FileZilla
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 FileZilla 3.3.1 on Ubuntu 10.04 |
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| Developer(s) | Tim Kosse |
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| Initial release | 22 June 2001 |
| Stable release | 3.5.3 (8 January 2012) [±] |
| Preview release | rev 4395 (20 January 2012) [±] |
| Written in | C++, wxWidgets |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | FTP client |
| License | GNU General Public License Version 2 |
| Website | filezilla-project.org |
FileZilla is free, open source, cross-platform FTP software, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. Binaries are available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. It supports FTP, SFTP, and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). As of 18 April 2011, FileZilla Client was the 7th most popular download of all time from SourceForge.net.[1]
FileZilla's source code is hosted on SourceForge.net. The project was featured as Project of the Month in November 2003.[2]
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[edit] History
FileZilla was started as a computer science class project in the second week of January 2001 by Tim Kosse and two classmates. Before they started to write the code, they discussed on which licence they should release the code. They decided to make FileZilla an open-source project, because there were already many FTP clients available and they didn't think that they would sell even one copy if they made FileZilla commercial.[3]
[edit] Reception
In May 2008 Chris Foresman assessed FTP clients for Ars Technica, saying of FileZilla: "Some friends in the tech support world often recommend the free and open-source FileZilla, which offers a Mac OS X version in addition to Windows and Linux. But I've never been thrilled about its busy interface, which can be daunting for novice users."[4]
Writing for Ars Technica in August 2008 Emil Protalinski said: "this week's free, third-party application recommendation is FileZilla, which has been recently updated to version 3.1.0.1. This FTP client is very quick and is regularly updated. It may not have a beautiful GUI, but it certainly is fast and has never let me down."[5]
Go Daddy, Clarion University of Pennsylvania and National Capital Freenet recommend FileZilla for uploading files to their web hosting services.[6][7][8]
FileZilla is available in the repositories of many Linux distributions, including Debian and Ubuntu.[9][10]
[edit] FileZilla Server
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 FileZilla Server main interface |
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| Developer(s) | Tim Kosse, et al. |
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| Stable release | 0.9.40 (October 23, 2011) [±] |
| Preview release | none (n/a) [±] |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Windows |
| Type | FTP server |
| License | GPL |
| Website | filezilla-project.org |
FileZilla Server is a sister product of FileZilla Client. It is an FTP server supported by the same project and features support for FTP and FTP over SSL/TLS.[11]
FileZilla Server is a free, open source FTP server. Its source code is hosted on SourceForge.net.
[edit] Features
FileZilla Server supports FTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS). It includes numerous functionalities, including:
- Upload and download bandwidth limits
- Compression
- Encryption with SSL/TLS (for FTPS)
- Message log (for debugging and real-time traffic information)
- Limit access to internal LAN traffic or external internet traffic only
- Virtual file system
A user connections manager in FileZilla Server — displayed along the bottom of the window — allows the administrator to view currently connected users and their uploads/downloads. At present, there are two operations the owner of the server can do to those transfers — to "kill" the client session or to "ban" the user's IP address. This manager shows the real-time status of each active file transfer.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ SourceForge.net: All-Time Top Downloads
- ^ SourceForge.net: Project of the Month (2003-11)
- ^ < FileZilla history
- ^ Foresman, Chris (15 May 2008). "First Look: Cyberduck 3 is a great, free FTP client for Mac". Ars Technica. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2008/05/first-look-cyberduck-3-is-a-great-free-ftp-client-for-mac.ars. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Protalinski, Emil (1 August 2008). "Friday evening Microsoft links, FileZilla edition". Ars Technica. http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2008/08/friday-evening-microsoft-links-filezilla-edition.ars. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Go Daddy (2012). "Connecting to Your Hosting Account with FileZilla (FTP)". http://help.godaddy.com/article/104. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Clarion University of Pennsylvania (2008). "Share and Retrieve Files on the Clarion Network ("Jupiter" space)". http://www.clarion.edu/96559/. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ National Capital Freenet (January 2012). "Publishing Web Pages". http://www.ncf.ca/ncf/support/wiki/Publishing_Web_Pages#How_to_upload_files. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Debian (2012). "Package: filezilla (3.3.3-1)". http://packages.debian.org/stable/filezilla. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Canonical Ltd (December 2011). "“filezilla” package in Ubuntu". https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/filezilla. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Trapani, Gina (January 2008). "Build a Home FTP Server with FileZilla". http://lifehacker.com/339887/build-a-home-ftp-server-with-filezilla. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
[edit] External links
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