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FileZilla is a free and open-source, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. Clients are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Both server and client support FTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS), while the client can in addition connect to SFTP servers. FileZilla's source code is hosted on SourceForge.

Key facts

Software.name
FileZilla Server
Software.title
FileZilla Client
Software.logo
64px|FileZilla Icon
Software.caption
FileZilla Server main interface
Software.developer
Tim Kosse, et al.
Software.programming language
C++
Software.operating system
Linux, MacOS, Windows
Software.size
7.3 MB
Software.language
Multilingual
Software.genre
FTP server
Software.license
2021: AGPL-3.0-or-later2001: GPL-2.0-or-later
Software.screenshot
300px

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Official website

Link to the official site · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Instance of
FTP client
Country of origin
Germany
Platform
macOS
Official website
filezilla-project.org
Image
Acerca de FileZilla versión 3.41.2.jpg
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different from
FileZilla Server
native label
FileZilla
GUI toolkit or framework
wxWidgets
Commons category
FileZilla
programmed in
C++
software version identifier
3.70.3
operating system
GNU/Linux
inception
2001-06-22
manifestation of
File Transfer Protocol
language of work or name
French
publication date
2001-06-22
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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Features
  • Reception
  • Criticism
  • Bundled adware issues
  • Plain text password storage
  • FileZilla Server
  • Features
  • FileZilla Client issues
  • Operating system support
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

FileZilla is a free and open-source, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. Clients are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Both server and client support FTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS), while the client can in addition connect to SFTP servers. FileZilla's source code is hosted on SourceForge.

==History== FileZilla was started as a computer science class project in the second week of January 2001 by Tim Kosse and two classmates.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “FileZilla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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