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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of [[FTP client]]s, 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.


{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}}
==General information==
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of [[File Transfer Protocol]] (FTP) [[client–server model|clients]]. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on the stable versions without any add-ons, extensions, or external programs.
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc.


===Free===
==Free and open-source software==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #ececec"
|- style="background: #ececec"
! style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" | Developer
! Creator
! rowspan="2" | Initial release
! First public release date
! colspan="2" | Latest release
! Latest stable version
! [[Software license]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]
! Copy files over 2&nbsp;[[Gibi|Gi]]B<ref name="ubuntuforums">[http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-563507.html 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]]...", [http://www.kernel.org/faq/#largefiles kernel.org: FAQ: I can't download a file with size greater than 2GB, is your website broken?], [[Comparison_of_file_systems#Limits]]</ref>
! rowspan="2" | Copy files over [[2 GB limit]]<ref name="ubuntuforums">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100527230949/http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-563507.html 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]]...", [https://web.archive.org/web/20130113073814/http://kernel.org/faq/#largefiles kernel.org: FAQ: I can't download a file with size greater than 2GB, is your website broken?], [[Comparison of file systems#Limits]]</ref>
! rowspan="2" | Interface

|-
|-
! Version <!-- stable versions -->
! {{rh}} | [[Classic FTP]]
! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->
| NCH Software
| [[2007]]
| 1.13
| [[Freeware|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[cURL]]
! {{rh}} | [[cURL]]
| Daniel Stenberg
| Daniel Stenberg
| [[1998]]
| 1998
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q286306|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 7.19.0
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q286306|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[MIT License|MIT]]
| [[cURL|curl]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[CurlFtpFS]]
| Robson Braga Araujo
| [[2006]]
| 0.9.1
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| {{?}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Cyberduck]]
! {{rh}} | [[Cyberduck]]
| [[David V. Kocher]]
| David V. Kocher
| [[2001]]
| 2001
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1147137|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 3.1
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1147137|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] and [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Far Manager]]
| [[Eugene Roshal]] / FAR Group
| 1996
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1386527|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1386527|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[BSD licenses|BSD-3-Clause]]
| {{yes}}
| [[Text-based user interface|TUI]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FileZilla]]
! {{rh}} | [[FileZilla]]
| Community
| Community
| January, [[2001]]
| 2001 (January)
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q300662|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 3.2.7.1
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q300662|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FireFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[FireFTP]]
| Mime Čuvalo
| Mime Čuvalo
| 2004 (September)
| September, [[2004]]
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q963280|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1.0.2
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q963280|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Mozilla Public License|MPL]], [[Charityware]]
| [[Mozilla Public License|MPL-1.1]], [[Charityware]]
| {{no}}
| {{Yes}} (since version 2.0.5)
|-
| [[Waterfox]], [[Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]] pre-version 57 [[Add-on (Mozilla)|addon]]
! {{rh}} | [[Fling FTP]]
| NCH Software
| [[2007]]
| 1.0.7
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
! {{rh}} | [[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
| University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group
| University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group
| [[2003]]
| 2003
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q2119346|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1.2.0
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q2119346|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[BSD licenses|BSD]]
| Fugu<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/copyright.html|title=Fugu license|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219043840/http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/copyright.html|archive-date=2019-02-19}}</ref>
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[gFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[gFTP]]
| Brian Masney
| Brian Masney
| 1998
| 1998
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q285397|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 2.0.19
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q285397|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| {{?}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Kasablanca]]
| [[GTK+]]
| Magnus Kulke
| 2002
| 0.4.0.2
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[KFTPGrabber]]
| Jernej Kos
| 2003
| 0.8.1
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| {{?}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[lftp]]
! {{rh}} | [[lftp]]
| Alexander V. Lukyanov
| Alexander V. Lukyanov
| August, [[1996]]
| 1996 (August)
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q285893|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 3.7.11
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q285893|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-or-later]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Macfusion]]
| Michael Gorbach
| <span style="display: none;">0</span> ?
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q6723289|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q6723289|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Apache License|Apache-2.0]]
| {{dunno}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[NcFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[NcFTP]]
| NcFTP Software Inc.
| NcFTP Software Inc.
| [[1991]]
| 1991
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q955865|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 3.1.9
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q955865|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| Clarified [[Artistic License]]
| [[Artistic License|ClArtistic]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[net2ftp]]
! {{rh}} | [[net2ftp]]
| David C. Gartner
| David C. Gartner
| January, [[2003]]
| 2003 (January)
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q10798333|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 0.96
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q10798333|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| [[Web application]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[pbFtpClient]]
! {{rh}} | [[Rclone]]
| Nick Craig-Wood
| [[Level5Software]]
| 2014 (July)
| 2007
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q56795481|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 5.30
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q56795481|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[MIT License|MIT]]
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[tnftp]]
| Luke Mewburn
| 1999
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q7810787|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q7810787|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[BSD licenses|BSD-4-Clause]]
| {{yes}}
| [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[WinSCP]]
! {{rh}} | [[WinSCP]]
| Martin Prikryl
| Martin Přikryl
| 2000
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q1160381|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 4.1.9
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q1160381|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| [[GNU General Public License|GPL-3.0-only]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] and [[Command-line interface|CLI]]
|}

