FileZilla FTP Client

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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
  • IPv6 support
  • 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
  • Directory Comparison
  • 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)
  • HTTP/1.1, SOCKS5 and FTP Proxy support

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)

Tips & Tricks

- Holding ctrl+alt+shift while starting FileZilla resets the default GUI layout.

Changelog

3.2.2.1 (2009-02-21)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix local directory creation during downloads. If multiple directory levels were missing, they were created in the reverse order
  • MSW: Restore ability to navigate to drive list through .. entry in local file list


3.2.2 (2009-02-20)

Fixed bugs:

  • Display password prompt if connecting to sites with Ask or Interactive logon type through bookmarks
  • Fix parsing of default remote directories in site manager if using non-default server type


3.2.2-rc1 (2009-02-13)

Fixed bugs:

  • *nix, OS X: Fix crash if starting FileZilla when the last used local path no longer exists
  • Keep track of name and path of the site manager item currently connected to so that bookmarks menu stays updated properly
  • MSW: Handle obscure DDE associations for file editing
  • More verbose error messages if loading a configuration file fails
  • Newly downloaded directories appear again in the local file list


3.2.1 (2009-02-06)

New features:

  • New iconset: Minimal

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix filter edit dialog sizing issue
  • MSW: Fix icon transparency in status bar and use better disabled icons in toolbars


3.2.1-rc1 (2009-01-31)

New features:

  • Synchronized browsing
  • Configurable double-click action for file lists
  • Ask user to select an editor if trying to edit an unassociated file type

Fixed bugs:

  • MSW: Work around problem with TinyXML if settings or program directory contains characters not expressible by the system's narrow character set
  • OS X: When adding sites, the edit label will no longer be hidden behind the tree in the site manager
  • MSW: Further Vista improvment for installer
  • Fix potential race condition in socket code


3.2.0 (2009-01-07)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix account logon type in combination with FTP proxies


3.2.0-rc2 (2009-01-03)

Fixed bugs:

  • Change wording of some strings
  • Support yet another directory listing variant on obscure MVS style systems
  • Fix odd behavior if deleting items from site manager
  • Do not show proxy password in message log on SFTP connections
  • Properly display "bytes" suffix in filelist status bar if not using thousands separator


3.2.0-rc1 (2008-12-30)

New features:

  • Bookmarks
  • Logging to file
  • *nix: Use GNOME's Session Manager D-Bus API to cleanly shut down FileZilla on end of session
  • MSW: Improve installer's Vista compatibility.

Fixed bugs:

  • *nix: Fix encoding issues with thousands separator in some locales
  • Thousands separator on file exists dialog
  • Rearrange filter dialog a bit
  • Compile fixes for HP-UX


3.1.6 (2008-12-02)

New features:

  • Automatically refresh remote directory listing if queue finishes successfully

Fixed bugs:

  • Speed up refresh of remote directory listing if adding files during uploads
  • Connections no longer time out waiting on a directory listing getting retrieved by a different connection
  • Number of files were not updated if deleting remote files
  • MSW: Update manifest so that the evil filesystem virtualization stays disabled under Vista


3.1.6-rc1 (2008-11-26)

New features:

  • Configurable location of message log pane
  • Context menu inside site manager to export individual sites or site subtrees

Fixed bugs:

  • Several fixes for users with Turkish locale
  • Fix race condition causing not all subdirectories to be added to queue on upload
  • Cleanup of pane splitter code to facilitate configurable message log position
  • Cleanup of path and directory listing caches to be less convoluted


3.1.5.1 (2008-11-15)

Fixed bugs:

  • Connection establishment through SOCKS proxies could fail in some cases
  • Clearing private data no longer crashes if quickconnect bar is hidden
  • Handle drag & drop of symlinks
  • Update remote directory tree if deleting a subdirectory
  • Fix parsing of HTTP chunk lengths for the update downloader
  • Reduce memory consumption of remote directory tree
  • Rewrite the code that added local directories to the queue. New one is faster and avoids some potentially thread-unsafe behaviour of the old code
  • OS X: Fix help menu duplication on non-English systems
  • MSW: Reset wxWidgets internal display cache if changing display resolution or layout
  • MSW: Fixes for silent intaller


3.1.5 (2008-10-22)

New features:

  • Handle symbolic links on servers. If trying to access a symbolic link, FileZilla will first try to CWD into it, and if that fails, will treat it as a file instead. During recursive operations, any directory link encountered will not be followed, but file links will be downloaded.

