What FTP client do you use?

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Right now I’m in the process of trying to find a good solid FTP client that isn’t nagware, and has no license limitations. I WAS using WS_FTP LE, but its not legal to use it commercially and I want a free lunch so I’m not paying for the pro version.

Yes I know the police aren’t coming to get me for using it commercially, but I want to see if every app I use can be free/oss aside from my operating system and office suite.

After WS_FTP I went to SmartFTP, but that was back when it was still free, and those buggers changed their license too so now I want to switch again.

So! If anyone has helpful suggestions of where to find the best freeware/open source FTP client, I’d give them a gold star for helping me out. Thanks!

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Hey,

Not sure if your platform (win32?) is supported but lftp is by far the best client I have ever used.

Did I get the star? :slight_smile:

Later,

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I don’t know for sure, cause it’s been a while, since I ever used a windows program, but I guess you would like to take a look at this:

http://freeware.aceftp.com/

I don’t mean that this is the best free ftp-client, but in any case, you have nothing to loose… Try it and tell me…

(But I’ve got to let you know, that in case you find it o.k. I want that “gold star” you mentioned… )…

Good luck… :smiley:

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No gold star to be given out yet…

The AceFTP one looks ok…not sure though. I would appreciate suggestions that are tried and tested if thats allright. The first suggested wasn’t a Win32 prog…thanks though! Keep em comin folks!

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I use FTP Explorer
http://www.ftpx.com/
Not free for commercial use though.

This one sounds good:
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2160-10209833.html?tag=lst-0-2

There are several others there worth a look too.

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I can’t believe nobody’s mentioned FileZilla yet! It’s the one I use, and it’s awesome! Plus, it’s open-source! Only for Windows, though.

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=21558&release_id=183014

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I saw filezilla during my googling, but the bug list is 10 miles long…any problems with it?

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Hmm…I completely forgot to check the bug list. Damn, that’s a hefty list of issues! :o
However, I’ve only been using FileZilla for a week, and it’s been working perfectly fine so far. But I guess you never know…

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i use cuteftp 30 bucks umlimited licence it was worth it…

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Well I’ve just started using it and lemme tell you…its awesome. I know its got a long list of bugs but hey…it’ll only get smaller, unlike M$ software which has bug lists that grow. Even the bugs in windows have bugs. Anyhow…I’ve switched to that so he gets the good star!!

Thanks a bunch Theropod!

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Glad to help! :smiley:

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What about “ftp”? It’s already available if you’re using win/unix/Linux. And works quite the same allover.

It’s text-based but simple.

“ftp ftp.youradress.com”

username/pass

then just the usual “cd”,“ls”/“dir” commands

“put” and “get” are used to upload/download files.

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Try looking at tucows:

http://www.tucows.com/ftp95_default.html

or downloads.com:

http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=ftp&tg=dl-2001

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Are people around here getting lazier and lazier or what? READ before you post.

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What about Total Commander? Costs some bucks, but one of the most useful tools I know. www.ghisler.com

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hmmm… i use kbear http://kbear.sf.net and sometimes ncftp http://www.ncftp.org

but i guess you won’t like ncftp, and kbear can’t be run on win* (well, not without tons of effort) …sorry :expressionless:

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ncftp rulez!

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i know!!
it’s one of the most powerful ftp clients ever!!! …people just get atimidated of it because it’s non-gui frontend :]

when we’re at it …if you’re using KDE (e.g. in linux) you should try the (kio_)fish protocol :smiley: …it’s a ftp via ssh protocol which you just run in konqueror… like this:
fish://[email protected]
then you enter the password and that’s it …you’re in :smiley: …it’s really nice actually

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Well I’m glad to see all of the enthusiastic replies, but I already settled on FileZilla. Thanks anyway though!

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That means, that I won’t get the gold star after all???

:frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning: :frowning:

(I’m just joking… It’s good to see that you found what you were looking for… Have fun with your new toy… :smiley: :smiley: :D)