You could pretty much consider FileZilla an open source success story. It's popular, works well and fast, and regularly updated.

If you're looking for a solid FTP client what more could you ask more? In fact, FileZilla is not just limited to FTP, but also handles FTPS and SFTP for secure transfers of multiple files on multiple servers. The interface gives you a quick outlook of all your transfers, sites and disks and makes it easy to drag and transfer. I also quite like the QuickConnect feature to access your favorite server in seconds.

FileZilla is known to be fairly fast, and can also resume downloads and handle very big transfers, I'm talking here higher than 4 GB. You can set both local and remote filters for things like images, explorer files or CVS and SVN directories or even create your own. FileZilla also includes a tool to compare directories in terms of file size or modification time.

The application can guide you when setting up your network and lets you set speed limits in case you don't want to overload your bandwidth.

One thing really missing from FileZilla though is a scheduler to automatically set transfer times.

Despite lacking a scheduler, FileZilla is an excellent open source FTP client. It's stable, fast and very efficient. Highly recommended.

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FileZilla has become one of the most popular FTP clients on the net and with good reason - it's fast, reliable and packed with lots of cool features.

Now things just got better with the introduction of a portable version that you can take anywhere - superb for web administrators of all abilities and backgrounds. Like it's bigger brother, the program supports the resuming of downloads and uploads, detects when a connection has timed out and features support for firewalls, SFTP, SSL and more. Best of all, it's retained the drag and drop functionality of the original too so it's easy enough for use for anyone not familiar with FTP clients. The interface and preferences are a bit limited but you can see at a glance all of your transfers. It also includes a handy "Quickconnect" function which basically allows you to reconnect to your most frequent FTP sites instantly. You'll also be impressed by the general speed of the application although it does tend to drop connections as a security timeout feature which can be annoying. You can also set limits on how much of your bandwidth it uses if you're worried about it hogging it.

The classic FTP client that you can now take anywhere - what more could you ask for.

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CuteFTP Professional provides simple yet powerful tools for tackling the complex challenges of data management and helps achieve HIPAA, GLBA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. The pro version boasts increased functionality and usability.

Features:

• Secure Shell, Secure Socket and Transport Security Layer
• Schedule fast, fully-automated transfers
• Connect to new sites in a snap with step-by-step wizards
• Drag and drop files for protected transfers
• Securely work with multiple remote sites at one time
• Dramatically accelerate file transfers

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FlashFXP is a powerful and flexible FTP/FXP client. FlashFXP provides an easy-to-use interface that incorporates the latest security, advanced options and features. FlashFXP uses a familiar explorer like interface designed for even the most novice user to be able to master in minutes.

Local and Site to Site File transfers

FlashFXP allows you to transfer files from any FTP server directly to your local hard drive, or transfer files between two FTP sites (Site-to-Site transfers), giving you total control over your uploads and downloads.

FTP Proxy, HTTP Proxy, Socks 4 & 5 support

The program can handle thousands of connection types. If you are behind a firewall, proxy or gateway, there's no need to worry, as FlashFXP can be configured to support almost any network configuration.

Fully featured user interface with drag-and-drop-support

FlashFXP has an intuitive and fully featured user interface, allowing you to do all the common tasks with just a few clicks. It also support full drag-and-drop, so you can transfer files, synchronize folders, find files and schedule tasks with just one click.

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As far as FTP clients go, Core FTP Lite is one of the most comprehensive out there. It allows you to do pretty much anything that you can do with FTP transfers. It features everything from SFTP (SSH), SSL, TLS, IDN, browser integration, site to site transfers to FTP transfer resume, drag and drop support and command line transfers.

Where Cute FTP really distinguishes itself is through it's security features. Not many FTP clients support so many different security protocols meaning you can upload and download to FTP servers with peace of mind. This is essential if you're administering a website that holds. The list of features doesn't stop there though and is truly mind boggling. It also supports Auto retry of failed transfers, bandwidth control throttle, remote file searching and .htaccess/.htpasswd editing amongst many many more.

If you're looking for a fully comprehensive free solution to FTP transfers, then you can't do much better than Core FTP Lite. If you're new to FTP transfers however, you'd probably be better off with something a bit simpler.

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FTP Voyager is the most powerful FTP client program for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP on the market. With an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, FTP Voyager lets you update a Web site with a single click, transfer files directly between FTP servers, and resume interrupted downloads. A perfect tool for Web developers or anyone that moves files on the Internet.

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This free FTP client for Windows houses all the features expected of a complete FTP client. SmartFTP reveals a very intuitive and user-friendly configuration, thanks among other things to a friendly interface. Along with the classic features included in most FTP clients, such as passive mode transfers, uploading and downloading of files, a large choice of FTP connections, creation of favorites, SmartFTP carries its unique batch of attributes. For instance, you can connect to multiple FTP connections without time delays or errors. By dragging and dropping, you can transfer files from folder to folder. A few other notable features are passive mode and site to site transfers.