Fixed bugs:

  • Numpad keys could not be used to search for entries in the file lists
  • OS X: Use smaller font sizes in message log and directory trees
  • Fix vertical alignment of labels next to the directory boxes above the directory trees
  • Use lighter text colors in message log if using dark background
  • *nix: Transfer status lines will no longer overlap the queue scrollbar
  • *nix: Fix font colors if using themes with dark backgrounds (e.g. DarkRoom under Ubuntu 8.10)
  • Fix XML corruption problems


3.1.4.1 (2008-10-16)

Fixed bugs:

  • *nix: Fix crash if renaming directories using the local directory tree
  • Rebuilt official binaries to revert a regression in wxWidgets causing memory corruption


3.1.4 (2008-10-15)

Fixed bugs:

  • *nix and OS X: Avoid SIGPIPE if socket gets closed during uploads
  • Fix SFTP speed limits
  • Avoid reduntant refreshes of local file lists on some drag&drop operations
  • Send user agent with requests if using HTTP proxy
  • MSW: Add checkbox to start FileZilla to finish page of intaller
  • Reselect previously set default file exists action if reopening dialog on a queue item
  • OS X: Do not check /net whether it has subdirectories, it is extremely slow
  • Upon reconnecting, fall back to list current directory if last used directory is no longer accessible


3.1.4-rc1 (2008-10-08)

New features:

  • Configurable number of decimal places for filesize formatting
  • Allow editing of files with identical name but different remote paths
  • File changed notification displays more information
  • Manual transfer dialog
  • Quickconnect bar can be hidden
  • MSW: React to added or removed drive letters

Fixed bugs:

  • Downloading updates should no longer randomly freeze the client after HTTP redirects
  • Huge queues should save slightly faster


3.1.3.1 (2008-09-29)

Fixed bugs:

  • Download speedlimits were not working since 3.1.3-beta1
  • On very fast connections, sockets could receive close event before being marked active, leading to timeouts


3.1.3 (2008-09-21)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fzsftp no longer crashes if receiving invalid data from server and instead quits gracefully
  • Fix crash if entering hostname with characters not allowed in internationalized domain names
  • OS X: Fix crash if path to FileZilla contained non-ASCII characters
  • Compatibility with yet another exotic directory listing format


3.1.3-rc1 (2008-09-15)

New features:

  • Keep remote directory tree and file list if disconnected by the server. Transparently reconnect before performing the next operation.

Fixed bugs:

  • OS X: Massive performance improvements
  • Various small performance improvements


3.1.3-beta1 (2008-09-10)

New features:

  • New socket event handling system, more flexible and a bit faster
  • Performance improvements for local directory tree

Fixed bugs:

  • MSW: Using prefix search to select an item now also changes the startpoint for a multiple selection.
  • Fix directory creation logic if the directory to create is a root directory


3.1.2 (2008-08-30)

Fixed bugs:

  • Allow drive labels with more than one letter for servertype DOS
  • Slight speedup of transfer queue, defer redrawing of UI elements to idle time


3.1.2-rc1 (2008-08-24)

New features:

  • Add directory listing filter condition to match on containing path name
  • Implement kiosk mode in which FileZilla will not write any passwords to disk. Can be enabled through fzdefaults.xml
  • Add option to disable update checks to fzdefaults.xml
  • Vast performance improvements if handling queues and directories with thousands of files
  • Faster TLS/SSL handshake on data connections

Fixed bugs:

  • Queue should no longer get mixed up if LIST command fails during recursive downloads
  • Fix crash if using -s commandline argument
  • Fix spurious transfer failures if multiple engines try to list the same directory
  • Loading invalid filters could crash FileZilla
  • User/pass authentication for SOCKS5 proxy support was not working properly
  • If stopping queue processing while recursively downloading directories, files added by the recursive operation will no longer reenable queue processing
  • MSW: Keep site manager wide enough so that all notebook tabs fit
  • Fix crash if server does not support resuming of large files
  • SFTP uploads did not fail if server ran out of diskspace
  • If compiled for some 64bit systems, SFTP resumes of files larger than 2^32 did not work properly


