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FileZilla is an open source FTP client built to be a fast but yet rich in feature FTP client. It supports secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) while the drag and drop interface for transferring files makes FileZilla easy for user familiar with the windows user interface to use FTP. The upload and download queue makes it easy to queue all your file transfer activities and let FileZilla schedule them for efficiency and best transfer performance.
It also has the ability to resume both downloads and uploads provided that the FTP server at the other end supports this feature. FileZilla Client is a fast and reliable cross-platform FTP, FTPS and SFTP client with lots of useful and functional features and an intuitive graphical user interface.
Among the noted features of FileZilla are the following:
User friendly graphic user interface
Multilingual (Language support: English, French, German, Japanese, just to name a few) ;
Encryption support for FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP);
Multiplatform Support. It can be ran on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more ;
IPv6 support ;
Supports transfer resuming and files larger than 4 GiB ;
Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue ;
Proxy support;
Bookmarks ;
Drag & drop;
Configurable transfer speed limits ;
Filename filters ;
Network configuration wizard ;
Remote file editing ;
Keep-alive ;
MODE Z transfer compressing ;
HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP-Proxy support.
FileZilla is a multi-platform application that can be ran on Windows, Mac OS X , Linux, *BSD and more. It has been designed to be user friendly and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable. The program offers support for firewalls and proxy connections including SSL and Kerberos GSS security. Yes, its FREE and so get your copy here!
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January 11th, 2009 at 11:46 am
I’d agree I use FileZilla all the time and its a great FTP client. For those out there that are looking for a server solution for FTP and a number of other delivery protocols I recommend Hermstedt StingRay managed file transfer server.
January 11th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
You are right James and thanks for dropping by.