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.
Client | Developer | Initial release | Latest release | License | Copy files over 2 GB limit[1] | Interface | |
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Version | Date | ||||||
cURL | Daniel Stenberg | 1998 | 8.11.0[2] | 2024-11-06 | curl | Yes | CLI |
Cyberduck | David V. Kocher | 2001 | 9.0.3[3] | 2024-09-18 | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes | GUI and CLI |
Far Manager | Eugene Roshal / FAR Group | 1996 | 3.0.6226 | 2023-12-14 | BSD-3-Clause | Yes | TUI |
FileZilla | Community | 2001 (January) | 3.68.1[4] | 2024-11-04 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes | GUI |
FireFTP | Mime Čuvalo | 2004 (September) | 2.0.32[5] | 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] | 2005-05-02 | Fugu[7] | ? | GUI |
gFTP | Brian Masney | 1998 | 2.0.19[8] | 2008-11-30 | GPL-2.0-or-later | Yes | GTK+ |
lftp | Alexander V. Lukyanov | 1996 (August) | 4.9.1[9] | 2020-01-15 | GPL-3.0-or-later | Yes | CLI |
Macfusion | Michael Gorbach | ? | 2.0.4[10] | 2010-12-03 | Apache-2.0 | ? | GUI |
NcFTP | NcFTP Software Inc. | 1991 | ClArtistic | Yes | CLI | ||
net2ftp | David C. Gartner | 2003 (January) | 1.3[11] | 2019-07-15 | GPL-2.0-or-later | ? | Web application |
Rclone | Nick Craig-Wood | 2014 (July) | 1.68.1[12] | 2024-09-24 | MIT | Yes | CLI |
tnftp | Luke Mewburn | 1999 | 20230507[13] | 2023-05-07 | BSD-4-Clause | Yes | CLI |
WinSCP | Martin Přikryl | 2000 | 6.3.5[14] | 2024-09-10 | GPL-3.0-only | Yes | GUI and CLI |
Client | Developer | Initial release | Latest release | License | Copy files over 2 GB[1] | Interface | |
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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 |
Client | Developer | Initial release | Latest release | License | Copy files over 2 GB[1] | |
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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 |
Client | Developer | Initial release | Latest release | License | Copy files over 2 GB[1] | |
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Version | Date | |||||
AbsoluteTelnet | Celestial Software | 1996 | 9.49 | 2012-07-02 | Proprietary | Yes |
Beyond Compare | Scooter Software | 1996 | 5.0.3 | 2024-10-24 | Proprietary | Yes |
Commander One | Eltima Software | 2015 | 3.7.3831[15] | 2023-08-25 | 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[16] Windows: 11.03[17] |
2024-03-27 2024-02-21 |
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 | ? |
Client | Developer | Initial release | Latest release | License | Copy files over 2 GB[1] | |
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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[18] | 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[19] | 2016-07-06 | Proprietary | Yes |
edtFTPnet | Bruce P. Blackshaw | 2003 | 2.2.1 | 2011-08-26 | Proprietary | Yes |
The operating systems the clients can run on:
Client | Windows | macOS | Linux | BSD | Unix | AmigaOS | ChromeOS |
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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)
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[20] | Segmented Downloads[20] |
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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[21] |
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 |
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