==Proprietary [[freeware]]==
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|- style="background: #ececec"
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" | Developer
! rowspan="2" | Initial release
! colspan="2" | Latest release
! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]
! rowspan="2" | Copy files over 2&nbsp;GB<ref name="ubuntuforums"/>
! rowspan="2" | Interface
|-
|-
! Version <!-- stable versions -->
! {{rh2}} | [[LeechFTP]]
! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->
|-
! {{rh}} | [[CrossFTP]]
| CrossFTP Software
| 2006
| 1.99.2
| 2020-05-23
| [[Freeware|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
|-
! {{rh}} | [[LeechFTP]]
| Jan Debis
| Jan Debis
| 1998
| 1998
| 1.3 (Discontinued)
| 1.3 (Discontinued)
|
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| GUI
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[MOVEit Freely]]
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Voyager]]
| Ipswitch, Inc.
| Rhino Software, Inc
| 1997 (January)
| [[2002]]
| 5.5.0.0
| 16.1.0.0
| 2013-08-20
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| [[Graphical user interface|GUI]]
|-
! {{rh2}} | [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]]
| [[NCSA]]
| [[1993]]
| 3.0 (Discontinued)
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
|}
|}


==Freeware and commercial editions==
===Optional===
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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #ececec"
|- style="background: #ececec"
! style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" | Developer
! Creator
! rowspan="2" | Initial release
! First public release date
! colspan="2" | Latest release
! Latest stable version
! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]
! Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! rowspan="2" | Copy files over 2&nbsp;GB<ref name="ubuntuforums" />
! [[Software license]]
! Copy files over 2&nbsp;[[Gibi|Gi]]B<ref name="ubuntuforums" />
|-
|-
! Version <!-- stable versions -->
! {{rh}} | [[CrossFTP]]
! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->
| CrossFTP.com
|-
| [[2006]]
! {{rh}} | [[Core FTP]]
| 1.51
| CoreFTP.com
| Free (Standard), $25 (Pro)
| 2003
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| 2.2 (build 1751)
| 2012-06-27
| [[Freeware]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
! {{rh}} | [[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
| [[Fetch Softworks]]
| [[Fetch Softworks]]
| [[1989]]
| 1989
| 5.5.1
| 5.7.7
| 2017-12-02
| $29, Free for education
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FAR Manager]]
! {{rh}} | [[Secure FTP (software)|Secure FTP]]
| Glub Tech
| [[Eugene Roshal]] / FAR Group
| 1999
| [[1996]]
| 1.70
| 2.6.2
| 2013-07-27
| $25, Free for ex-USSR
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Apache License|Apache]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[CoreFTP]]
| CoreFTP.com
| [[2003]]
| 2.1
| Free (LE), $24.95 (Standard), $34.95 (Pro)
| [[Freeware|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Glub Tech Secure FTP]]
| Glub Tech, Inc.
| [[1999]]
| 2.5.20
| $30.00 commercial, Free noncommercial
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Sysax FTP Automation]]
! {{rh}} | [[Sysax FTP Automation]]
| Codeorigin, LLC
| Codeorigin, LLC
| [[2005]]
| 2005
| 4.1
| 5.31
| 2012-04-12
| Free personal edition, $147 pro edition
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|}
|}


