Need a good and EASY to use FTP program

[RichardGaspa]

Can anyone please recommend a good and EASY to use FTP program? I use to use FileZiller, but it is now loaded with add ware - The latest reviews are very bad due to this.

 

[Jake B.]

WinSCP is great, assuming you're on Windows.

 

[Paul B]

^ That.

I swear by it and use it for all the official installs I do.

Whatever you do, don't use Filezilla.
If one FTP application has been responsible for 95% of FTP related tickets/problems, it's that.

 

[Chris D]

I was still using FileZilla until very recently without issue. However, I've also switched to WinSCP for the same reasons: adware. That's a very recent change, and I'm highly disappointed that it's gone down that route.

 

[Sheratan]

+1 for WinSCP. All in one solution.

 

[Jake B.]

Another awesome feature of WinSCP is, of course, SCP, which is part of the SSH suite so it encrypts everything that is transfered (including username/password). Also means you don't have to install extra unnecessary services since it essentially uses SSH

 

[Martok]

I'm another WinSCP user, it's very good and I'm glad I dumped Filezilla.

 

[Paul B]

It also integrates with PuTTY, which is handy.

 

[Martok]

It also integrates with PuTTY, which is handy.

Indeed, it's a great feature.

 

[sbj]

I use FileZilla. Can someone explain me this "adware" talk? I am not aware of something like that.

 

[Mike Edge]

WinSCP or CyberDuck. CyberDuck is nice as it supports several CDN services too.

 

[Sami Jalal]

what about Flashfxp..? What do u think? is it okay?

 

[Chris D]

I use FileZilla. Can someone explain me this "adware" talk? I am not aware of something like that.

When you download it now from the recommended source, Source Forge, it downloads the Source Forge Installer which attempts to install a load of adware.

I would hope that existing users upgrading from within the app are safe, but I'm not 100% sure.

There's also other sources to download from on their website, but honestly that kind of practice didn't give me enough faith to find out. Went straight to WinSCP and that's all I use now.

 

[Fred.]

Any recommendations for MacOS X?
I'm using Cyberduck but it's so slow.
I'm looking at Yummy FTP now, but not sure If I can use the license on all my Mac's

 

[ehd]

I ran into this problem with Winscp: http://winscp.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=49449#49449

For example Xenforo takes ages to upload fully...

Or did I do it the wrong way?

 

[whynot]

I would hope that existing users upgrading from within the app are safe, but I'm not 100% sure.

You can be sure.
I'm using it (3.10.3), no adware.

 

[craigiri]

Any recommendations for MacOS X?
I'm using Cyberduck but it's so slow.
I'm looking at Yummy FTP now, but not sure If I can use the license on all my Mac's

Fetch
I've been using it for 15 years or more.....
http://fetchsoftworks.com/

 

[RichardGaspa]

Wow! Thanks for all the great 411. I downloaded, installed and set up WinSCP in five minuets and logged on to my server and installed a new addon that I got from @AndyB . FileZilla Yek! Thanks everyone for turning me on to WinSCP it's great.

 

[MattW]

what about Flashfxp..? What do u think? is it okay?

I've been using that for over 8 years now, and won't use anything else.

 

[rafass]

Any recommendations for MacOS X?
I'm using Cyberduck but it's so slow.
I'm looking at Yummy FTP now, but not sure If I can use the license on all my Mac's

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