3.1.1.1 (2008-08-11)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix crash if a connection attempt gets aborted


3.1.1 (2008-08-10)

New features:

  • Save filter toggle state
  • MSW: Display drive labels if available

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix crash in new socket class if using active mode FTP
  • Request user attention (e.g. blinking in taskbar) if an edited file changes and the program is minimized
  • Don't issue mdtm command on links for the automatic timezone detection on SFTP servers
  • Do not capture menu shortcut keys in file lists
  • Allow directory comparison if filters are toggled off
  • MSW: Sorting in site dropdown menu is now identical to sorting inside the Site Manager
  • OS X: If closing the file rename edit box, refresh neighboring lines to get rid of artifacts left behind by the edit control border


3.1.1-rc1 (2008-08-04)

New features:

  • If using "Ask for password" and "Interactive" logon types, a username is now optional in the Site Manager
  • New iconset: OpenCrystal
  • MSW: Whether icon sets should be installed or not can be seleted in the installer

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix parsing of URLs containing port number in quickconnect bar
  • Fix handling of local write errors if downloading files
  • If closing FileZilla, the queue is now properly saved using a backup copy to prevent corruption of queue file
  • Slight performance improvement if opening settings dialog, language and theme pages are now populated on demand
  • Reply to server's shutdown notification on SSL/TLS secured downloads if connection still open
  • After downloading files, local file count did not update
  • "My Sites" in Site Manager should not be draggable
  • Fix entering IPv6 addresses in Site Manager
  • Directory cache was incoherent after renaming a directory
  • Several fixes to new socket class
  • MSW: Starting a bounding box selection (Windows calls it marquee selection) did not set focus to the file lists


3.1.0.1 (2008-07-24)

Fixed bugs:

  • Do not report success on SSL/TLS transfers if server did not perform orderly SSL/TLS shutdown. Previously, an attacker could cause truncated files with FileZilla thinking the transfer was successful. All versions prior to this were affected
  • Fix infinite loop in new socket class
  • Fix file descriptor/handle leak in new socket class
  • Fix locking error if cancelling an operation waiting for a lock held by a different engine
  • MSW: In rare cases, initial read event was not triggered on transfer sockets
  • Add missing icon in LonE theme


3.1.0 (2008-07-23)

New features:

  • Right-clicking filter button in toolbar toggles filters

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix oddities in visual formatting of IPv6 addresses
  • MSW: Enable IPv6 support on SFTP connections
  • Connecting using an IPv6 address did not work on SFTP
  • Editing remote files did not pick up local changes if timestamp preserving was enabled


3.1.0-rc2 (2008-07-19)

New features:

  • Enable SOCKS5 and HTTP/1.1 proxy support for SFTP connections

Fixed bugs:

  • For sorting remote file list by owner/group
  • *nix: Install FileZilla application icons according to the freedesktop.org Icon Theme Specification
  • *nix: Use the system's tinyxml library if available


3.1.0-rc1 (2008-07-17)

New features:

  • SOCKS5 and HTTP/1.1 proxy support
  • The "Open" item in local directory listing context menu will open the system's file browser if a directory is selected
  • New iconset: LonE
  • 2 new file exists actions


3.1.0-beta2 (2008-07-12)

Fixed bugs:

  • Filecount in statusbar no longer count upwards if deleting files
  • MSW: Call WSAStartup, fixes WSANOTINITIALISED problem
  • MSW: Use closesocket(fd) instead of close(fd), the latter caused uploads to hang at the end
  • MSW: Fix socket hang after changing event handler. Use a better way to resend events


3.1.0-beta1 (2008-07-10)

New features:

  • IPv6 support
  • Add option to reopen file if trying to edit a file already being edited

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix SFTP file descriptor leak on some transfer failures
  • Fix crash if remote directory gets cleared between opening context menu and selecting view/edit item


3.0.11.1 (2008-07-05)

Fixed bugs:

