FileZilla FTP Client

FileZilla 3 is the next generation (S)FTP-client from the FileZilla project and is currently in development. It is platform independent and will support operating systems like Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X. The third release candidate is already out and nightly development builds for many operating systems are also available. More information - You can follow the development in the FileZilla 3 development diary. There's also a detailed technical changelog available. - Learn how to compile FileZilla 3 under Windows (for developers)

Changelog

FileZilla 3.0.0-rc3 (2007-08-31)

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Fix buffer overflow if directory lisiting filters were enabled, causing FileZilla to crash.

New features:

• Backspace key can be used to goes to parent directory in file lists

Fixed bugs:

• Fix file selection by entering filename prefix
• Restore correct window size if FileZilla gets closed while minimized
• Disable "Create directory" entry in remote filelist context menu while disconnected
• Improve compatibility with SFTP servers using exotic listing formats
• MSW: Fix locales not working
• *nix: Fix queue scrolling

FileZilla 3.0.0-rc2 (2007-08-26)

New features:

• Remember Window size and position
• Remember sort column and order of file lists
• Additional icon set by Brian Lukis
• Added .desktop file on *nix systems
• If server is crippled and doesn't allow more than one connection (based on Sitemanager preference), primary browsing connection can be used by the transfer queue

Fixed bugs:

• Fix SSL transfers hanging if using speed limits
• Compile fixes and compatibility improvements for various platforms
• The usual assortment of small bugfixes, see changelog for details

FileZilla 3.0.0-rc1 (2007-08-11)

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Fix remotely triggered memory corruption if connection gets terminated during TLS handshake.

New features:

• Windows: Add choice between "All Users" and "Current User" to installer
• Windows: Add Desktop and My Documents links to directory tree
• Windows: Ability to list shares on Network computers
• Column widths in all list views will be saved
• Refresh local file list after a successful file transfer
• Add context menu to remote directory tree
• Make Site Manager resizable

Fixed bugs:

• Don't leave empty files behind on failed downloads
• Fix retry and cache logic if transfer command fails with 5yz reply
• Limit number of simultaneous connections did not work properly
• Refresh listing after chmod
• Fix upload of empty files over TLS connections

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta11 (2007-07-20)

New features:

• Improved queue
• Import and export dialogs including import of Sitemanager data from legacy FZ 2.x
• Tab key can be used to switch between panes
• F6 toggles between quickconnect bar and local/remote path edit fields
• Location of settings directory can be specified in fzdefaults.xml

Fixed bugs:

• Engine state could get mixed up if transfers failed
• Transfer of empty files could incorrectly time out
• Fix directory cache coherency if removing/renaming directories
• Work around lack of thread-safety in wxWidgets causing random misbehaviour
• Properly disconnect idle transfer engines after 30 seconds
• Update selections if changing sort order of file lists
• Various minor fixes

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta10 (2007-06-03)

Fixed bugs:

• Fix bug that made Beta 9 unusable

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta9 (2007-06-01)

New features:

• Add "View hidden files" option to server menu
• Add dialog to clear private data
• Performance improvements of message log
• Avoid sending unnecessary TYPE commands

Fixed bugs:

• Updated TinyXML component, fixes problems with filenames containing ampersands or other special XML entities.
• Fix deadlock in sftp component under Windows
• Don't retry connecting if user cancels new/changed hostkey notification

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta8

New features:

• Implement speed limits
• Last used local directory will be remembered
• New option for the sorting of the filelists. Directories can be kept on top or sorted inline
• Display warning if detecting a Windows system with a networking bug confirmed by Microsoft
• Right-clicking the Sitemanager button in the toolbar displays a popup menu with the sites for quick access. On Windows, a dropdown arrow got added

Fixed bugs:

• Fix data corruption on FTPS uploads
• Directorylisting-parser fixes, including support for Microware OS-9
• Small SFTP transfer speed improvement under Windows
• Autocompletion did not work properly on GTK based systems
• Uninstalling FileZilla on Windows should no longer leave registry keys behind
• lots of small bugfixes

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta7

New features:

• New optionspage to change layout of file and directory panes
• Loading of predefined Sitemanager entries from fzdefaults.xml
• UTF-8 support for SFTP, merged in upstream changes from PuTTY

Fixed bugs:

• Ascii file FTP transfers should now work properly on non-Windows systems
• Fix SFTP transfers of filenames containing the following characters: [ ] \ * ?
• lots of small bugfixes and performance improvements

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta6

Changelog:

• Drag and drop support functionally complete
• New path cache to reduce the number of commands sent to the server
• Lots of small bugfixes

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta5

This release fixes a security vulnerability. An update from a previous beta version is highly recommended.

Changelog:

• Fix format string vulnerabilities
• Partial drag and drop support
• Lots of small bugfixes

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta4

Changelog:

• Fix bug that made Beta 3 unusable

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta3

Changelog:

• FTP over TLS/SSL support
• Major performance improvements
• Automatic connection attempt retries
• Improved compatibility with legacy systems and other exotic servers
• Lots of small bugfixes

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta2

Changelog:

• Fix timeouts
• "Update available" notification did not go away after updating
• Upload progress for SFTP transfers did advance too fast
• Filters did not apply properly
• UNC paths can now be browsed locally
• Directory listings can now be sorted by timestamp and permissions

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta1

The main purpose of the first beta was public testing. Please report any bugs you find, but do not post feature requests.

What's new/improved since v2:

• Cross-platform (new)
• Directory listing filter (new)
• Automatic updates (new)
• Multi-language support (improved)
• Right-to-Left languages support (new)
• Firewall support w/ wizard (improved)

And of course, as always:

• FTP and SFTP support
• Site Manager with folders and definable server timezones offsets
• Upload/Download Queue
• Ability to resume Uploads/Downloads (if the server supports it)
• ASCII/Binary files' support (not for SFTP though!)
• Custom Commands
• Timeout detection

Roadmap

Some of the information here is based on rumors and speculations, and might not represent what the developer(s) of FileZilla is currently planning.

FileZilla 3.0.0-betaX

• VMS compatibility
  

- Strip version number on upload (or download based on user's choice)

- ASCII detection on VMS

(Based on FZ3's todo.txt rev 1.4)

Future

The following features (amongst many others) have not been implemented yet, but will be available in later versions:

• Firewall and proxy support
• The ability to use Notepad or any other program to edit a file online (the real action behind the scenes: downloading it to a temporary place and re-uploading it upon saving)
• Synchronization
• Local directory watch and list/tree update (Using inotify on Linux). Perhaps do this in a generic way for wxWidgets?

For a detailed roadmap, please read this forum post, in which the main developer of FileZilla explains what is to come.