{"id":5693,"date":"2017-02-13T12:51:31","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T09:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/ftp_prog\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T14:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T11:06:19","slug":"ftp_prog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/ftp_prog\/","title":{"rendered":"What software to use to access a server via FTP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FTP\u00a0means &#8220;File Transfer Protocol&#8221;. Usually FTP is used to transmit files between a server and a home or work PC. In order to just download a file, all you need is a browser \u2014 Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Opera. For other operations, you&#8217;ll have to install a special FTP-client.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In this article, we&#8217;ll tell you which FTP-clients are the best and how to install them<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>FileZilla<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/filezilla.ru\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Developer&#8217;s Website<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FileZilla \u2014 free client for Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and other OS, which has become a standard in the industry. It is rather friendly to new users and has translations for pretty much every language. All settings are done through the graphical interface. FTP, FTPS and SFTP are supported. You can create bookmarks for various resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FileZilla has two panels. On the left you can see the contents of your PC, on the right \u2014 the contents of the server. On the top you can enable the status bar, on the bottom \u2014 file transfer queue.\/span&gt;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FileZilla&#8217;s advantages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Simplicity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Multiple language support<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Availability on Windows, Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and other OS&#8217;s<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Large file transfer support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FileZilla disadvantages<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Lack of command line support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>How to install FileZilla<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In Linux-based OS,\u00a0FileZilla is best installed from a repository. In order to do this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T (or in any other way).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter in the terminal:<\/span><\/span>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install filezilla<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter you admin password.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Press Enter again.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Wait until the installation is over.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Launch the app through the menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In Windows and MacOS, <a href=\"http:\/\/filezilla.ru\/get\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a> and install the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>FOFF (Free Open FTP Face)<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/foff.sourceforge.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Developer&#8217;s website<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FOFF (Free Open FTP Face) \u2014 free FTP-client for Windows, Linux and BSD. FOFF&#8217;s interface is more simple and intuitive, but functionally it is behind FileZilla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FOFF has instruments to open text, audio and images directly from the server. FOFF can open archives and add bookmarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FOFF&#8217;s advantages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Internal text editor and image viewer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Simple interface and small client size.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Multiple language support.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FOFF&#8217;s disadvantages: <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Lack of drag-and-drop.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c FOFF<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In Linux-based OS,\u00a0FileZilla is best installed from a repository. In order to do this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T (or in any other way).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter in the terminal:<\/span><\/span>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install filezilla<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter you admin password.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Press Enter again.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Wait until the installation is over.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Launch the app through the menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In Windows, <a href=\"http:\/\/foff.sourceforge.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">download<\/a> and install the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>gFTP<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gftp.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Developer&#8217;s website<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">gFTP \u2014 free FTP-client for Linux-based OS. Supports simultaneous download and upload. Can work through the proxy server.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">gFTP interface has two panels. To the left you can see the contents of your PC, to the right \u2014 the contents of the server. To the top there is an app menu, to the bottom \u2014 status bar. Also, gFTP supports a command line UI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">gFTP&#8217;s advantages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Command line mode<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Interface simplicity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Mulitithreading<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">gFTP&#8217;s disadvantages:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Unstable workflow (client tends to lag, rarely)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0443\u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0442\u044c gFTP<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">In Linux-based OS,\u00a0gFTP is best installed from a repository. In order to do this:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T (or in any other way).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter in the terminal:<\/span><\/span>\n<pre>sudo apt-get install gFTP<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Press Enter.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Enter you admin password.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Press Enter again.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Wait until the installation is over.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Launch the app through the menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You can also download an installation file from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gftp.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>FTPRush<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wftpserver.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Developer&#8217;s website<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FTPRush \u2014 free FTP-client for Windows. FTPRush&#8217;s interface is styled after MS Office and is overall highly agile, allowing to customize every element.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">The most important feature of FTPRush is FXP, that allows transferring files from one website to another &#8220;on the fly&#8221;. There are many settings, as well as support for SFTP, SSH, FTP and TFTP. You can set the time-zone, go to local and remote catalogues, add bookmarks and use listing features. Proxy, SOCKS and z-compression are also available.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FTPRush&#8217;s advantages<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Functionality<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Agile settings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Support for security cryptoprotocols<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">FTPRush&#8217;s disadvantages<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Mediocre support for non-English languages<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>How to install gFTP<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wftpserver.com\/download.htm#downfile2\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Download<\/a> and install the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif;\">Unihost recommends using FileZilla on any platform. If you are facing some issue while using another client \u2014 please, check if it is present in FileZilla before you request support.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FTP\u00a0means &#8220;File Transfer Protocol&#8221;. Usually FTP is used to transmit files between a server and a home or work PC. In order to just download a file, all you need is a browser \u2014 Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge or Opera. For other operations, you&#8217;ll have to install a special FTP-client. 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