Nice free one - FileZilla:

[filezilla.sourceforge.net...]

I've had really good luck with a program called CuteFTP. I use their Pro version. It's got really great features and if you are a Windows user, it looks and feels just like windows' file explorer. It's a great program! They have a free trial version on their website.

If you're on a Mac, then you've gotta try Transmit ... supremely good.

I highly recommend ws_ftp

check out the free version (or evaluation trial period).

good luck!

Patrick Elward

I use 3D_FTP, it can have up to 20 times going at the same time and is thus much faster

SmartFTP

oi people, you mean there is other way to FTP than using TELNET and typing all codes as defined by RFC 959 - "File Transfer Protocol"?!?!?!?

:o

I've used WS_FTP with good success but they changed it so it is only free under limited circumstances. I paid for the Pro version but it wasn't compatible with my computer and their help desk was useless so I got a refund. Now I use Filezilla.

I switched to Filezilla, it has everything I need for free!

This thread [webmasterworld.com] has more discussion on ftp programs.

ws_ftp also here, it rocks.

any FREE ftp client for Mac out there?

I used to use ws_ftp but had the same experience as diamondgrl. Now I use SmartFTP - have done for a long time, and I like it.

Answer to kodaks, not bull, who posted while I was composing

fetch or wget for anonymous download, rsync and scp for password-protected transfers.

Yeah, rsync rocks.

any FREE ftp client for Mac out there?

Fugu - A Mac OS X SFTP, SCP and SSH Frontend
[rsug.itd.umich.edu...]

I use smartFTP as well. I am thinking about paying for the pro version.

By the way I just hit 2000 posts.

I have used WS_FTP but found the GUI cumbersome and not very intuitive. Any reasons I should check it out again, or should I just stick to cute?

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By the way I just hit 2000 posts.

Congrats Ogletree! Anything prolific or wise that you want to say now that you've reached your two THOUSANDTH post?
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What are some must-have features?

Forgot this:
1. drag and drop of folders and files from local to remote and vicaversa
2. drop down list of ftp accounts, easy one step adding of new accounts, always accessible when you open the program so you don't have to click file->open->account etc.
2a. option to not upload files in folders when they are not newer than the remote files, good for full site uploads.
3. Simple, uncluttered, ideally under 1 meg [you can do ftp with no software afterall, so who needs a 6 meg program to do what is just a automated commandline routine]
4. automatic file type up/download selector, binary/ascii
5. ability to setup easily remote and local startup paths for each account
6. doesn't crash as often as ws_ftp, which has all the above except 6.
7. Free, so you can make clients use it.
8. Easy to setup, so you can teach clients to use it.

You have to hunt far and wide for ws_ftp le free version now, they pulled all download links for that from their website though if you search you can still find a place [snapfiles.com] or two that has it available for download.

GUI cumbersome and not very intuitive

what's the problem? install, open, setup site, click connect, 2 windows open, drag files/folders from one to the other. Is this the new, big, bloated ws_ftp maybe, sounds like it, the old LE is about as basic as a program can physically be.

>> any reason to leave cute?

no reason, any ftp program that you like and that works and doesn't make you do anything hard to connect or create a new site, for example in wsftp it takes me a minute or less to make a brand new site account, and a few seconds to add a different location, say 'includes' to an existing account, just rename the account, change the startup paths, and it's added to your account list.

I have used WS_FTP but found the GUI cumbersome and not very intuitive.

That was my opinion as well. When it comes down to it the GUI is the only thing that differentiates ftp programs so a crappy GUI = crappy ftp program. :)

WS_FTP :) like very much!

Which ws_ftp are you talking about, it can't possibly be ws_ftp le, when you open the program all the basic stuff you need is immediately accessibly, I can't think of any way it could be more easy to use, I've checked out other ftp clients and haven't found anything as easy to use, although the more indepth configurations are not as obvious, I've never looked at the newer versions, is this the version available from their website, the new one, what do they call it, pro or home edition?

I keep using this one because even my most tech challenged clients can be setup on that with almost no work, and their off ftp'ing.

I cant remember what version of WS_FTP it was, and I cant really remember specific issues. But I do remember that there were some interface things that were really annoying and unintuitive.