FTP Commander vs gFTP

FTP Commander is file transfer software with free and paid Windows editions. The free download covers basic uploads and downloads, file and folder management, multiple downloads, and command-line mode. Pro adds directory synchronization, interrupted-transfer resumption, and remote file management; it costs $49.95, paid once, and a 30-day trial is available. Deluxe costs $99.95, paid once and adds FTPS and SFTP over SSH, PGP encryption, scheduled transfers and tasks, backups, directory synchronization, and remote file editing. Deluxe also has a 30-day trial. The software can synchronize local files and folders with an FTP server, and multithreading allows simultaneous transfers. It supports SSL, TLS, SSH, PGP, and password encryption; data traffic is encrypted to protect identities and passwords. Pro includes automatic connection retries and has a listed download size of 700kb. The site also lists free Android mobile apps for CCTV software, while FTP Commander Pro is designed for Windows. The maker is FTP Commander, founded in 1997.

gFTP is a free, multithreaded file transfer client for *NIX-based machines, known to run on Linux distributions. It supports FTP, explicit and implicit FTPS, SSH2 SFTP, and FSP. Users can choose a GTK interface or a text interface, launched with the gftp-gtk and gftp-text commands. The text interface can download a directory and its subdirectories in one run, and transfer automation is listed. SSH2 SFTP support requires the OpenSSH client. For FTPS connections to servers using self-signed certificates, the FAQ describes disabling SSL peer verification or adding the CA public key to the OpenSSL certificates directory. The documented build process uses Meson and Ninja, with GTK 3 as the default UI build. Settings and bookmarks go under the gftp configuration directory in line with the XDG Base Directory Specification. The client logs the log-window contents to gftp.log and purges the file when the program starts. The project lists 56 language translations and directs bug reports to GitHub issues. Its plan costs nothing.