===Free Trials===
==Trials of commercial==
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{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #ececec"
|- style="background: #ececec"
! style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" | Developer
! Creator
! rowspan="2" | Initial release
! First public release date
! colspan="2" | Latest release
! Latest stable version
! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]
! Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! rowspan="2" | Copy files over 2&nbsp;GB<ref name="ubuntuforums" />
! [[Software license]]
! Copy files over 2&nbsp;[[Gibi|Gi]]B<ref name="ubuntuforums" />
|-
|-
! Version <!-- stable versions -->
! {{rh}} | [[3D-FTP]]
! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->
| SiteDesigner Technologies, Inc.
| [[1999]]
| 8.03
| free trial , $39.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[AbsoluteTelnet]]
! {{rh}} | [[AbsoluteTelnet]]
| Celestial Software
| Celestial Software
| [[1996]]
| 1996
| 7.21
| 9.49
| 2012-07-02
| free trial , $49.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[BulletProof FTP Client|BulletProof FTP]] aka BPFTP
! {{rh}} | [[Beyond Compare]]
| BulletProof Software LLC
| Scooter Software
| 1996
| [[1997]]
| 2.63
| 5.0.4
| 2024-11-25
| free trial , $34.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Commander One]]
| Eltima Software
| 2015
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q21043313|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q21043313|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[CrossFTP|CrossFTP Pro]]
| CrossFTP Software
| 2006
| 1.98.7
| 2020-05-23
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[CuteFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[CuteFTP]]
| [[Alex Kunadze]]
| [[Alex Kunadze]]/[[Globalscape]]
| [[1994]]
| 1994
| '''macOS:''' 3.1.3<br />'''Windows:''' 9.3.0
| 8.3.2
| 2014-05-02<br />2018-07-11
| free trial, </br>$39.99 (Home), $14.99 (Lite)</br>, Pro ($59.99 (for Windows), $39.99 (for Mac))
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FlashFXP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Directory Opus]]
| GPSoftware
| iniCom Networks Inc.
| 1990
| [[1999]]
| 3.6.0.1240
| 12.28
| 2022-06-03
| free trial , $25.00
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Voyager]]
! {{rh}} | [[FlashFXP]]
| Rhino Software, Inc
| OpenSight Software, LLC
| 1999
| January, [[1997]]
| 15.1.0.4
| 5.4.0.3970
| 2017-04-01
| $39.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[SmartFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[SmartFTP]]
| SmartSoft Ltd
| SmartSoft Ltd
| [[1998]]
| 1998
| 3.0.1036.0
| 10.0.3185.0
| 2023-11-15
| $36.95 (Home) / $49.95 (Pro)
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Total Commander]]
| Christian Ghisler
| 1993
| '''Android:''' {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q80201|P348|P400=Q94|P548=Q2804309}}<br />'''Windows:''' {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q80201|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q80201|P348|P400=Q94|P548=Q2804309|P577}}<br />{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q80201|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{Yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[WebDrive]]
! {{rh}} | [[WebDrive]]
| South River Technologies, Inc.
| South River Technologies, Inc.
| [[1998]]
| 1998
| 2017
| 9.0.2199
| 2017-06-16
| free trial, $59.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Total Commander]]
! {{rh}} | [[WS_FTP]]
| Ipswitch, Inc.
| Christian Ghisler
| 1996
| [[1993]]
| 7.04a
| 12.7
| 2018-11-27
| free trial, 26 EUR
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{Yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Yummy FTP]]
| Yummy Software
| 2004
| 1.9.0
| 2018-05-10
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]], [[Setapp]]
| {{dunno}}
|}
|}


