Alternatives to Core FTP for all platforms with any license

FileZilla

FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.
- Warning Be aware that installing FileZilla on your computer might install some bundleware/malware on your machine. See this thread on the FileZilla forum: https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=48441
- Bundleware The installer may contain adwares. Be careful during the installation: https://alternativeto.net/discussions/applications/11718/be-careful-in-the-installation/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... ReactOS
Ad-free Dedicated Server Hosting Mounting drives Portable ... Support for SFTP Add a feature

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WinSCP

WinSCP, a popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows, copies files between a local and remote computer. It supports also FTPS, SCP and WebDAV. It offers easy to use...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com Wine
Directory sync File-sync Auto-saving Automatic upload ... Cloud sync Command Line support Windows Explorer integration Folder Comparison Folder Mirroring Integrated FTP client Multiple languages Multiple login on one browser Portable Scripting Support for SFTP SSH Sudo shell Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Forklift

ForkLift is designed to be the fastest, most powerful file manager for the Mac. Connect to FTP or SFTP servers, manage your Amazon S3 account or your mobile devices over...

Commercial $ $ $ Mac
Support for FTP Mount FTP drives Mounting drives Built-in archiver ... Command Line support Directory sync Dropbox integration Dual Pane Support File-sync Integrated File Sharing Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Live Preview Multiple languages Night mode/Dark Theme Support for SFTP Support for Amazon S3 Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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FireFTP

FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.
- Discontinued The extension is not working on Firefox 57 and later. The developer ended support and development of FireFTP after 13 years. The extension still works on XUL-based Firefox forks like https://alternativeto.net/software/waterfox/ and https://alternativeto.net/software/palemoon/
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Waterfox Pale Moon ... Firefox
Firefox Extensions Support for FTP Legacy Firefox Addon Add a feature

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sshfs

SSHFS allows you to mount a remote filesystem using SFTP. Most SSH servers support and enable this SFTP access by default, so SSHFS is very simple to use - there's...

Free Open Source Linux Xfce
File-sync Mounting drives Remote File Access SSH Add a feature

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FTP Rush

FTP Rush is a powerful FTP/FXP/SFTP/TFTP client sofware for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Win7. It is designed to fit any transfer need and allows you to quickly upload or...

Free Windows
Auto check.sfv file when downloading FXP Filename convert after download Portable ... Prioritize file extensions Skip list to bypass files by name TFTP Add a feature

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SmartFTP

SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol), FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Google Drive, OneDrive, SSH, Terminal client. It allows you to transfer files between your local...

Commercial Windows
FXP Add a feature

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vsftpd

Very secure FTP Daemon, a secure, fast FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux.

Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

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CuteFTP

Cute FTP is an utility for transferring files between your computer and a remote File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server anywhere on the Internet. It offers the perfect...

Commercial Mac Windows
Support for Multiple threads Add a feature

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DPLOY

DPLOY is an FTP/SFTP deployment tool built in node.js Uploads the latest changes by comparing the version on your server with your git repository.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Node.JS
Support for SFTP Add a feature

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gFTP

gFTP is a simple GTK+ based ftp client for Linux. Supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and FSP protocols, FTP and HTTP proxy server...
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last stable version, 2.0.19, released on November 30th, 2008, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Linux Xfce
FXP Add a feature

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BitKinex

Bitkinex is a multiprotocol FTP client, supporting FTP, SFTP, HTTP (WebDAV). The FTP features on one-click commands list, multipart download and multi thread browse. The...
- Discontinued In march 2009, the development of BitKinex stopped and it became freeware. Last version, 3.2.3, is still downloadable from the official website.
Free Windows
Support for Multiple protocols Support for SFTP Support for WebDAV Add a feature

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Staff-FTP

Staff-FTP is a Freeware FTP-Client that has many unique features you will not find in any other software.

Free Windows
Tcp proxy Add a feature

3 Like
Xftp

Xftp is a powerful SFTP, FTP file transfer program for MS Windows platforms. When applying Xftp, MS Windows users can securely transfer files between Unix/Linux and...

Freemium Windows
Support for SFTP Add a feature

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Fetch

Fetch is a Macintosh program for transferring files over networks, such as the Internet, using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). ...

Commercial Mac
No features added Add a feature

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