  • Show number of filtered files in status bars if directory appears empty
  • Support for international domain names was accidentally commented out
  • Add missing path separator in remote filename on file exists dialog
  • Fix shrinking panes if using widescreen or blackboard styles
  • MSW: If showing file changed notification dialog after editing a file, program could become unresponsive in some cases
  • MSW: Fix visual problems with right-to-left languages introduced with the flicker corrections in 3.0.11
  • MSW: Main component can no longer be unselected in the installer


3.0.11 (2008-06-15)

Fixed bugs:

  • MSW: Reduce flicker if resizing main window
  • Improve compatibility with Cygwin's SSH server. Use Site Manager to select server type
  • Correct position of queue size in statusbar


3.0.11-rc1 (2008-06-09)

New features:

  • File list status bars showing number of (selected) files and directories along with total filesize
  • MSW: Installer improvements. The installer now remembers the installation options.
  • The update wizard now shows a list of changes in the new version

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix sorting issues of file lists
  • Reduce CPU load if deleting or uploading many files
  • MSW: Prefix search in file lists did not work with all characters
  • OS X: SFTP didn't work if full bundle path contained spaces
  • OS X: Fix odd dialog sizes


3.0.10 (2008-05-20)

Fixed bugs:


3.0.10-rc2 (2008-05-15)

Fixed bugs:

  • MSW: Performance improvements. Windows is inherently flawed since it does not cache directory contents.


3.0.10-rc1 (2008-05-14)

New features:

  • Commandline arguments, see manpage for details
  • Columns in file lists can be reordered or hidden by right-clicking the column header
  • Added some useful links to help menu

Fixed bugs:

  • Don't send redundant MKD commands to server if multiple transfers want to create the same directory multiple times
  • Fix sizing problems with some interface layouts


3.0.9.3 (2008-05-06)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix rare race condition in IO thread leading to data loss. Was possible to lose up to 3*65536 bytes at the beginning of a download.
  • *NIX: Renaming local files did not change local filelist
  • OS X: Deleting non-empty local directories did not work in all cases
  • MSW: Program could become unresponsive if update available dialog appears while a menu was opened
  • MSW: Update wizard should use correct download location on Vista to save installation files
  • Fix possible duplication of queue items on shutdown
  • Cap input length of speedlimit edit controls
  • Fix crash if getting disconnected while remote directory creating dialog was open
  • Quickconnect bar did not handle URLs with trailing paths
  • Update menu and toolbar state after clearing private data
  • NIX: Filetype column was empty on some filetypes


3.0.9.2 (2008-04-18)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix rare crash if closing FileZilla
  • *nix: Fix problems with drag&drop operation starting from local directory tree- Filetype display and ascii/binary detection did not work on VMS servers
  • Requeue did not work properly for edited files
  • Fix state of comparison button if comparison could not be started
  • Fix crash if changing filters while comparison mode is active
  • Fix ghost item appearing if applying filters after exiting comparison mode
  • Compatibility fix with broken servers sending PWD reply with single quotation marks
  • *nix: Display drop highlight in file lists


3.0.9.1 (2008-04-07)

Fixed bugs:

  • Reset keyboard search prefix in file lists on directory and selection changes


3.0.9-rc1 (2008-03-31)

New features:

  • Automatic resume on some types of transfer failures
  • Improve main statusbar
    • Icon to display selected transfer mode on FTP connections
    • Icon to show current certificate and cipher on FTP(E)S connections
    • Icon to show key exchange and encryption algorithms on SFTP connections
  • Remember last selected item in Site Manager
  • Various improvements to main menu

Fixed bugs:

  • New menu and toolbar state update system to reduce CPU usage and increase responsiveness
  • Fix refresh problem with local directory tree
  • Fix unreadable text with some color schemes
  • Submit operating system version on update availability check
  • Fix connection problems with some SFTP servers introduced in 3.0.8
  • *nix: Fix message catalog install directory


3.0.8.1 (2008-03-17)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix infinite loop in local directory tree


3.0.8 (2008-03-13)

Fixed bugs:

  • *nix: No longer follows symbolic links if deleting local directories
  • Fix crash if dropping a file on a fill item in directory comparison mode
  • Handle DEL key in queue and local directory tree
  • Handle F2 key in local directory tree


