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Comparison of FTP server software packages

April 14, 2023

Graphical

Name License Platform Details
Cerberus FTP Server Proprietary Windows only FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, 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 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, CrushBalance load balancer, 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 (supports proxy protocol v1 and v2), 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, [Citrix] file storage, Hadoop and Google Drive for file data.
FileZilla Server free software Windows Mac OS X FTP, FTPS, supports autoban, speedlimits, IP Filter, Groups, Shared folders, compression
Microsoft Internet Information Services Proprietary Windows only FTP, FTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL

(FTPS is supported in IIS 7 and later)

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 free software Windows 9X/2000/XP/2003 One of the original FTP servers made for the windows platform and still available.

Console/terminal-based

Name FOSS Platform Details
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.) Supports cloud storage via S3, Azure, Citrix file storage, Hadoop and Google Drive for file data. Support for CrushBalance load balancer, or others via proxy protocol v1 and v2.
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[1]), 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.[2]
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
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

Cerberus Complete CrushFTP Server FileZilla IIS Multi Server
License type proprietary proprietary proprietary FLOSS/GPL2 proprietary proprietary
OS Linux No No Yes Yes No No
Mac OS X No No Yes Yes No No
Unix No ? Yes No No No
Windows Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
User Interface CLI ? ? Yes ? Yes, via PowerShell[3] ?
GUI integrated Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ?
GUI(s) separately Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Web-based GUI Yes Yes Yes No No ?
Services FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SFTP Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
FTPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SCP Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
WebDAV No No Yes No Yes No
HTTP/HTTPS Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
AS2 No No Yes No No No
Authentication LDAP Yes Yes Yes No No No
Active Directory Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Local Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Database No Yes Yes No No Yes
High Availability Failover Cluster
(active/passive) 		Yes No Yes No Yes No
Load Balancing
(active/active) 		Yes ? Yes No Yes ?
Automation Event-handling Yes Yes Yes No No ?
Scripting No Yes Yes No No ?
Cerberus Complete CrushFTP Server FileZilla IIS Multi Server

Terminal/Console based FTP Servers

CrushFTP ProFTPD Pure-FTPd vsftpd
License type proprietary FLOSS/GPL BSD FLOSS/GPL2
OS Linux Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS X Yes Yes Yes Yes
Unix Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Yes No No No
User Interface CLI Yes Yes Yes Yes
GUI integrated Yes No No No
GUI(s) separately Yes Yes No No
Web-based GUI Yes No No No
Services FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes
SFTP Yes Yes No No
FTPS Yes Yes Yes Yes
SCP Yes No No No
WebDAV Yes No No No
HTTP/HTTPS Yes No No No
AS2 Yes No No No
Authentication LDAP Yes Yes Yes ?
Active Directory Yes No No No
Local Yes Yes Yes Yes
Database Yes Yes Yes No
High Availability Failover Cluster
(active/passive) 		Yes No No No
Load Balancing
(active/active) 		Yes No No No
Automation Event-handling Yes Yes ? ?
Scripting Yes Yes No No
CrushFTP ProFTPD Pure-FTPd vsftpd

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "The ProFTPD Project: Features & Platforms". Proftpd.org. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ^ "ProFTPD module mod_sftp". Proftpd.org. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. ^ Microsoft TechNet. "Web Server (IIS) Administration Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell". Microsoft.

External links

  • Comparison of FTP server software packages at Curlie

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Comparison of FTP server software packages news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Contents 1 Graphical 2 Console terminal based 3 Libraries 4 Summary board 4 1 Graphical UI based FTP Servers 4 2 Terminal Console based FTP Servers 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External linksGraphical EditName License Platform DetailsCerberus FTP Server Proprietary Windows only FTP FTPS SFTP SCP HTTPS web client IPv6 SOAP based web services API Windows Active Directory LDAP authentication HTTP HTTPS remote administration public key and client certificate authenticationCompleteFTP 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 dashboardCrushFTP 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 CrushBalance load balancer 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 supports proxy protocol v1 and v2 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 Citrix file storage Hadoop and Google Drive for file data FileZilla Server free software Windows Mac OS X FTP FTPS supports autoban speedlimits IP Filter Groups Shared folders compressionMicrosoft Internet Information Services Proprietary Windows only FTP FTPS WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL FTPS is supported in IIS 7 and later 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 free software Windows 9X 2000 XP 2003 One of the original FTP servers made for the windows platform and still available Console terminal based EditName FOSS Platform DetailsCrushFTP 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 Supports cloud storage via S3 Azure Citrix file storage Hadoop and Google Drive for file data Support for CrushBalance load balancer or others via proxy protocol v1 and v2 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 1 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 2 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 seriesLibraries EditName Licence Language Platform Detailspyftpdlib 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 EditGraphical UI based FTP Servers Edit Cerberus Complete CrushFTP Server FileZilla IIS Multi ServerLicense type proprietary proprietary proprietary FLOSS GPL2 proprietary proprietaryOS Linux No No Yes Yes No NoMac OS X No No Yes Yes No NoUnix No Yes No No NoWindows Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesUser Interface CLI Yes Yes via PowerShell 3 GUI integrated Yes Yes Yes Yes GUI s separately Yes Web based GUI Yes Yes Yes No No Services FTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesSFTP Yes Yes Yes No No YesFTPS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesSCP Yes Yes Yes No No YesWebDAV No No Yes No Yes NoHTTP HTTPS Yes Yes Yes No Yes YesAS2 No No Yes No No NoAuthentication LDAP Yes Yes Yes No No NoActive Directory Yes Yes Yes No Yes YesLocal Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesDatabase No Yes Yes No No YesHigh Availability Failover Cluster active passive Yes No Yes No Yes NoLoad Balancing active active Yes Yes No Yes Automation Event handling Yes Yes Yes No No Scripting No Yes Yes No No Cerberus Complete CrushFTP Server FileZilla IIS Multi ServerTerminal Console based FTP Servers Edit CrushFTP ProFTPD Pure FTPd vsftpdLicense type proprietary FLOSS GPL BSD FLOSS GPL2OS Linux Yes Yes Yes YesMac OS X Yes Yes Yes YesUnix Yes Yes Yes YesWindows Yes No No NoUser Interface CLI Yes Yes Yes YesGUI integrated Yes No No NoGUI s separately Yes Yes No NoWeb based GUI Yes No No NoServices FTP Yes Yes Yes YesSFTP Yes Yes No NoFTPS Yes Yes Yes YesSCP Yes No No NoWebDAV Yes No No NoHTTP HTTPS Yes No No NoAS2 Yes No No NoAuthentication LDAP Yes Yes Yes Active Directory Yes No No NoLocal Yes Yes Yes YesDatabase Yes Yes Yes NoHigh Availability Failover Cluster active passive Yes No No NoLoad Balancing active active Yes No No NoAutomation Event handling Yes Yes Scripting Yes Yes No NoCrushFTP ProFTPD Pure FTPd vsftpdSee also EditFile Transfer Protocol FTP Comparison of FTP client software FTPS FTP over SSL TLS FTP over SSH SSH File Transfer Protocol SFTP Comparison of SSH servers Comparison of SSH clientsNotes Edit The ProFTPD Project Features amp Platforms Proftpd org Retrieved 2018 04 22 ProFTPD module mod sftp Proftpd org Retrieved 2018 04 22 Microsoft TechNet Web Server IIS Administration Cmdlets in Windows PowerShell Microsoft External links EditComparison of FTP server software packages at Curlie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comparison of FTP server software packages amp oldid 1112291094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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