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Name	License	Platform	Details
ALFTP	proprietary, but freeware for any use	Windows only	Personal FTP server
Cerberus FTP Server	proprietary, commercial	Windows only	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS web client, IPv6, SOAP-based web services API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, HTTP / HTTPS remote administration, public key and client certificate authentication
Complete FTP Server	proprietary, trialware	Windows only	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, Windows Active Directory authentication, SQL authentication, groups, virtual file-system, process/e-mail events, 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), fail-over, load-balancing
CrushFTP Server	proprietary, 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, 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, DDOS protection, High Availability Virtual IP and HTTP session replication, Job scheduling and monitoring, scriptable command line file transfer client. Supports cloud storage via S3 for file data.
FileZilla Server	open source, free software	Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 8.1	FTP, FTPS, supports autoban, speedlimits, IP Filter, Groups, Shared folders, compression,
LogicalDOC	proprietary, open source	Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.	FTP, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL, Plugin API, Windows Active Directory / LDAP authentication, SQL authentication, Web UI administration, Events / Alerts, file revisions and synchronization.
Microsoft Internet Information Services	proprietary	Windows only	FTP, FTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL (FTPS is supported in IIS 7 and later)
NASLite	proprietary	Linux based	FTP/NAS server
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.
Syncplify.me Server!	proprietary, Free Personal Edition	Windows	Secure File Transfer Server with protocol support for FTP, FTPS and SFTP. Manageable via responsive web interface and REST API over HTTPS. Supports VFS, virtual folders, proprietary as well as Windows and Active Directory authentication, event-handling and scripting.
War FTP Daemon	open source, free software	Windows 9X/2000/XP/2003	One of the original FTP servers made for the windows platform and still available.
WS FTP Server	proprietary	Windows only: XP or later	WS_FTP stands for WinSock File Transfer Protocol. It's developed and sold by Ipswitch, which offers it with three different prices: an FTP server, an SFTP server, and the full Corporate version with encrypting and SCP2.

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, Protocol Conversion (incoming FTP/FTPS/SFTP/HTTP/HTTPS protocols converted to a back end FTP/SFTP server.), SSH Tunneling, HTTP(S) Tunneling, CrushTask, Headless (A separate GUI machine can connect and control the server, or you can edit XML files directly.)
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.
GoAnywhere MFT	No, proprietary	Linux, BSD, Unix, AIX, i5/OS, HP-UX	Enterprise level managed file transfer solution with secure FTP server, automated workflows, scheduler, clustering, triggers, monitors and audit logs. Protocols supported include FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SSH, SSL, TLS, SCP, HTTP, HTTPS, AS2, ICAP, SMB, CIFS, Active Directory / LDAP authentication, Open PGP, GPG, ZIP and SQL. Provides a browser-based interface for administration. Protects data in motion and at rest with FIPS 140-2 validated encryption. Includes a HTTPS web client for ad-hoc file transfers.
ProFTPD	Yes, GPL	Unix-like (Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more^[1]), Windows with Cygwin	Very feature rich and popular FTP daemon for Unix-like platforms. Many third party Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) available. SFTP with a module.^[2]
Pure-FTPd	Yes, BSD License	Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more	Supports FXP.
vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon)	Yes, GPLv2	Linux, BSD, and more	FTP, FTPS, FTPES. Anonymous can be forced to use FTPES. Optionally validation of client certificates can be configured. The access of users can be controlled by deny and enable lists. The server can be configured to generate detailed activity logs - the log format may be verbose or 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. The licensing model of vsftpd is GPLv2 with exception which allows linking with OpenSSL library.
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

		ALFTP	Cerberus	Complete	CrushFTP	FileZilla	IIS	Multi Server	ProFTPD	SFTPPlus	Syncplify.me Server!	WS FTP	Pure-FTPd	vsftpd	Wu-ftp
	License type	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary	FLOSS/GPL2	proprietary	proprietary	FLOSS/GPL	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary	BSD	FLOSS/GPL2	proprietary
OS	Linux	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Mac OS X	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Unix	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
	IBM i/OS	No	No	?	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	?	?	?
	Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
User Interface	CLI	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
	GUI integrated	?	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
	GUI(s) separately	?	?	?	Yes	?	?	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
Services	FTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SFTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	FTPS	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
	SCP	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	?
	WebDAV	?	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	No	No	No	?	?	?
	HTTP/HTTPS	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
	AS2	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	?	?	?
Authentication	LDAP	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
	Active Directory	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
	Local	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Database	?	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
High Availability	Failover Cluster (active/passive)	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?
High Availability	Load Balancing (active/active)	No	Yes	?	Yes	No	Yes	?	?	No	Yes	Yes	?	?	?

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External links

[1] ttp://www.proftpd.org/features.html

[2] ttp://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_sftp.html

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