FileZilla Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to FileZilla for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Cyberduck, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to FileZilla and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to FileZilla are Midnight Commander, Transmit, Mountain Duck and odrive.

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  1. Cyberduck icon
     476 likes

    A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.

    119 Cyberduck alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  2. Text-mode file manager for terminals with dual-pane interface enables copying, moving, deleting, and searching files locally or via remote shells. Includes internal viewer, text editor, subshell integration, broad terminal compatibility, and works over SSH.

    133 Midnight Commander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
    • MacPorts
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  3. Transmit icon
     149 likes

    Transmit is a fast and wonderful file transfer app. It supports every major cloud storage provider, and it looks awfully nice.

    63 Transmit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. Mountain Duck icon
     38 likes

    Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.

    53 Mountain Duck alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  5. odrive icon
     86 likes

    Unify all your storage. odrive makes it easy to access, sync, and share all your files from one place. Integrations to 20+ services, desktop sync, CLI (inc. Linux), placeholders, zero-knowledge-encryption, web client, advanced sharing, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Raspberry Pi
    • US flagUnited States
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  6. ExpanDrive icon
     48 likes

    Map or Mount Amazon Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and more as a Network Drive. Seamless access to files without sync.

    59 ExpanDrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2009

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. FileZilla Secure is a free FTP client that has all the features of the original FileZilla plus it encrypts your FTP passwords to help protect from hackers stealing them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
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  8. termscp icon
     3 likes

    A feature rich terminal UI file transfer and explorer with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/Kube/S3/WebDAV.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
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  9. Faro Client icon
     5 likes

    Faro is a modern desktop client for SFTP, FTP, SSH, S3-compatible, WebDAV, and cloud storage. Save a server once,

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu
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  10. AeroFTP icon
     6 likes

    A modern, open-source file transfer platform & CLI alternative to FileZilla, Cyberduck, and rclone. Supports 51 cloud providers, 7 transport protocols, AI assistance, cloud sync, and military-grade encryption.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft
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  11. SSH Pilot icon
     4 likes

    Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.

    67 SSH Pilot alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  12. A graphical SFTP, SCP and FTP/FTPS client for Linux, macOS and Windows, inspired by WinSCP. Two panes, drag and drop, resumable transfers. Rust and GTK 4.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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