.
Client Windows macOS Linux BSD Unix AmigaOS ChromeOS AbsoluteTelnet Yes No No No No No No ALFTP Yes No No No No No No Beyond Compare Yes Yes Yes No No No No Classic FTP Yes Yes No No No No No Codeanywhere (webbased) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Commander One No Yes No No No No No CoreFTP Yes No No No No No No CrossFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No cURL (CL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No CuteFTP Yes Yes No No No No No Cyberduck Yes Yes No No No No No Directory Opus Yes No No No No Yes No ExpanDrive Yes Yes No No No No No FAR Manager Yes No No No No No No Fetch No Yes No No No No No FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No FireFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No FlashFXP Yes No No No No No No Fling FTP Yes No No No No No No ForkLift No Yes No No No No No FTP Client No Yes No No No No No FTP Commander Yes No No No No No No FTP Explorer Yes No No No No No No FTP Voyager Yes No No No No No No Fugu No Yes No No No No No gFTP No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Interarchy No Yes No No No No No LeechFTP Yes No No No No No No lftp (CL) Yes (cygwin ) Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Macfusion No Yes No No No No No Mosaic Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No NcFTP (CL) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No net2ftp (web-based) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No pbFtpClient Yes No No No No Yes No PSFTP (PuTTY ) (CL) Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Rclone Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Secure FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No SmartFTP Yes No No No No No No Steed Yes No No No No No No Sysax FTP Automation Yes No No No No No No Total Commander Yes No No No No No No tnftp (CL) Yes (cygwin ) Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Transmit No Yes No No No No No WebDrive Yes Yes No No No No No WinSCP Yes No No No No No No WISE-FTP Yes No No No No No No WS_FTP Yes No No No No No No 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.
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[13] Segmented Downloads[13] AbsoluteTelnet No No Yes No No No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ALFTP Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? Beyond Compare Yes No Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only) No Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Classic FTP Yes No No Yes No No No ? ? ? Yes ? ? Codeanywhere Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Commander One Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes ? ? CoreFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? Yes[14] 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 Yes ? ? CuteFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (HTTP(S)) Yes No ? Yes 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 Yes Yes ? Yes No ? ? Yes Yes ? ? Fetch Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes ? ? FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 ? ? ? ? ForkLift Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Yes ? ? Fugu No No Yes No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? gFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes (control connection only) Yes ? No ? Yes ? ? ? ? Interarchy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? ? Yes Yes ? ? LeechFTP Yes No No No No No No ? ? ? ? ? ? lftp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (Partial) No No Yes Yes ? ? Yes Macfusion Yes ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Macfusion Yes ? Yes 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 ? ? ? Rclone Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Secure FTP Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? SmartFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Steed Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No ? Yes ? ? 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 ? ? WebDrive Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes (SFTP) Yes Yes 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 Yes No 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) Yes ? ? 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
References ^ 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 ^ "curl – Changes" . cURL . Retrieved February 7, 2021 .^ "Version history" . FileZilla. April 20, 2020. Retrieved May 12, 2020 .^ "LFTP - events" . August 13, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020 .^ "Recent Version History :: WinSCP" . Retrieved January 26, 2021 .^ FileZilla#Bundled adware issues ^ "ExpanDrive Release Notes" . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ "ExpanDrive Release Notes" . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ "ExpanDrive Release Notes" . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ "ExpanDrive Release Notes" . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ "ExpanDrive Release Notes" . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ "ExpanDrive Release Notes" . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .^ a b "Multi-threaded and Segmented FTP · Whatbox" . whatbox.ca . Retrieved July 15, 2020 .^ "Core FTP - SFTP client features" . www.coreftp.com . Retrieved July 15, 2020 . See also