I need a good freeware FTP program

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-03-15 08:24pm

I'm using SmartFTP right now, but after using it for over a year, I'm now sick of it.

I'd like suggestions for a good FTP program. Any?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2004-03-15 08:30pm

Shinova wrote:I'm using SmartFTP right now, but after using it for over a year, I'm now sick of it.

I'd like suggestions for a good FTP program. Any?

I like SmartFTP, and I'd stick with it if I were you. I heard that CuteFTP is pretty good, though.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2004-03-15 08:32pm

i've used (sort of) CuteFTP before. not too terribly bad and surprisingly a simple interface for it. a simple google search should be able to turn it up.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-03-15 08:51pm

I heard FileZilla's good.

GoldenFalcon · Post by **GoldenFalcon** » 2004-03-15 08:52pm

Believe it or not, I'm comfortable enough with the command-line FTP program as it is.

Other than that, if I feel like GUI'ing I use WS_FTP Limited, though I don't think it's released anymore. :/

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-03-16 12:52am

NcFTP. To upload things to shell account I use scp for individual files or rsync for entire directory trees. Command line sftp sucks.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-03-16 12:53am

I like SmartFTP.. CuteFTP I've heard good things about, but have never used it.

Shadowhawk · Post by **Shadowhawk** » 2004-03-16 01:17am

It's not free, but LeapFTP is the best GUI FTP I've ever used. Nice, clean interface...none of the bloat CuteFTP has and none of the sheer aggravation of SmartFTP.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-03-16 01:20am

Core FTP is basically free(You have to say your a student.) and it is essentially a cute ftp clone.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2004-03-16 01:45am

If you're running Linux, gftp is good if you want a GUI.

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2004-03-16 01:51am

Laird wrote:Core FTP is basically free(You have to say your a student.) and it is essentially a cute ftp clone.

I second that, I'm very happy with CoreFTP, it managed to figure out that I had access to the levels that most of the other FTP programs couldnt quite work out that I had access to.

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-03-16 07:51am

If you need connection to a secured server (like I do for my faculty account) you could use WinSCP It's free and I'm satisfied with him.
I didn't tried it for ftp connections on the internet, as I am behind a firewall and my IP is not routable.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2004-03-16 08:44am

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C:\>ftp ftp.sunet.se
Connected to ftp.sunet.se.
220-####################################################################
220-### Try accessing us on the World Wide Web! http://ftp.sunet.se/ ###
220-###                                                              ###
220-### http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/ to browse...                        ###
220-###                                                              ###
220-### http://ftp.sunet.se:8000/ftpsearch to search for filenames   ###
220-###                                                              ###
220-### http://ftp.sunet.se/mnogo/search.php to freetext search      ###
220-###                                                              ###
220-####################################################################
220-
220--> Please login with user anonymous or ftp to access our archive <-
220
User (ftp.sunet.se:(none)): anonymous
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful. Have fun.
ftp> binary
200 Switching to Binary mode.
ftp> hash
Hash mark printing On  ftp: (2048 bytes/hash mark) .
ftp>

Free and easy

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2004-03-16 11:50am

I've heard good things about RobustFTP.

Embracer Of Darkness · Post by **Embracer Of Darkness** » 2004-03-16 11:52am

Internet Explorer.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-03-16 11:55am

Embracer Of Darkness wrote:Internet Explorer.

-hiss glare-

aronkerkhof · Post by **aronkerkhof** » 2004-03-16 01:35pm

I've used nothing but wsftp (le edition). Its from ipswitch. What more do you want? 90% of the time I just command line it.

GrandMasterTerwynn · Post by **GrandMasterTerwynn** » 2004-03-16 02:16pm

Shinova wrote:I'm using SmartFTP right now, but after using it for over a year, I'm now sick of it.

I'd like suggestions for a good FTP program. Any?

I've already heard of the major GUI-driven FTP programs. If you're ready for a walk on the wild side, there are command-line driven FTP clients that come standard-issue with Windows 9x/NT x.xx, and the numerous flavors of Unix and Linux.

Though I prefer something with a bit more security than standard FTP myself (which has virtually none to speak of,) such as PSFTP which is also command-line driven, but command-line FTP isn't that hard to use.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2004-03-16 03:47pm

Also, rsync is faster since it only sends the differences between files (and also does that for binaries).

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2004-03-17 11:27am

GrandMasterTerwynn wrote:Though I prefer something with a bit more security than standard FTP myself (which has virtually none to speak of,) such as PSFTP which is also command-line driven, but command-line FTP isn't that hard to use.

Not everyone can use SFTP.

Pu-239 wrote:Also, rsync is faster since it only sends the differences between files (and also does that for binaries).

Rsync is not always an option.

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