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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

FileZilla - The free FTP solution

FileZilla - The free FTP solution for both client and server. Filezilla is open source software distributed free of charge.

filezilla-project.org

Link to the official site · 6,833 chars · not written by Vinony

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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.

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