Simply open any folder or press WIN+E to launch Windows Explorer and type the FTP address format like the one shown below. You can actually access FTP servers using Windows Explorer in the Windows operating system. You can run FireFTP by either from the menu bar (press F10, go to Tools > Web Developer $gt FireFTP) or alternatively copy the URL below to the Firefox address bar.
You would be surprised that an FTP client add-on for Firefox is packed with powerful features such as synchronization, directory comparison, file hash generation and even FXP support to copy files from one FTP server to another.Īfter installing the FireFTP add-on, you may have trouble finding how to launch the program. Using An圜lient is more secure than the web based FTP that we’ve mentioned above because it connects directly to the FTP server and does not transfer the login information to a third party.įirefox users are very fortunate because there is a free extension called FireFTP that can connect to FTP/SFTP servers, unlike the sFTP Client and ShiftEdit for Chrome which are both shareware.
A very useful feature that you can find in An圜lient is the ability to sync between a local and remote directory, and it supports PGP decryption after downloading.īefore you can start using An圜lient Web Edition, you’ll first need to sign up for a free account and then login to start loading the java based FTP client. Other than that, it also needs your permission to run or else it won’t load.
The An圜lient Web Edition is a Java based FTP client that can be loaded from a web browser as well, except it needs to download Java Archive (JAR) files silently in background which will then be run inside the browser.
The only slight concern in using a web based FTP is the possibility of the FTP username and password being logged by the webmaster that owns the service. There are plenty of web based FTP services available online if you search around but you can find the ones we’ve reviewed in this article. There is nothing to download as the web based FTP is able to load on any web browser by just visiting the service’s website.
You can download this FTP server as a portable program so that it doesn't need to be installed, or you can install it on your computer like a regular application.Web based FTP is probably the fastest and easiest way for you to connect to your FTP server even if there is a firewall blocking port 21 which is commonly used by an FTP server. Xlight is free for personal use only and works with Windows, both 32-bit and 64-bit versions.
It also supports ODBC, Active Directory, and LDAP authentication. The Xlight FTP Server can use SSL and can require clients to use a certificate. Xlight is a free FTP server that's more modern-looking than FileZilla Server and also includes tons of settings that you can modify to your liking.Īfter you create a virtual server, double-click it to open its settings, where you can modify the server port and IP address, enable security features, control bandwidth usage for the server, define how many users can be on your server, and set an explicit maximum login count from the same IP address.Īn interesting feature in Xlight is that you can set the maximum idle time for users to get kicked out if they aren't communicating with the server.
You also have full access to the creation of users and groups with FileZilla Server, which means you can throttle bandwidth for some users and not others and provide select users with permissions like read/write, but others with only read access. It's also effortless to take your server offline or quickly lock the FTP server with one click to ensure that no new connections to your server can be made until you unlock it. Some security features include auto-banning an IP address if it fails to login successfully after so many attempts, an option to enable FTP over TLS with the ability to disallow unencrypted FTP, and IP filtering so that you can prevent certain IP addresses or IP address ranges from connecting to your FTP server. You can choose which ports the program should listen on, how many users can be connected to your server at once, the number of CPU threads the server can use, and timeout settings for connections, transfers, and logins. It can administer a local server as well as a remote FTP server.
Does not refresh folder views automatically.įileZilla Server is an open-source and free server application for Windows.