Open Source FileZilla Alternatives

The best open source alternative to FileZilla is WinSCP . If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to FileZilla and many of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to FileZilla are Cyberduck, Midnight Commander, FileZilla Secure and termscp.

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  1. Rclone UI icon
     4 likes

    Rclone UI is a light, transparent layer on top of rclone to manage your cloud storage, backups, and syncing operations more easily!

    10 Rclone UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  2. FTPClient icon
     1 like

    FTPClient is a very simple FTP, FPTS and SFTP client for Android 5.0+, using Apache Commons Net for FTP and FTPS and SSHJ for SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  3. FTPbox icon
     17 likes

    FTPbox is an open-source application that allows you to synchronize your files to your own host, via FTP. This way, you can access your files anywhere, without having to pay for disk space on some 3rd-party website!

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. A web based FTP client. Like really simple, kind of, filezilla, but for your browser. The main goal of this tool is: Install on a server/NAS/synology/raspberry/desktop and use it like a desktop tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Swish icon
     11 likes

    Swish adds support for SFTP to Windows Explorer so you can access your files on another computer securely via SSH.

    18 Swish alternatives

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2012

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. taxi icon
     1 like

    Taxi is a Linux FTP client developed in Vala and Gtk by Kiran John Hampal. It enables connection to a remote server using various protocols like FTP, SFT, etc. It features a double pane interface for easy file and folder transfer between your computer and the server.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  7. Gigolo icon
     7 likes

    Gigolo is a frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems using GIO/GVfs. It allows you to quickly connect/mount a remote filesystem and manage bookmarks of such.

    5 Gigolo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2011

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  8. LAN-Share icon
     3 likes

    LAN Share is a cross platform local area network file transfer application, built using Qt GUI framework. It can be used to transfer a whole folder, one or more files, large or small immediately without any additional configuration.

    61 LAN-Share alternatives

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2019

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. CurlFtpFS icon
     1 like

    CurlFtpFS is a filesystem for accessing FTP hosts based on FUSE and libcurl. It is the simplest and very convenient way to work with remote FTP sites. No special FTP GUI apps is necessary and credentials can be stored in Netrc file.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. IQBox FTP icon
     4 likes

    IQBox lets you sync your files easily using any FTP site. It monitors your files in real-time. The interface is easy-to-use for beginners. It also can be used as a command-line tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. PTFTP icon
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    Simplistic and intuitive explorer-like ftp client. Open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. UpFTP icon
     1 like

    Inspired by the Upload Manager of Linux Mint, UpFTP 2 is a Windows program that allows you to share files using an FTP server in a couple of clicks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Since

    • Since 2013

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Good alternative?
     
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