However, its most entertaining novelty is probably the transfers menu. This handy tool allows you to create queues of transfers, either global or in a specific session. You can easily monitor the speed of your transfers and set specific tasks to the queue, like hibernating or shutting down, once all files have been transferred. Last and not least, SmartFTP’s menus can be customized in a breeze, letting you choose what information you want to see.

Smart FTP is free for personal use, and although beginners might need a bit of time adjusting to it, they will be bound to love the flexibility of SmartFTP as much as more seasoned users.

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FTPRush is a fast, reliable, powerful and easy-to-use FTP/FXP/SFTP/TFTP client for Microsoft Windows. It allows you to transfer files from local to server, server to local or server to server. It allows you to fully customize the user interface on-the-fly. It allows you to create your own scripts to do automatic jobs... It allows you to do a lot of things.

Features:

• Tabbed Interface for smooth control over multiple active connections.
• GUI Runtime Customization and Integrated Docking; spice up the look of it all with your own style or favorites such as Office 2000/XP/2003.
• Drag-And-Drop files via Explorer-like interface.
• Built-in Task Manager for you to easily schedule all kinds of jobs.
• Allows to setting listing/downloading/uploading account individually into One site and switch them automatically
• On-The-Fly Compression saves your bandwidth.
• Multi-Language support makes FTPRush easily translatable to your native language if it's not already done.
• HTTP Proxy, FTP Proxy, Socks 4 & 5 support; create different proxies and switch between them with a simple mouse click.
• High performance Disk Buffer to decrease disk fragmentation.
• Secure FTP (FTPS) support; protect your data and information through SSL/TLS encryption.
• SSH FTP (SFTP) support.
• TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) support.
• Synchronize data.
• Built-in Script Engine for you to reap maximum benefits from each one of your transfers; either write your own scripts or choose from an always growing collection.
• Automatic SFV Checking and Reporting functionalities.
• Multiple-Files Renaming tool saves you time.
• Built-in Command Designer for Serv-U/RaidenFTPD/ioFTPD/glftpd; your always one click away from all the basic ftp commands but you can also personnalize them to make everything quicker for you.
• FTP Folders Caching speeds your browsing.
• Wildcards, Regular Expressions and Skip & Allow Lists tools make sure that you transfer wanted data only.
• Search for a file on a server as easily as you would on your own machine with our Advanced File Finder tool.
• IdentD Server support.
• Unicode/UTF-8 Charset support.

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Terrapin FTP is designed with comprehensive full functionality in mind. It's also highly suitable for beginners as it features a superb web wizard which takes you thorough those first nervous steps of uploading files to your website by FTP for the first time. With Terrapin FTP transferring files - whether uploading or downloading - it's simply a matter of dragging and dropping. You can even synchronize whole directories in one drag drop operation. The Terrapin Interface gives you a comprehensive view of what's going on at all times and file indicators mean that you can see whether files have changed at a glance.

You can build your own custom commands, reconcile entire directory structures with the click of a button, perform inter-server transfers by a simple drag and drop operation. This is perhaps one of the nicest features - just drag and drop as you would with explorer although it's not that unusual for an FTP server. The most unique feature is that fact that you can use macros to record and save a series of FTP transactions. These can then be re-played in one on-line session as many times and whenever you wish. However in practice this gets quite fiddly and there's not really much call for it anyway.

This is an excellent FTP server for both beginners and advanced users with tons of interesting options to explore.

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Staff-FTP is a simple, double-panel FTP client with an intuitive user-interface that makes it easy to perform file transfers efficiently and easily. It has support for various types of connection, custom commands, download filters, integrated web explorer, a system for comparing files between the local and remote and a manager for your favorite FTP sites.

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Visicom Media’s AceFTP 3 Freeware is the easiest-to-use free FTP client software available for transferring files over the Internet.

Its cool, uncluttered drag-and-drop interface, designed in a Windows XP fashion, lets you transfer files quickly and efficiently and navigate with ease between folders, both on Web sites and on your computer.

This robust, free FTP software is a high-speed FTP program. It enables you to perform multiple file transfers simultaneously. Simply put, it beats many paid-for FTP client software products hands down.

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Visicom Media’s AceFTP 3 Pro is an advanced FTP client software solution designed for ease of use by both novices and professionals. A powerful and secure file transfer solution, the AceFTP 3 Pro FTP program emphasizes total control, security, efficiency, and simplicity.

AceFTP 3 Pro's conveniently designed interface provides you with instant access to execution of all predominant tasks associated with file transfers. The intuitive design of the interface reduces the learning curve enabling quick mastery of even the most advanced features. The familiar Windows XP–style interface makes it easy to navigate through AceFTP 3 Pro. It can also be personalized to match your work preferences and habits. AceFTP 3 Pro's ergonomic design guarantees maximum ease of use and efficiency.

