What FTP Client is good?

Hangin' Around Joined: Jan 31, 2004 Posts: 35

What FTP client is a good one to use? I have FTP Explorer and it works ok, but it wokred better before I got WinXP.

Is there a good, free program out there?

If not, what program would be good that I would need to pay for. I prefer free, but am willing to pay some money for a good FTP client

Thanks

registered · Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 12:51 pm

I find WS_FTP the best, I use to use CuteFTP which was good too but it stopped working so my vote is with WS_FTP v9. http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/WS_FTP/

Involved Joined: Jul 15, 2004 Posts: 252 Location: OKC, OK

Ws_FTP is good, another one that has a lot of nice featues and is free is AceFTP 3.

It is very nice except for one thing I have not found yet how to turn off. if you click on a file it will try to display it, which is great when you are bobbing around a site trying to remember which file it was that you needed, but a real bummer if you are uploading GanjaUK's PC Killer and kill yourself. Smile

Site Admin Joined: Jun 04, 2004 Posts: 6437

Here's a list of Only registered users can see links on this board! Get registered or login!. I haven't tried them all, but I've heard good things about CoreFTP. I bought a license to AceFTP Pro some time ago, and it works well enough for me, though I had problems with the free version.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:01 pm

I like using smartFTP it was free and I have never had a problem with it. Very simple drag and drop function. Smile

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:13 pm

I downloaded CORE FTP, we'll see how it works, so far so good.

Thansk for the ideas.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:26 pm

I use FlashFXP and have for a couple years now. I tried many different clients (free and shareware) and ultimately settled on this one and paid for it and haven't looked back.....

http://flashfxp.com

New Member Joined: Sep 06, 2004 Posts: 11

Core FTP - Free, easy to use and is table on my system. I had ws_ftp and think this is actually better. If you want to view .htaccess just right click got to directory commands go to list mode and select advanced. Need to set file properties, right click the file hit permissions and type in the actual number.... you can do it the old way with the check boxes too if you prefer. Great, check it out.

Client Joined: Dec 24, 2004 Posts: 194 Location: Michigan

im using smart ftp as well seems to be doing what i need it to Wink

registered · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:13 am

LoL! This is a venerable thread, so what the heck...

My vote, for best FTP client, goes to WS_FTP Pro 9.0!

Having said that, I avoid using FTP if at all possible. SCP is the way to go, IMHO!

My preferred choice - the one I use 99% of the time - is WinSCP: http://winscp.sourceforge.net/eng/index.php

Client Joined: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 649 Location: UK

I prefer WS_ftp always been easy to use and simple to understand.

Regular Joined: Aug 23, 2003 Posts: 77

WS_FTP Pro 9.01 is Best FTP Client ever yet?

New Member Joined: Dec 10, 2004 Posts: 15

No I wouldnt agree, I use FlashFXP and are very pleased with it.

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:27 pm

I love smartftp

Client Joined: Jul 19, 2005 Posts: 68

Im using smart ftp v2.0.996. and it keeps placing files like this one into files on the server

[05:03:06] 550 Prohibited file name: .pureftpd-upload.444c4a07.15.302e.1d069e3b

worse still it wont upload large files and i cant delete the files it adds. what a lot of hassle, im sick of it.

it took 4 hours to upload nuke 76, going back to web folders.

registered · Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:13 am

Been using the free FileZilla (get from SourceForge) for about 6 months now and have had NO issues with any transfer that I have ever done (once I figured out how to get .htaccess to transfer as ASCII). It has my BIG thumbs up.

Sells PC To Pay For Divorce Joined: Posts: 5661

yeah i use flashfxp to,good client...very smart and good overview of what im doing...
atleast one thing vin wont follow.... killing me

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:02 am

Thats what i liked about Smart FTP, but its just beyound me now. I spend more time trying to config it, than using it.