7 Free and Open-source Ftps Apps for macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon)
1- JFTP
The Universal FTP Client
JFTP is an intuitive, easy to use, graphical FTP client software for transferring files securely over the Internet. JFTP works on many operating systems such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, AIX and HP-UX.
JFTP is a graphical FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client software for transferring files from one computer to another over TCP/IP networks such as Internet.
JFTP can connect to any system that has a valid Internet address and an FTP server program, allowing you to transfer files between a wide variety of systems, including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, UNIX and IBM i(AS/400) systems.
JFTP integrates the most widely used and widely accepted security mechanism, SSL (Secured Sockets Layer), to securely transfer your business critical and sensitive data.
JFTP is written entirely in Java(tm), meaning, it can run on a wide variety of platforms such as Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, OS/2, UNIX or any other platform with a compatible JVM (Java Virtual Machine).
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2- Cyberduck
Cyberduck is a libre server and cloud storage browser
Cyberduck is a libre server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows with support for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox.
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3- FileZilla
Open-source free FTP/SFPT/FTPS client for macOS
FileZilla is an open source FTP client, that works for Windows, macOS, & Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Fedora,...). It is our top pick in this recommendation list, as we have used it over the years while we are shifting from a platform or a distro to another.
FileZilla is fairly easy to use, as it also comes with powerful features, to meet the demands of experienced and inexperienced users, normal users or advanced users with ninja coding skills.
FileZilla supports FTP, SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol), Stroj (Decentralized Cloud Storage). It also supports connection over proxy and Active/ Passive transfer modes.
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4- Qusly
Elegant FTP/FTPS/SFTP client.
Qusly is a new FTP client for Windows, macOS, & Linux Desktops, It's built with React/ NodeJS and uses Electron to built multi-platform packages. Qusly supports FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL), & SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
Qusly is using a powerful FTP NodeJS library built by the same developer Qusly-Core, An API wrapper around ssh2 and FTP library for building FTP/FTPS/SFTP clients.
Qusly has very clean, beautiful UI (User-Interface), packed with tabbed windows that support multiple projects at once. It uses nice icons and desktop-alike file-browser. It supports drag/ drop.
Qusly is still in active development, It still lakes several features to compete like advanced settings, import/ export settings, automation, queue management, and better security features. Hopefully, the developer will enrich it with more features in the incoming releases.
It is built on top of Electron and React. It aims to be beautiful and functional.
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5- macSCP
Alternative to Putty and WinSCP for macOS
macSCP is software that allows storing the details of your remote server and connect to it securely. A great alternative to Putty and WinSCP for MacOS.
Written in Swiftui to bring power and perfomance of MacOS native framework. Beautifully desinged to make it easy on eyes.
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6- Termscp
Terminal with SCP/SFTP/FTP/S3/SMB Support
Termscp is a feature rich terminal file transfer and explorer, with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/S3. So basically is a terminal utility with an TUI to connect to a remote server to retrieve and upload files and to interact with the local file system. It is Linux, MacOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD and Windows compatible.
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7- whipFTP
OpenSource FTP / SFTP client
whipFTP is a FTP/SFTP client written in python using the tkinter GUI toolkit. Can upload, download, create, rename, copy, move and search files/folders.
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