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Filezilla is a great little free and open source FTP for Windows. Not-terrible UI and SFTP are all I really need.
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Filezilla is a great little free and open source FTP for Windows. Not-terrible UI and SFTP are all I really need.
Filezilla is fabulous…UI is definitely the best of any of the FTP clients I looked at
Sometimes, I think we overlook that not everybody knows the great utilities and stuff we might know. You indirectly reminded me of that. Thanks Matt!
I agree, I use Filezilla FTP server right now (and have used the client in the past) and it does the job
Cyberduck the same freeware FTP client wtih secure FTP on the Mac side. But I guess now that you have that new Sony Notebook, all of us Mac users will be tossed aside like yesterday’s newspapers.
PS.. Have you checked to see if Sony is sending home your keystrokes from the notebook or is it just the CD’s that do that?
I think it looks awful. SmartFTP, and FlashFXP are much better.
I think FileZilla is not so good. I had problems with FTP Upload so i use now SmartFTP. It’s not Open Source but IT ROCKS!
Core FTP Lite has worked well for me. There is a lot of good freeware out there.
I’ve used SmartFTP before, and let me tell you, Filezilla is much better. It looks awful? Are you talking about the design (layout, colors) or the functionality. It takes like 3 minutes to get used to, tops (well it did for me, because I’ve used other FTPs before).
Everyone should give it a try.
Been using Filezilla very happily for over a year now; simplest and most reliable Win FTP app I’ve ever tried.
Filezilla is awesome, not only because the “Not-terrible” UI, nor only because it is free — but mostly because IT IS PORTABLE. You can take your Filezilla XML settings file and move it around from machine to machine without hassle. Also makes backups so very nice because I hate finding those silly FTP user:pass combos again. Arg!
Filezilla *rocks*, plain and simple.
FileZilla is part of the core group of FOSS apps for Windows that is not only useful, but professional as well. It was one of the first on my free software page.
filezilla is awesome. i finally broke down and went looking for an FTP utility after just using windows explorer all these years.
it’s UI is axcellent, and it’s open source! w00t!
FireFTP is a Firefox plug-in, thus is it cross-platform (you can grab it along with your Firefox profile). Give it a shot…
http://fireftp.mozdev.org/
Been using Filezilla for over two years now. Very cool. At work, we can only use passive ftp; Filezilla handles that perfectly. I have used SmartFTP, Coffee Cup FTP, CuteFTP and WSFTP. Filezilla beats them all hands down. For those who said the interface is confusing, it can be customized to only show what you want and that only takes a few minutes to figure out.
Been using Filezilla for about 3 years now … and it sucks. Poorly integrated into Windows (like, no way to find your “Desktop” but dig deep in “Documents and Settings”) and its queue system is terrible (you practically have to stay in front of your FTP client all the time when uploading or downloading multiple files)
I’ve used SmartFTP and continually had problems with it stopping with no resume during uploads of multiple files. I found it very frustrating re-uploading everything because it didn’t keep track of where the upload failed and the re-upload was not an automatic process.
I purchased a license to BulletProof FTP ( http://www.bpftp.com/ )about 8 years ago. The license is still valid and the program is, well, bullet proof. I’m not sure why I ever stopped using it and switched to SmartFTP; I guess I liked the idea of freeware but I never should have switched. Another retail FTP program I’ve used is FTP Voyager, which probably has the best interface of any FTP program I’ve used and has about every feature you could imagine.
Big fan of FileZilla…been using it for 1+ years. Highly recommended. Just don’t forget to use the ‘View’ -> ‘Show hidden files’ option. Always a “gotcha”.
I recently download that actually, but it wouldn’t handle the DSA signatures I need for a SSH to a server, so I switched to WinSCP. Similar to filezilla, but actually does everything.
Filezilla might be able to do what I needed, but I couldn’t find it. I found it in WinSCP in about 2 seconds.. so *shrugs*
One of the times I wished I had a Mac. So much easier with Fugu.
However for general FTP stuff you cannot beat AbsoluteFTP from VanDyke. Such a nice bit of kit.
Filezilla is a great program. Open source is the way to go for these types of programs especially when you have no money.
I had been using FileZilla for quite a while. I used it to install many versions of WP. Recently, I attempted to upgrade to a more recent version only to find I couldn’t run the PHP file after uploading. WP is the simplest blogging software to install in the world, yet I couldn’t get it to work. I was also attempting to install MovableType to evaluate the possibility of switching, and couldn’t get that to install either.
