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Thomas ([personal profile] torkell) wrote2006-01-30 11:27 am
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Favourite/recommended FTP client?

X-posted to [livejournal.com profile] techsupport_ot and [livejournal.com profile] boggyb

Ok, I'm looking for a FTP client to replace WS_FTP (the old version). As much as I like it for being a real FTP client (and not some fancy fully-integrated-coffee-making-wizard), it unfortuantly doesn't support SFTP unless you pay lots of money for the current pro version (and before anyone suggests this, no that's not just FTP tunneled over SSL/H. That would be too easy).

So, what do you use, and what would you recommend as a replacement? I'm happy to try new stuff if it's sufficiently good, but I do rather like the simplicity and It Just Works™ of WS_FTP. Oh, and SFTP support is a must, as is being free (at least for personal/educational).

[identity profile] ralesk.livejournal.com 2006-01-30 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
WinSCP3.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP oh?)

[identity profile] ralesk.livejournal.com 2006-01-30 01:32 pm (UTC)(link)
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSH_file_transfer_protocol Ah! I see)

[identity profile] pewterfish.livejournal.com 2006-01-30 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
FileZilla? Slightly bells-and-whistlesy, I'll admit, but it's capable of speaking a wide variety of file-transfer protocols (yes, including various SFTP implementations) and it supports drag-and-drop copying.

I've used it before when I'm on a windows platform, normally to good effect.