===Non-Free===
==Commercial==
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #ececec"
|- style="background: #ececec"
! style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" style="width:12em" | Client
! rowspan="2" | Developer
! Creator
! rowspan="2" | Initial release
! First public release date
! colspan="2" | Latest release
! Latest stable version
! rowspan="2" | [[Software license|License]]
! Cost ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! rowspan="2" | Copy files over 2&nbsp;GB<ref name="ubuntuforums" />
! [[Software license]]
! Copy files over 2&nbsp;[[Gibi|Gi]]B<ref name="ubuntuforums" />
|-
|-
! Version <!-- stable versions -->
! {{rh}} |[[ALFTP]]
! Date <!-- YYYY-MM-DD / ISO 8601 -->
|-
! {{rh}} | [[ALFTP]]
| [[ESTsoft]]
| [[ESTsoft]]
| [[2000]]
| 2000
| 5.1
| 5.31
| 2012-02-01
| $20
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[BitKinex|BitKinex FTP]]
| Barad-Dur, LLC.
| [[2003]]
| 3.0.3
| $34
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Captain FTP]]
| Xnet
| [[2001]]
| 6.0
| $25, $40 (Upgrade Protected)
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Directory Opus]]
| [[GPSoftware]]
| [[1990]]
| 9.0
| $61.2
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[ExpanDrive]] (Mac)
! {{rh}} | [[ExpanDrive]] <small>(formerly SFTPDrive)</small>
| ExpanDrive, Inc
| ExpanDrive, Inc
| 2005
| [[2008]]
| '''Linux:''' {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q5420736|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309}}<br />'''macOS:''' {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q5420736|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309}}<br />'''Windows:''' {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q5420736|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1.3.4
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q5420736|P348|P400=Q388|P548=Q2804309|P577}}<br />{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q5420736|P348|P400=Q14116|P548=Q2804309|P577}}<br />{{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q5420736|P348|P400=Q1406|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| $39.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[ExpanDrive]] (Windows) <small>(formerly SftpDrive)</small>
! {{rh}} | [[ForkLift (file manager)|ForkLift]]
| ExpanDrive, Inc
| BinaryNights, LLC
| 2007
| [[2005]]
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q30603625|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 1.8.1
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q30603625|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| $39.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Commander]]
| Internetsoft Corporation
| [[1997]]
| 9.20
| $49.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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! {{rh}} | [[FTP Explorer]]
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Explorer]]
| FTPx Corp.
| FTPx Corp.
| October, [[1996]]
| October, 1996
| 1.0.1.53
| 1.0.1.53
| $35.99
| 2012-01
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Global Downloader]]
! {{rh}} | [https://ftpfiles.app/ FTP Files]
| Anders Borum ApS
| [[Actysoft Inc]]
| 2024
| [[2005]]
| 1.4.5.1
| 2024.47
| 2024-10-07
| $24,95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Interarchy]]
! {{rh}} | [[Interarchy]]
| [[Stairways Software Pty Ltd]]
| Nolobe Software Pty Ltd
| 1993 (as Anarchie)
| 1993 (as Anarchie)
| 9.0
| 10.0.6
| 2014-08-18
| $59.00
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Steed (FTP client)|Steed]]
| French Fry, SAS
| 2012
| 1.2.1.1169
| 2017-06-27
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
! {{rh}} | [[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
| [[Panic (company)|Panic, Inc.]]
| [[Panic (company)|Panic, Inc.]]
| 1998
| 1998
| 3.6.6
| 5.6.4
| 2020-04-20
| $29.95
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[WISE-FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[WISE-FTP]]
| AceBIT
| AceBIT
| 1998
| 1998
| 6.1.0
| 7.0 (Build 7.0.4)
| 2012-03-16
| $64.66
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | PyroClient
! {{rh}} | [[edtFTPj]]
| Bruce P. Blackshaw
| EmTec
| 2008
| 2.22
| $19.99
| Proprietary
| ?
|-
! {{rh}} |PyroBatchFTP
| EmTec
| 2008
| 2.23
| $39.99
| Proprietary
| ?
|-
! {{rh}} |SecureFX
| Van Dyke
| 2000
| 2000
| {{wikidata|property|preferred|reference|edit|Q5340342|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| 4.0
| {{wikidata|qualifier|raw|preferred|single|Q5340342|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}
| $59.95
| Proprietary
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| ?
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Yummy FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[edtFTPnet]]
| Bruce P. Blackshaw
| Yummy Software
| 2004
| 2003
| 1.7.2
| 2.2.1
| 2011-08-26
| $25
| Proprietary
| [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| ?
|
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Vicomsoft FTP Client]]
| Vicomsoft
| 1997
| 4.6.1
| $35
| Proprietary
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|}
|}


