FileZilla

Passwords are still stored in plaintext. This is a big security risk. Somehow lose that file and your servers are open. I am switching to WinSCP.

It's free, sure. But I don't get why it is so popular. It's pretty basic. My biggest gripe is that I couldn't get Dreamweaver to open/edit .php files properly. After adding the file type manually to filezilla I still have to open Dreamweaver first or open the file twice. The devs need to take a look at FlashFXP.

Hands down the best free FTP client you can use. Very simple and frequently updated.

I prefer CuteFTP has an awesome and built-in editor and a Podcast Manager which are just my favorite among many other features. FileZilla is pretty sweet aswell a lot more lightweight and I'm also able to carry it with me wherever I go. And not to mention, buts its also free.

Although I don't agree with cneg's rude insults pointed at young programmers, I agree with him about Ford, AOL, and FileZilla. WinSCP is waayyy better than FileZilla, and it's far faster. I don't have to close my connection to the server before I close it (had to do that with FileZilla) and there are many different UI choices.

I would strongly recommend WinSCP over this product.

Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's good. Take AOL for example or Ford cars. People are stupid because they learn one unacceptable tool and are married to it forever.

Filezilla is a joke and has been for several versions. The only thing that's good about it is the name- sounds like a 'zilla', mozilla, godzilla, yeah we get it dreaming big 14 yr old programmer dummy who made this ftp software originally.

Filezilla is extremely very unreliable with large numbers of files, stopping part of the way. It flakes out for no reason. It will double text files for no reason. It has highly erratic other subtle behaviors with settings. I am required to use it at work when training or demonstrating its failures to others. I use WinSCP because it just works. And winscp has many more features that are useful too, like chowning files on linux or sync-ing directories.

It's good app but the passwords for ftp accounts are stored with plain text in one file. This vulneralibity is being used by a virus which gets access to FTP's and copies the virus code into index.html and some *.php files on the server. This way other people get infected. Until they fix that some way I'm changing to WinSCP.