FileZilla

Was ist FileZilla?

FileZilla has been around for over a decade, offering a stable, cross‑platform client for FTP, FTPS and SFTP. It is maintained by Tim Kosse and a community of contributors, with regular releases; the latest 3.71.1 arrived in August 2026. Its long track record means most Linux distributions ship it in their official repositories, and it’s also available as a Flathub flatpak.

The program targets anyone who needs to move files to or from remote servers—web developers, sysadmins, and casual users alike. Its UI mimics classic Windows FTP tools: a two‑pane view, site manager, and drag‑and‑drop support, so the learning curve is shallow for people switching from Bullet Proof FTP, CuteFTP, or WinSCP.

Compared with the Windows alternatives, FileZilla feels familiar but less cluttered. It lacks some of the deep automation features of SmartFTP, yet it covers the core needs reliably. The client runs natively on most Linux desktops and respects the system theme, making it feel like a first‑class Linux app rather than a port.

Ideal für: Users needing a straightforward, reliable FTP client without extra cost or complex setup.

Wichtige Funktionen von FileZilla

• Supports FTP, FTPS (FTP over TLS) and SFTP
• IPv6 and proxy (HTTP, SOCKS5, FTP) support
• Site Manager with transfer queue and speed limits
• Drag‑and‑drop, bookmark and filename filters
• Directory comparison and synchronized browsing
• Resume of large files >4 GB
• Remote file search and logging to file
• Multilingual interface

Tipps für Windows-Umsteiger

Most Windows FTP clients store site definitions in plain XML or INI files; you can import them into FileZilla's Site Manager via the "Import" option. Keyboard shortcuts are similar (Ctrl+N for new site, Ctrl+R to refresh). Expect to use the native file chooser for local files and drag‑and‑drop for transfers, which replaces the double‑click upload habit of some Windows tools.

Neueste Versionen

• 3.71.1 — 27. August 2026

  - macOS: Work around a bug in macOS 27 where setting the locale to non-English triggers crashes in AppKit - SFTP: Improved heuristic when keyboard-interactive requests are treated as a simple password prompt on servers not offering the password authentication…

• 3.71.0 — 19. August 2026

  - FTP(S), SFTP: Entering an empty path in the remote path edit field now returns back to the initial home directory - FTP(S): Fix parsing of permissions for chmod dialog on servers that include both perms and unix.mode facts in MLSD output - SFTP: Updated…

• 3.70.6 — 4. Juni 2026

  - SFTP: Added a compatibility flag to Site Manager to ignore invalid bits in file attribute flags received from non-compliant servers - SFTP: Updated to fzssh 1.3.0 - Updated to libfilezilla 0.56.1 - Removed autodetection of FTP server types governing remote…

• 3.69.6 — 13. Februar 2026