==Operating system support==
==Operating system support==
The [[operating system]]s the clients can run on.
The [[operating system]]s the clients can run on:
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
|- style="background: #ececec"
|- style="background: #ececec"
! style="" | Client
!| Client
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[Mac OS X]]
! [[macOS]]
! [[Linux]]
! [[Linux]]
! [[BSD]]
! [[BSD]]
! [[Unix]]
! [[Unix]]
! [[AmigaOS]]
! [[AmigaOS]]
! [[ChromeOS]]
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[3D-FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[AbsoluteTelnet]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[AbsoluteTelnet]]
! {{rh}} | [[ALFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[ALFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Beyond Compare]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[BitKinex]]
! {{rh}} | [[Classic FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[BulletProof FTP Client|BulletProof FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Codeanywhere]] (webbased)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Captain FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Commander One]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Classic FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Core FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CoreFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CrossFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[CrossFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[cURL]] (CL)
! {{rh}} | [[cURL]] (CL)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CurlFtpFS]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CuteFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[CuteFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Cyberduck]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Cyberduck]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Directory Opus]]
! {{rh}} | [[Directory Opus]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[ExpanDrive]]
! {{rh}} | [[ExpanDrive]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FAR Manager]]
! {{rh}} | [[Far Manager]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
! {{rh}} | [[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FileZilla]]
! {{rh}} | [[FileZilla]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FireFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[FireFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FlashFXP]]
! {{rh}} | [[FlashFXP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Fling FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Fling FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FTP Commander]]
! {{rh}} | [[ForkLift (file manager)|ForkLift]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FTP Explorer]]
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Client]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Voyager]]
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Explorer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
! {{rh}} | FTP Files
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[gFTP]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
| {{yes}}
|-
| {{yes}}
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Voyager]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Global Downloader]]
! {{rh}} | [[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Glub Tech Secure FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[gFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Interarchy]]
! {{rh}} | [[Interarchy]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Kasablanca]]
! {{rh2}} | [[LeechFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[KFTPGrabber]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[lftp]] (CL)
| {{yes}} ([[cygwin]])
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh2}} |[[LeechFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Macfusion]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[lftp]] (CL)
! {{rh2}} | [[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[NcFTP]] (CL)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh2}} |[[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]]
! {{rh}} | [[net2ftp]] (web-based)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |PSFTP ([[PuTTY]]) (CL)
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[NcFTP]] (CL)
! {{rh}} | [[Rclone]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[net2ftp]] (webbased)
! {{rh}} | [[Secure FTP (software)|Secure FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[pbFtpClient]]
! {{rh}} | [[SmartFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[SFTPPlus]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[SmartFTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[Steed (FTP client)|Steed]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Sysax FTP Automation]]
! {{rh}} | [[Sysax FTP Automation]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Total Commander]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WebDrive]]
! {{rh}} | [[tnftp]] (CL)
| {{yes}} ([[cygwin]])
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WinSCP]]
! {{rh}} | [[WebDrive]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WISE-FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[WinSCP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WS FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[WISE-FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Yummy FTP]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} | [[WS_FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Vicomsoft FTP Client]]
! {{rh}} | [[Yummy FTP]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-class="sortbottom"
|- class="sortbottom"
! Client
! Client
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]
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! [[Unix]]
! [[Unix]]
! [[AmigaOS]]
! [[AmigaOS]]
! [[ChromeOS]]
|}
|}
(CL) Command-Line interface only - no GUI
(CL) Command-Line interface only – no GUI (Graphical user interface)


