Software:List of FTP server software
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Graphical
Name | License | Platform | Details |
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ALFTP | proprietary freeware | Windows only | Personal FTP server |
Cerberus FTP Server | Proprietary | Windows only | FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS web client, IPv6, SOAP-based web services API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, HTTP / HTTPS remote administration, public key and client certificate authentication |
CompleteFTP Free | freeware | Windows only | FTP, FTPS, autobanning, virtual file-system, dockable dashboard, remote administration |
CompleteFTP | trialware | Windows only | FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, Windows Active Directory authentication, SQL authentication, SAML Single Sign-On authentication, groups, virtual file-system, process/e-mail events, data at rest encryption, protocol conversion for back-end servers, SSH tunnelling, file-sharing (via client app), web-app hosting via server-side Javascript, remote administration, public key and client certificate authentication, Plugin API (.NET/Javascript), fail-over, load-balancing, dockable dashboard |
CrushFTP Server | trialware | Mac OS X, Windows (all), Linux (all), *BSD, Solaris, IBM. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV(SSL), AS2, AS3, Plugin API, Active Directory / LDAP authentication, RADIUS authentication, SQL authentication, SAML SSO Authentication, Web UI administration, Groups, Layered Inheritance, Events / Alerts, Protocol Conversion (incoming FTP/FTPS/SFTP/HTTP(s) protocols converted to a back end FTP(ES)/SFTP/HTTP(s)/S3/WebDAV server.), SSH Tunneling, HTTP(S) Tunneling, CrushTask, client certificate authentication, ad-hoc file sharing, keywords search, PGP in stream encryption / decryption, bandwidth acceleration (CrushTunnel), file revisions and synchronization, DMZ front end server mode can also cluster with load balance, DDOS protection, High Availability Virtual IP, data replication and session replication, Job scheduling and monitoring, user config via API, scriptable command line file transfer client. Supports cloud storage via S3, Azure, Hadoop and Google Drive for file data. |
FileZilla Server | open source, free software | Server: Windows only
Client: Mac OS X, Windows (all), Linux (all). |
FTP, FTPS, supports autoban, speedlimits, IP Filter, Groups, Shared folders, compression, |
GoAnywhere FTP Server (Free) | freeware | Windows, Linux, AIX, UNIX, IBM i, VMware, EC2, Azure, Mac OS | Free FTP server with automation and auditing capabilities. |
LogicalDOC | Proprietary | Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc. | FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL, Plugin API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, SQL authentication, Web UI administration, Events / Alerts, file revisions and synchronization. |
LogicalDOC Community | LGPL[1] | ||
Microsoft Internet Information Services | Proprietary | Windows only | FTP, FTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL
(FTPS is supported in IIS 7 and later) |
NASLite | Proprietary | Linux based | FTP/NAS server |
Sysax Multi Server | proprietary, Free Personal Edition | Windows (All Editions) | Secure FTP Server that also supports Secure Shell Access and Web browser based secure file transfer. Protocols supported include FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and Secure Shell. Features include web UI administration, server event triggers and scripting, and authentication using Windows, ODBC, or Active Directory. Certified for Windows Vista. |
War FTP Daemon | open source, free software | Windows 9X/2000/XP/2003 | One of the original FTP servers made for the windows platform and still available. |
WS FTP Server | Proprietary | Windows only: XP or later | WS_FTP stands for WinSock File Transfer Protocol. It's developed and sold by Ipswitch, which offers it with three different prices: an FTP server, an SFTP server, and the full Corporate version with encrypting and SCP2. |
Console/terminal-based
Name | FOSS | Platform | Details |
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CrushFTP Server | No, proprietary | Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc. | FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL, AS2, AS3, Plugin API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, SQL authentication, GUI remote administration, Events / Alerts, X.509 user auth for HTTPS/FTPS/FTPES, MD5 hash calculations on all file transfers, Protocol Conversion (incoming FTP/FTPS/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols converted to a back end FTP/SFTP server.), SSH Tunneling, HTTP(S) Tunneling, CrushTask, Headless (Web browser management, or you can edit XML files directly, or issue terminal commands to add users, manage groups, inheritance, permissions, query server statistics, etc.[2]) Supports cloud storage via S3, Azure, Hadoop and Google Drive for file data. |
glFTPd | No, proprietary | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X | Virtual users and groups, private paths, bandwidth throttling, upload/download ratio support, on the fly CRC calculating of files being uploaded, script support on almost all commands and operations, online user management, built-in statistics viewable using site commands, FTPS and ACL support. Supports FXP. |
ProFTPD | Yes, GPL | Unix-like (Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more[3]), Windows with Cygwin | Feature rich and popular FTP daemon for Unix-like platforms. Many third party Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) available. SFTP can be supported via add-on module.[4] |
Pure-FTPd | Yes, BSD License | Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more | Supports FXP. |
