FileZilla FTP Client

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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.

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