==Protocol support==
==Protocol support==
Information about what [[internet protocol]]s the clients support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the clients or extensions that provide such functionality.
Information about what [[internet protocol]]s the clients support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the clients or extensions that provide such functionality.
{{sort-under}}
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{| class="sort-under sortable wikitable" style="width: auto; table-layout: fixed; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;"
|+
|- style="background: #ececec"
|- style="background: #ececec"
! Client
! Client
! [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]]
! [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]]
! [[FTP over SSH]] (secure FTP)
! [[FTP over SSH]]
! [[SSH file transfer protocol|SFTP]]
! [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]]
! [[FTPS|FTPS (FTP over SSL)]]
! [[FTPS|FTPS (FTP over SSL)]]
! [[File eXchange Protocol|FXP (Site2site transfer)]]
! [[File eXchange Protocol|FXP (Site2site transfer)]]
! [[WebDAV|DAV / HTTP(S)]]
! [[WebDAV|DAV / HTTP(S)]]
! [[Data compression|Compression]]
! [[Data compression|Compression]]
! Remote Compression
! Mode Z / Remote Compression
! API / Commandline available
! API / Commandline available
! Resume Download
! Passive mode
! Parallel Transfer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Multi-threaded and Segmented FTP · Whatbox|url=https://whatbox.ca/wiki/Multi-threaded_and_Segmented_FTP#concurrent_transfers|access-date=2020-07-15|website=whatbox.ca}}</ref>
! Segmented Downloads<ref name=":0" />
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[3D-FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[AbsoluteTelnet]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[AbsoluteTelnet]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[ALFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[ALFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[BitKinex]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Beyond Compare]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[BulletProof FTP Client|BulletProof FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Classic FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Captain FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Codeanywhere]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Classic FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Commander One]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CoreFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Core FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|{{Yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Core FTP - SFTP client features|url=http://www.coreftp.com/ftp_client_features.html|access-date=2020-07-15|website=coreftp.com}}</ref>
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CrossFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[CrossFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
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| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[cURL]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[cURL]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (Only)
| {{yes}} (Only)
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CurlFtpFS]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[CuteFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[CuteFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (HTTP(S) - Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (HTTP(S))
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Cyberduck]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Cyberduck]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (SFTP only)
| {{yes}} (SFTP only)
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Directory Opus]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Directory Opus]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[ExpanDrive]] (Mac)
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[ExpanDrive]] (Mac)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[ExpanDrive]] (Windows)
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[ExpanDrive]] (Windows)
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FAR Manager]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Far Manager]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}} (with WinSCP plugin)
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Fetch (FTP client)|Fetch]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FileZilla]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[FileZilla]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes }}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (basic)
| {{yes}} (basic)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FireFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[FireFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FlashFXP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[FlashFXP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Fling FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Fling FTP]]
! {{rh}} | [[ForkLift (file manager)|ForkLift]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FTP Commander]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[FTP Client]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[FTP Explorer]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[FTP Explorer]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
|-
! {{rh}} | [[FTP Voyager]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" | [[FTP Voyager]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Fugu (software)|Fugu]]
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[gFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[gFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}} (control connection only)
| {{yes}} (control connection only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Global Downloader]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Interarchy]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[LeechFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (HTTP(S))
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Glub Tech Secure FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[lftp]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Interarchy]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Partial)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Macfusion]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Kasablanca]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Macfusion]]
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[NcFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
| {{no}}
! {{rh}} |[[KFTPGrabber]]
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
|-
|-
! {{rh2}} |[[LeechFTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |PSFTP ([[PuTTY]])
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[lftp]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Rclone]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Partial)
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|-
|-
! {{rh2}} |[[Mosaic (web browser)|Mosaic]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Secure FTP (software)|Secure FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[NcFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[pbFtpClient]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[SmartFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[SFTPPlus]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{?}}
| {{?}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[SmartFTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
|{{Yes}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Steed (FTP client)|Steed]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Sysax FTP Automation]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Sysax FTP Automation]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (script and command line)
| {{yes}} (script and command line)
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Total Commander]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (plugin)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (plugin)
| {{?}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WebDrive]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Transmit (FTP client)|Transmit]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{yes}} (AppleScript)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WinSCP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[WebDrive]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (SFTP)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Windows 7]] (ftp.exe)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[WinSCP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (SFTP only)
| {{yes}} (SFTP only)
| {{yes}} (SCP command)
| {{yes}} (SCP command)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WISE-FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[WISE-FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{?}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[WS FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[WS_FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}} (Pro only)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{dunno}}
|-
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Yummy FTP]]
! {{rh}} class="table-rh" |[[Yummy FTP]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
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| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|-
! {{rh}} |[[Vicomsoft FTP Client]]
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}} (AppleScript)
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{dunno}}
| {{no}}
| {{dunno}}
|- class="sortbottom"
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|-class="sortbottom"
! Client
! Client
! [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]]
! [[File Transfer Protocol|FTP]]
! [[FTP over SSH]] (secure FTP)
! [[FTP over SSH]]
! [[SSH file transfer protocol|SFTP]]
! [[SSH file transfer protocol|SFTP]]
! [[FTPS|FTPS (FTP over SSL)]]
! [[FTPS|FTPS (FTP over SSL)]]
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! [[WebDAV|DAV / HTTP(S)]]
! [[WebDAV|DAV / HTTP(S)]]
! [[Data compression|Compression]]
! [[Data compression|Compression]]
! Remote Compression
! Mode Z / Remote Compression
! API / Commandline available
! API / Commandline available
! Resume Download
! Passive mode
! Parallel Transfer
! Segmented Downloads
|}
|}

