The Best 32 Classic FTP Alternatives

  • SmartFTP icon

    SmartFTP

    SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol), FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Google Drive, OneDrive, SSH, Terminal client. It allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet.

    Commercial Windows

  • sshfs icon

    sshfs

    This is a filesystem client based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol. Since most SSH servers already support this protocol it is very easy to set up: i.e. on the server side there's nothing to do.

    Free Open Source Linux Xfce

    SSH Mounting drives
  • CuteFTP icon

    CuteFTP

    Cute FTP is an utility for transferring files between your computer and a remote File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server anywhere on the Internet. It offers the perfect blend of ease-of-use and performance for the home or personal FTP user.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows

  • gFTP icon

    gFTP

    gFTP is a simple GTK+ based ftp client for Linux.

    Free Open Source Linux Xfce

  • vsftpd icon

    vsftpd

    Very secure FTP Daemon, a secure, fast FTP server for UNIX systems, including Linux.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Core FTP icon

    Core FTP

    Core FTP LE - free Windows software that includes the client FTP features you need.

    Free Windows

  • Free FTP icon

    Free FTP

    Free FTP is a simplified, intuitive, and best of all free FTP client! It uploads and downloads files quickly and reliably, keeps your FTP server settings in one place, and allows you to pause or cancel transfers.

    Free Windows

  • CrossFTP icon

    CrossFTP

    CrossFTP is a free FTP, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, and cloud storage client. * CrossFTPs main features: Multi-tab Navigation; Unicode support; Bonjour Service Discovery; Archive browsing(.zip,.tar.gz,etc.

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux

    Support for SFTP FXP
  • Interarchy icon

    Interarchy

    For close to 17 years Interarchy has been the leading Mac FTP client. First released in 1993, Interarchy has been used by hundreds of thousands of Mac users to upload, download and transfer files across the Internet.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • AbsoluteTelnet icon

    AbsoluteTelnet

    AbsoluteTelnet / SSH is a secure flexible terminal client with rock-solid emulations that is suitable for developers, administrators, or deployment across the enterprise.

    Commercial Windows

    Support for SFTP SSH
  • Steed icon

    Steed

    Stop bothering to jump between applications, you can handle multiple protocols within Steed. Whether you need access to an FTP or SFTP server, or store files in the cloud on Amazon S3 or Microsoft Azure, Steed will help you do that.

    Commercial Windows

  • DPLOY icon

    DPLOY

    DPLOY is an FTP/SFTP deployment tool built in node.js Uploads the latest changes by comparing the version on your server with your git repository.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Node.JS

  • Syncplify.me FTP! icon

    Syncplify.me FTP!

    FTP! is the interactive graphical FTP(S) and SFTP client by syncplify.me. It supports the FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL, both implicit and explicit) and SFTP protocols, and it's very easy to use as well as extremely fast.

    Free Windows