After several attempts, I gave up and assumed I was losing my mind. Then I came across SmartFTP when attempting to install MovableType to take a peek at what they have done recently. I got MT to install on the first attempt. I got to thinking that maybe the problem with the WP install wasn’t me, but FileZilla. So I used SmartFTP to install the latest WP and sure enough. It worked perfectly.
I don’t know what was wrong with FileZilla, I hadn’t changed any settings yet, I wasn’t able to use it.
SmartFTP is free for non-commercial use. It does bring up a dialog asking you to buy it after the 30 day trial is over, but there are no timers holding back the OK button like some software does. You can simply press the OK button and happily ftp to your hearts content. The interface is almost identical to FileZilla’s. Putting multiple files in the queue for up/download is a little confusing, however, the multi-threading to allow multiple up/downloads at the same time seems to work way better than FileZilla’s.
SmartFTP is worth checking out.
Oh, it’s the server you were talking about. Ooops. Sorry about that. I read some of the comments and assumed it was the client that was being talked about. The server is OK, although, I used another free FTP client before FileZilla’s and I find that the other one was easier to deal with than FileZilla’s. I don’t remember the name of it now.
I recently switched to FileZilla after the author of FireFTP decided to infect it with adware (see authorlink) – it’s stable, solid and does the job.
I agree with somebody above… download WinSCP if you have SSH access and do it all via a real secure connection.
im using Filezilla and i found it wuite good.. only problem.. Is it possible to make a remote transfer? I mean.. from one server to other?
i prefer coreftp lite.
has some bugs, but works fine and does the work too.
I recently discovered FileZilla myself and must agree that it’s the simplest, easiest to use FTP app I’ve used. And what’s better is it’s free!
Yes indeed!
You can increase more productivity by adding one more thing….
Go to EDIT|Settings
then Interface Settings | File Viewing/Editing
Enter the name of your favourite Editor (I use notepad++)
and Press OK
then u can edit files online, without downloading them.
one u update the file and save this, i would automatically be uploaded.
Enjoy!
FileZilla’s UI isn’t terrible, but it’s far too busy. SmartFTP at least allows itself to be sanified, and its preferences panel is written in English unlike FileZilla’s.
I’d only grudgingly switch at the moment, but a little UI lovin’ and FileZilla wouldn’t be a problem.
– Chris
Actually, I’ve always really liked
LeechFTP (which carried forward as BitBeamer). It’s extremely simple, multi-threaded and, though sporting a couple minor bugs, has never failed me.
I think most of you like filezilla simply for the fact that it ends in “zilla”.
I love FileZilla. I’ve used SmartFTP til I got tired of the nags and FireFTP didn’t work too well. Only thing is I wish the list of recent connections can be altered -> i.e, i can delete bad ones. It probably can but I haven’t figured out how…anyone enlighten me?
I really enjoy Filezilla as well. I wish that it would automatically switch between active and passive FTP like WS_FTP does but you can’t have everything! I always recommend Filezilla to anyone who wants a fast, stable FTP program.
I’ve tried Filezilla in the past and thought it was alright (but nothing special), but I normally use SmartFTP and it’s done its job perfectly so far.
On window$ I always used and still love filezilla… ctrl+R to reconnect and wooosh….
Too bad there’s no version for Mac, but the license for Transmit was totally worth its money.
Tried FileZilla once. Crashed immediately every time I ran it, so I gave up. Mostly I use scp or ncftp in cygwin; occasionally I use WinSCP or SmartFTP.
i’d already been using filezilla for at least 2 years already
I discovered FileZilla about 6 months ago. I stopped using all other ftp programs since. Though I do agree with someone else about having to be by the client while downloading. I often get failed downloads when downloading my wp or phpbb directory.
I discovered FileZilla over a year ago and would happily recommend it to anyone and everyone
I also like Filezilla but have one small problem with it. If your hosting server uses ProFTPd you won’t be able to use FTP over TLS.
I have to agree with the people making noice about WinSCP. I like to use tools that I can recommend to everyone, and WinSCP comes out far ahead in “MSWin usability” *sic*
On Mac: Cyberduck.
FilleZilla Server is an excellent piece of software. The client is pretty OK, but needs some improvements.
But I’ve seen before me comments about various FTP clients. The only FTP clients who deserve attention are FlashFXP and UltraFXP. The others are weak. SmartFTP is pretty OK, but the interface is pure junk
I’ve been using FireFTP for ages now. Does the job well.