==Notes==
<References/>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[File Transfer Protocol]] (FTP)
*[[Comparison of SSH clients]]
* [[Comparison of FTP server software packages]]
* [[Comparison of SSH clients]] – many of these, although not listed here, also have an SFTP capability


==References==
[[Category:Software comparisons|FTP clients]]
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:FTP clients|*]]



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[[Category:FTP clients|*]]
[[Category:Network software comparisons|FTP clients]]
[[zh:FTP客户端列表]]

Latest revision as of 21:19, 25 November 2024

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
cURL Daniel Stenberg 1998 8.11.1[2] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-12-11 curl Yes CLI
Cyberduck David V. Kocher 2001 9.1.1[3] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-12-19 GPL-3.0-or-later Yes GUI and CLI
Far Manager Eugene Roshal / FAR Group 1996 3.0.6364 Edit this on Wikidata 2024-08-24 BSD-3-Clause Yes TUI
FileZilla Community 2001 (January) 3.68.1[4] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-11-04 GPL-2.0-or-later Yes GUI
FireFTP Mime Čuvalo 2004 (September) 2.0.32[5] Edit this on Wikidata 2019-02-01 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[6] Edit this on Wikidata 2005-05-02 Fugu[7] ? GUI
gFTP Brian Masney 1998 GPL-2.0-or-later Yes GTK+
lftp Alexander V. Lukyanov 1996 (August) 4.9.3[8] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-11-08 GPL-3.0-or-later Yes CLI
Macfusion Michael Gorbach 0 ? 2.0.4[9] Edit this on Wikidata 2010-12-03 Apache-2.0 ? GUI
NcFTP NcFTP Software Inc. 1991 ClArtistic Yes CLI
net2ftp David C. Gartner 2003 (January) 1.3[10] Edit this on Wikidata 2019-07-15 GPL-2.0-or-later ? Web application
Rclone Nick Craig-Wood 2014 (July) 1.68.2[11] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-11-15 MIT Yes CLI
tnftp Luke Mewburn 1999 20230507[12] Edit this on Wikidata 2023-05-07 BSD-4-Clause Yes CLI
WinSCP Martin Přikryl 2000 6.3.6[13] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-11-23 GPL-3.0-only Yes GUI and CLI

