FileZilla FTP Client

FileZilla 3 is the next generation (S)FTP-client from the FileZilla project. It is platform independent and supports operating systems like Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X. Features Easy to use Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, OSX and more Available in many languages Supports resume and transfer of large files >4GB Powerful Site Manager and transfer queue Drag & drop support Configurable Speed limits Filename filters Network configuration wizard 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) 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 3.0.3 (2007-11-16)

New features:

• Install some default filters if filters.xml missing in user's settings directory

Fixed bugs:

• OS X: Fix remote file viewing/editing
• Additional fixes for SFTP servers with nonstandard filename encodings

FileZilla 3.0.3-rc1 (2007-10-31)

New features:

• Automatic server timezone detection. Custom offset in the Site Manager may need to be adjusted. FTP only.
• Option to preserve file timestamps on downloads (all protocols)
• Option to preserve file timestamps on uploads on FTP servers supporting the MFMT command
• Add transfer type (ascii/binary/auto) selection to transfer menu

Fixed bugs:

• Shorten very long filenames on file exists dialog
• Attempt at working around broken routers and firewalls disconnecting the control connection of the transfer session on transfers
• Deleting directories containing lots of files should be faster now
• Disallow settings/site import from files located in the settings storage directory
• Fix nullpointer dereference on non-UTF8 enabled SFTP servers
• *nix: Fix button height inconsistencies on dialogs with certain artwork (e.g. Ubuntu 7.10)

FileZilla 3.0.2.1 (2007-10-17)

Fixed bugs:

• Fix issue with message log not working properly

FileZilla 3.0.2 (2007-10-17)

New features:

• MSW: Added /user=all and /user=current options to installer
• Experimental support for z/VM servers

Fixed bugs:

• Fix typo in option handling code. Due to this, settings for date/time formatting have been reset.
• Fix performance problem if FileZilla gets started with message log hidden
• Work around possible race conditions in SFTP input thread leading to crashes
• MSW: Fix issue with installer where reboot after uninstalling previous version disrupted installation. Fix will only work if uninstalling 3.0.2 or greater.
• OSX: Use new icon

FileZilla 3.0.2-rc1 (2007-10-10)

New features:

• Remote file viewing / editing
• Display current server in window title

Fixed bugs:

• Don't remember incorrect password on SFTP connections with ASK logontype
• MSW: Fix drag&drop to explorer in case of case-mismatch between requested and reported path.
• *nix: Fix Makefiles so SFTP properly supports files > 2GB
• Ascii filetype setting for extensionless files and dotfiles had negated effect
• Fix error message if using multiple running instances save the settings at the same time
• Fix parsing of very new files in directory listings if server is in a timezone ahead of the client
• Fix range of timezone offset setting
• Fix problems with remote path combobox if reconnecting after a disconnect
• Display confirmation dialog if deleting file from remote directory tree context menu
• Refresh remote directory listing after refreshing a single file
• On very first startup, center FileZilla on screen

FileZilla 3.0.1 (2007-09-19)

Fixed bugs:

• Fix parsing of settings or site XML data containing double, leading or trailing whitespace.
• MSW: Work around flaw in the combo box implementation used by the view headers

FileZilla 3.0.1-rc1 (2007-09-15)

New features:

• Settings to configure size, date and time formatting
• Message log and queue visibility will be remembered
• Custom action to perform after queue completion
• Add some confirmation dialogs

Fixed bugs:

• MSW: Fix file truncation if using speed limits
• MSW: Fix slow startup on systems with floppy drives, disconnected network drivers and so on triggered by design flaw in Windows.
• Fix misplaced settings dialog
• Fix problems with remembering pane size
• Properly refresh local directory if downloading into newly created subdirectories
• Fix issues with language set to Japanese

FileZilla 3.0.0 (2007-09-08)

New features:

• New application icon

Fixed bugs:

• Fix support for servers sending directory listing in yet another exotic format
• Fix prefix search in list controls on wxGTK
• Work around problem with wxSpinCtrl in site manager on wxGTK
• Fix assertion on wxGTK if listing extensionless files

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 (2007-05-09)

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Fix data corruption on FTPS uploads

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:

• 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 (2007-03-27)

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 (2007-02-19)

New features:

• Vastly improved drag and drop support, including
• Shell extension under Windows to allow dragging of files from FileZilla into Explorer
• CTRL+A will select all files in currently focused file list
• Display warning if trying to connect to SFTP server using FTP protocol

Fixed bugs:

• Fix timing issue in socket event handling, fixes transfers not starting on some systems
• Cosmetic fixes under non-Windows platforms.

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta5 (2007-01-11)

Fixed vulnerabilities:

• Fix format string vulnerabilities

New features:

• Partial drag and drop support

Fixed bugs:

• Lots of small bugfixes

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta4 (2006-12-14)

Fixed bugs:

• Fix bug that made Beta 3 unusable

FileZilla 3.0.0-beta3 (2006-12-13)

Fixed bugs:

• 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 (2006-10-15)

Fixed bugs:

• 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 (2006-10-05)

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 [This is not planned for a future release. Proxies will NOT be supported: http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4035 ]
• 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.