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ProFTPD

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ProFTPD is a high-performance, extremely configurable, and most of all a secure FTP server, featuring Apache-like configuration and blazing performance.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • Mac  Requires 1.3.6 branch for ACLs, presently in release candidate form
  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Self-Hosted
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  1.  FTP Server
  2.  Modular System
  3.  SSL

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  • Developed by

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  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
  • Alternatives

    22 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

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ProFTPD was added to AlternativeTo by rebeccamenessec on Sep 5, 2015 and this page was last updated Oct 12, 2022.
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What is ProFTPD?

ProFTPD is a high-performance, extremely configurable, and most of all a secure FTP server, featuring Apache-like configuration and blazing performance.

ProFTPD grew out of the desire to have a secure and configurable FTP server, and out of a significant admiration of the Apache web server.

When the Project began, the most commonly used server was wu-ftpd. While wu-ftpd provides excellent performance and is generally a good product, it lacks numerous features found in newer Win32 FTP servers and has a poor security history. Many people, including the developers who work on ProFTPD, had spent a great deal of time fixing bugs and hacking features into wu-ftpd. Unfortunately, it quickly became clear that a complete redesign was necessary in order to implement the configurability and features desired.

In addition to wu-ftpd, there are a few of other FTP servers available which are designed to be light-weight and secure at the expense of configurability. For example, Troll FTP is an excellent FTP daemon which is considerably more secure and less resource-intensive than wu-ftpd. Unfortunately, while it is quite suitable for basic FTP services, it does not offer the feature set required for more sophisticated FTP sites.

ProFTPD is not a hack based on any other server, it's an independent source tree from the ground up. A number of well known and high traffic sites use ProFTPD.