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An FTP client uses the FTP protocol to connect to an FTP server to transfer files. Basic FTP clients come with many operating systems, including DOS, Linux and Unix. However, many enhanced clients are available typically as shareware for Windows and as freeware for Unix-like systerms. Many modern web browsers have built-in FTP clients as well.
Some operating systems including newer versions of Windows and Mac OS X can mount FTP servers as virtual drives directly within the operating system, which may be easier or more convenient for some users than using a specialized client.
Common interactive command-line FTP clients include:
GUI clients for various operating systems include:
- CuteFTPCuteFTP is a file transfer application (an FTP client) developed by GlobalScape sporting a simple Windows-based GUI. Since 1999 there's also CuteFTP Pro (now called CuteFTP Professional) available which supports more security based features (like SSH). [3]
- WS_FTP [4]
- FileZillaFileZilla is a free, open-source ( GPL) FTP Client for Windows. It supports FTP, SFTP and FTP over SSL. External links Internet Free software. [5]
- SmartFTP [6]
- FlashFXP [7]
- FTPRush [8]
Additionally, sftpSecure FTP refers to the process of tunneling a normal FTP session over an SSH connection. The 'Secure FTP' label is misleading in that only the control channel is secured; the data channel is still transmitted in cleartext outside of the SSH tunnel. tunnels the FTP protocol over ssh for a much more secure session. WgetWget is a GNU free software tool that permits advanced file retrieval from networks and the Internet. For example, it allows for simplified mirroring and recursive downloading. Its name is derived from World Wide Web and GET which is the name of the comma is a command-line utility that can download via FTP non-interactively.