vsftpd | Yes, GPLv2 | Linux, BSD, and more | FTP, FTPS, FTPES. Supports X.509 client cert auth. deny / enable lists for user access. Logging data can be compatible with wu-ftpd format. vsftpd is default FTP daemon in Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Slackware (along with ProFTPD), NimbleX and RHEL. Others like Debian require an additional installation. GPLv2 license with exception for linking with OpenSSL. |
wu-ftpd | No, proprietary | Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and more | Main website seems offline, but continues development in the newer CC series |
Libraries
Name | Licence | Language | Platform | Details |
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pyftpdlib | MIT License | Python | Platform independent | A high-level portable library to easily write asynchronous FTP servers with Python. It is currently the most complete RFC-959 FTP server implementation available for Python. |
Summary board
Graphical UI based FTP Servers
ALFTP | Cerberus | Complete | CrushFTP Server | FileZilla | IIS | Multi Server | SFTPPlus | WS FTP | Robo-FTP Server | ||
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License type | proprietary | proprietary | proprietary | proprietary | FLOSS/GPL2 | proprietary | proprietary | proprietary | proprietary | proprietary | |
OS | Linux | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Mac OS X | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Unix | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Windows | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
User Interface | CLI | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes, via PowerShell[5] | ? | Yes | ? | No |
GUI integrated | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
GUI(s) separately | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | |
Web-based GUI | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No | |
Services | FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SFTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
FTPS | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
SCP | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
WebDAV | ? | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | |
HTTP/HTTPS | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
AS2 | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Authentication | LDAP | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Active Directory | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Local | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Database | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
High Availability | Failover Cluster (active/passive) |
No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
Load Balancing (active/active) |
No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | |
Automation | Event-handling | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Scripting | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | |
ALFTP | Cerberus | Complete | CrushFTP Server | FileZilla | IIS | Multi Server | SFTPPlus | WS FTP | Robo-FTP Server |
Terminal/Console based FTP Servers
CrushFTP | ProFTPD | Pure-FTPd | vsftpd | Wu-ftp | ||
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License type | proprietary | FLOSS/GPL | BSD | FLOSS/GPL2 | proprietary | |
OS | Linux | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Mac OS X | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Unix | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Windows | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | |
User Interface | CLI | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
GUI integrated | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | |
GUI(s) separately | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
Web-based GUI | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Services | FTP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SFTP | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
FTPS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | |
SCP | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
WebDAV | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
HTTP/HTTPS | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
AS2 | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Authentication | LDAP | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Active Directory | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Local | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Database | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | |
High Availability | Failover Cluster (active/passive) |
Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Load Balancing (active/active) |
Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
Automation | Event-handling | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Scripting | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | |
CrushFTP | ProFTPD | Pure-FTPd | vsftpd | Wu-ftp |
See also
- Comparison of FTP client software
- File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS)
- FTP over SSH
- SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)
- Comparison of SSH servers
- Comparison of SSH clients
Notes
- ↑ "Download LogicalDOC Community". http://www.logicaldoc.com/download-logicaldoc-community.html.
- ↑ http://www.crushftp.com/crush8wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=API
- ↑ "The ProFTPD Project: Features & Platforms". Proftpd.org. http://www.proftpd.org/features.html. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ↑ "ProFTPD module mod_sftp". Proftpd.org. http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_sftp.html. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ↑ "Web Server (IIS) Administration Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell". Microsoft. https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee790599.aspx.
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