AceFTP 3 Pro software integrates features that ensure the secure, confidential transfer of your information over the Internet. The SSL security protocol now integrated in AceFTP 3 Pro ensures the secure transfer of information between any server and the user's local computer. You can now safeguard your confidential information with easy-to-implement password protection. For additional security, each user on the network has his or her own profile and cannot access other users' connections.

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ALFTP is an easy FTP client for beginners with a speedy interface for power-users. And with the built in ALFTP FTP Server, you can easily share files with friends and family.

Features:

• Fresh XPish look
• Automatically retries failed file transfers
• Transfer files greater than 2 GB
• Direct Editing files on FTP servers backs up files when transfers fail

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FTPGetter is an automated ftp program which is intended to upload or download files between ftp servers and your local or network workstation drives using file masks, i.e. when neither exact file names, nor their numbers are known.

File batch processing using masks will allow you to flexibly adjust list of files that are to be uploaded to the ftp server or downloaded from it. Built-in task scheduler will duly start the tasks that you created.

FTPGetter can work simultaneously with any number of ftp servers using multithreaded processing technology. FTPGetter supports a direct connection to ftp servers, as well as connection through a FTP, SOCKS or HTTP proxy server.

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The developers claim that Wise-FTP can connect to any FTP site which is quite a claim. In tests however, it's proved somewhat hit and miss and didn't seem to connect to anymore servers than most other FTP clients.

The program does feature however a user-friendly drag & drop interface and allows you to edit files and folders directly on the FTP server. It's also able to perform simultaneous transfers plus synchronisation of directories and task planner. It also includes more standard features such as secure file transfer via SFTP and auto-connect if it drops a connection.

Apart from the fact it connects to a wide range of servers, the integrated HTML editor is perhaps the only other stand out feature of Wise FTP enabling you to edit files on a remote system in real-time. Another nice touch is that there is a scheduler which you can use to automate transfers whilst away from your PC.

In summary, there's nothing particularly outstanding about Wise FTP although it would probably be a good start for beginners to FTP file transfers due to it's user-friendly interface and layout.

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RightLoad is a small Windows program that allows you to quickly upload files from your right click menu. You no longer need to run a large FTP client and click ten different buttons just to upload a file - just right click on the file, select a server and RightLoad will automatically start uploading. When the upload is done, RightLoad offers you various kinds of links to the file, ready to be pasted into message board posts or websites.

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FTPhoto is an online ordering solution for photo labs and related industries. It provides an intuitive, simple and thorough means for the lab's customer to pick image files, and create an order with special instructions.

It then uploads the files and order form to the lab's FTP server. The order form is securely encrypted to protect sensitive personal and payment information. The download links are to a fully functional demo version. The price provides a release version (both Windows and Mac) that is branded with the lab's name and logo, and targeted to an account on the lab's server. The lab also receives an application for decoding the incoming orders. Additional customization is subject to quotation.

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TurboFTP SDK is a powerful ActiveX/.Net-ready component and offers a full set of FTP functionalities like connect to an FTP server, upload or download files, view remote directory listings, rename or delete remote files, etc. TurboFTP SDK component provides a set of clear and easy-to-use interfaces for fulfilling these FTP operations. A summary of TurboFTP SDK features as follows:

• Supports blocking and non-blocking modes for calling methods.
• Supports SSL/TLS, including implicit and explicit SSL, SSL client certificate.
• Supports a full range of FTP servers and remote directory listing formats including UNIX, UNIX-compatible, DOS-style, VMS, VAX, OS/2, AS-400, Novell Netware (v4 and onwards), VxWorks and Apple OS.
• OTP S/Key (MD4, MD5) password encryption.
• Supports Dialup Networking in attempt to establish a remote FTP connection.
• Supports on-the-fly data compression using MODE Z.
• Supports upload and download resume.
• Automatically re-connects if connection drops and resumes interrupted transfer.
• Ability to transfer files larger than 4Gb (available on NTFS file system).
• Firewall support, including HTTP proxy, SOCKS 4, SOCKS 4a and SOCKS 5.
• Converts server file time in local time zone according to specified time offset.
• Built-in interface that provides a set of methods to decompress archives of Zip(*.zip), GZip(*.gz), Tar(*.tar), Gzipped Tar(*.tgz) formats and create archives in these formats.
• Comes with fully tested samples for VB, VB.NET, VBA, C#, C++, JavaScript, ASP, ASP.NET and Delphi, including source code of a full-featured FTP client written in .NET C# demonstrating all functions of TurboFTP SDK component.

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Chatex is a new client-server all in one chat program based on speed. The program also has a very secure protocol so that data is verified when it is received in the client and the server side. All connections can be monitored by admins. The program is also useful through LAN.

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FTP Now is a fast, multi-threaded Windows FTP client software with the look-and-feel of Windows Explorer. It makes moving files between the Internet and your computer as simple as local file manipulation. Whether uploading a Web page, an image, or downloading music and software or transferring various files between your computer and any FTP server, FTP Now will get the job done easily and fast, it is suitable for beginner and expert.

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