Proprietary freeware

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

Freeware and commercial editions

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

Trials of commercial

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Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB[1]
Version Date
AbsoluteTelnet Celestial Software 1996 9.49 2012-07-02 Proprietary Yes
Beyond Compare Scooter Software 1996 5.0.4 2024-11-25 Proprietary Yes
Commander One Eltima Software 2015 Proprietary Yes
CrossFTP Pro CrossFTP Software 2006 1.98.7 2020-05-23 Proprietary Yes
CuteFTP Alex Kunadze/Globalscape 1994 macOS: 3.1.3
Windows: 9.3.0 		2014-05-02
2018-07-11 		Proprietary Yes
Directory Opus GPSoftware 1990 12.28 2022-06-03 Proprietary Yes
FlashFXP OpenSight Software, LLC 1999 5.4.0.3970 2017-04-01 Proprietary Yes
SmartFTP SmartSoft Ltd 1998 10.0.3185.0 2023-11-15 Proprietary Yes
Total Commander Christian Ghisler 1993 Android: 3.50[14] Edit this on Wikidata
Windows: 11.50[15] Edit this on Wikidata 		2024-03-27
2025-01-02 		Proprietary Yes
WebDrive South River Technologies, Inc. 1998 2017 2017-06-16 Proprietary Yes
WS_FTP Ipswitch, Inc. 1996 12.7 2018-11-27 Proprietary Yes
Yummy FTP Yummy Software 2004 1.9.0 2018-05-10 Proprietary, Setapp ?

Commercial

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Client Developer Initial release Latest release License Copy files over 2 GB[1]
Version Date
ALFTP ESTsoft 2000 5.31 2012-02-01 Proprietary ?
ExpanDrive (formerly SFTPDrive) ExpanDrive, Inc 2005 Linux:
macOS:
Windows:

Proprietary Yes
ForkLift BinaryNights, LLC 2007 4.0.7[16] Edit this on Wikidata 2024-01-30 Proprietary Yes
FTP Explorer FTPx Corp. October, 1996 1.0.1.53 2012-01 Proprietary ?
FTP Files Anders Borum ApS 2024 2024.47 2024-10-07 Proprietary Yes
Interarchy Nolobe Software Pty Ltd 1993 (as Anarchie) 10.0.6 2014-08-18 Proprietary Yes
Steed French Fry, SAS 2012 1.2.1.1169 2017-06-27 Proprietary Yes
Transmit Panic, Inc. 1998 5.6.4 2020-04-20 Proprietary Yes
WISE-FTP AceBIT 1998 7.0 (Build 7.0.4) 2012-03-16 Proprietary ?
edtFTPj Bruce P. Blackshaw 2000 2.5.0[17] Edit this on Wikidata 2016-07-06 Proprietary Yes
edtFTPnet Bruce P. Blackshaw 2003 2.2.1 2011-08-26 Proprietary Yes

Operating system support

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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
Core FTP 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 Yes 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 Explorer Yes No No No No No No
FTP Files No Yes 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
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

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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[18] Segmented Downloads[18]
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 ? ?
Core FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? Yes[19]
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 No No No No Yes (basic) Yes Yes ? No
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 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 ? ?
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 Yes 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 Yes 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

See also

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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
  2. ^ Daniel Stenberg. "Curl: [RELEASE] curl 8.11.1". Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Release 9.1.1". December 19, 2024. Retrieved January 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "3.68.1 (2024-11-04)". November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
  5. ^ "Release 2.0.32". February 1, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
  6. ^ "Research Systems Unix Group: Fugu". May 2, 2005. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019.
  7. ^ "Fugu license". Archived from the original on February 19, 2019.
  8. ^ "Release 4.9.3". November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Macfusion2.0.4".
  10. ^ https://www.net2ftp.com/index.php?state=homepage&state2=3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "Release 1.68.2". November 15, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  12. ^ "Index of pub/NetBSD/misc/tnftp/".
  13. ^ "Release 6.3.6". November 23, 2024. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  14. ^ "history2.txt". Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  15. ^ "Total Commander 11.50 is available now!". Retrieved January 2, 2025.
  16. ^ "ForkLift 4.0.7 is available". January 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "edtFTPj/Free revision history".
  18. ^ a b "Multi-threaded and Segmented FTP · Whatbox". whatbox.ca. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
  19. ^ "Core FTP - SFTP client features". coreftp.com. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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