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, gFTP and FileZilla Secure.

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FileZilla alternatives are mainly FTP Clients, but if you're looking for File Managers or File Sync Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Windows, Open Source, Android + FTP Client and Android. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to FileZilla.
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  1. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. FTPClient icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  3. Swish icon
     11 likes

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

    17 Swish alternatives

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. 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

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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  6. 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.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  8. 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

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Skod icon
     2 likes

    Skod is a (File|Transfer|Protocol) client for humans, easy to use and hackable. Written in pure C, without any external library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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