Free FTP Clients (1 Viewer)

[Dustin B]

Are there any decent basic free FTP clients out there (I don't want a trial period thing). All I'll really use it for is uploading and downloading files from the server that displays my webpage. So it would be nice to be able to create and modify folders on the webserver as well as transfer folder trees. Being able to delete files on the server would be nice as well.

Or is my best bet to just use IE if I want free?

 

[MikeAlletto]

just go to start, run and type ftp

Everything you can do through a gui can be done via the command line...

 

[Brett_H]

Dustin,
I use SmartFTP for both downloading and uploading to my personal FTP site. Completely freeware and rather full featured. If you can use windows explorer, this one should be a no-brainer.
-Brett.

 

[DonRoeber]

I've been playing with FileZilla recently. In short, it's amazing. Check it out at http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/

 

[Shayne Lebrun]

I was going to say exactly what Mike said.
Start -> run -> command
ftp ftp.mysever.com
username
password
bin
hash
prompt
mget *.jpg
asc
mput *.html
quit

 

[Larry Seno Jr.]

Ugh, FTP sucks.

Things it doesn't do:

Automatically reconnect
Remember addresses
Remember file queues
drag and drop file queing

 

[Andrew Pratt]

I highly second the Smart FTP suggestion I've been using it for months now and its very slick. Its hard to believe its freeware since its got more support them most software! Its simple to use yet powerful enough to do everything I've needed to with my web sites.

 

[Greg_Y]

I don't like CuteFTP or BulletProof FTP but many other people do. I use WS_FTP but it's usually easier to do the command line thing.

 

[BrianSmithe]

WS_FTP Gets my vote

 

[Jeff R.]

WS_FTP is the only program I've used. It's worked fine for me so I've never had any need to try anything else.

 

[Iain Lambert]

Commandline ftp rules, sorry. Run a real operating system, and batch script if you really need to do fancy things, but I can't be having with all that gui nonsense.

 

[AllanN]

WS_FTP LE

 

[Rob Speicher]

Another vote for SmartFTP.

 

[Andre F]

Looks like I'm going to check out SmartFTP...
-Andre F

 

[Darren Lewis]

SmartFTP for me too It's a fantastic piece of software.

 

[MikeAlletto]

I always use the command line ftp, but some good things are to be said about being able to highlight a huge group of files and just drag-n-drop them onto the destination to start the transfer.

 

[Matt Stryker]

WSFTP is great, easy, and its free for students (its free for anyone to use, but its legal to use it freely as a student).
www.ipswitch.com
If you want something a little more featured (with queueing and server-server capability) I recommend FlashFXP.

 

[Christian Behrens]

Hasn't been mentioned yet, but I've been using Link Removed for a long time already. Small, multi-threaded, full drag'n'drop, etc.
It's no longer updated (for quite a while already), but it works like a charm .
-Christian

 

[Kelley_B]

I use LeechFTP also! Everyone who I have shown it to loves it and has switched to it from the likes of WS_FTP, Cute, and Bulletproof.

 

[ToddS]

I will 3rd Leech ftp. It is a wonderful program.