3.0.8-rc1 (2008-03-07)

New features:

  • Add interface for SFTP public key authentication
  • Add option to bypass proxy settings to sitemanager and quickconnect bar
  • Automatic timezone detection for SFTP listings
  • Preserving file timestamp on SFTP transfers
  • If using Site Manager, display site name in window title during connection

Fixed bugs:

  • Tell user in message log to use interactive logon type if SFTP server sends multiple prompts
  • Fix performance issue with local file listings, most noticeable if browsing network shares
  • Reduce initial window size on very small display resolutions like 800x600 or below


3.0.7.1 (2008-02-19)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix connections timing out shortly after sending keep alive command
  • Update remote file list if renaming files
  • *nix: Fix tab key in Site Manager not working


3.0.7 (2008-02-14)

Fixed bugs:

  • Timeouts were not working at all on FTP connections since 3.0.4-rc1
  • OS X: Application bundle can now be renamed


3.0.7-rc1 (2008-02-10)

New features:

  • Ability to select different toolbar icon sizes if theme supports it
  • Local listings can be filtered by file attributes (Windows) or permissions (other)
  • Option to enable timestamps in message log

Fixed bugs:

  • Transfer queue pane did not remember its size correctly
  • Fix infinite loop if dragging root node in Site Manager
  • *nix: Fix segault if copying directory listing filters
  • Keyboard navigation in file lists fixed
    • MSW: Ctrl + Space not working
    • *nix: Ctrl + A not selecting all files
  • OS X: File changed notification can no longer get stuck behind main window
  • Disable download in remote context menu if local directory is not writable
  • Prevent opening multiple confirmation dialogs if closing FileZilla
  • Speed up loading time of the more complex dialogs
  • Fix cache problem if renaming files
  • If preserving file timestamps, use MDTM command if downloading files where the directory listing does not have enough precision


3.0.6 (2008-01-30)

Fixed bugs:

  • If deleting or renaming a directory in SFTP, invalidate current working directories
  • Allow downloading of files starting with a dash using SFTP
  • MSW: /S installer argument works again
  • Improve queue on broken servers with a connection limit


3.0.6-rc1 (2008-01-24)

New features:

  • Site Manager improvements:
    • Remember dialog size
    • Site Manager will remember which folders are expanded or collapsed
    • Sites can be moved and copied using Drag & Drop
    • F2 key can be used to rename sites in Site Manager
  • Add context menu for local directory tree
  • *nix: Basic man pages

Fixed bugs:

  • Do not allow empty names for filters and filter sets
  • custom file associations did not work if system associations were inherited
  • MSW: Fix Reboot/shutdown queue completion actions


3.0.5.2 (2008-01-12)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix local tree refresh causing unwanted directory changes.
  • Fix crash in path cache
  • Fix update check
  • Remove error message if locales aren't installed or FileZilla has not been translated into the default system language


3.0.5.1 (2008-01-11)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix crash if entering custom command


3.0.5 (2008-01-10)

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix freeze if deleting remote directories
  • Compatibility with HP NonStop servers
  • MSW: Uninstaller did not remove defaultfilters.xml
  • Improve visual feedback for some drag&drop operations
  • Fix sort order in sitemanager dropdown menu
  • Fix size of file changed dialog
  • "Apply to current queue only" in file exists dialog did not work properly
  • Cached directory listings expire after 30 minutes


3.0.5-rc1 (2007-12-31)

New features:

  • Directory listing comparison
  • Ability to open and edit local files
  • Add option to use default system language. Note: Language selection will be reset to default if updating to this version.
  • New artwork for send and recv indicators

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix crash with keepalive timer
  • *nix: Use proper locale initialization, happened too late in FZ's startup sequence in previous versions.
  • Fix issue with proxies in combination with nonstandard ports
  • Fix timezone offset detection if user has specified a custom offset
  • MSW: Cancel remote renaming of files if listing changes
  • Fix prefix search in file listings not working with all keys
  • Internal engine state could get confused on failed transfers
  • Fix visual refresh problem in queue
  • Fix several glitches with right-to-left languages
  • Write errors during downloads are now critical, as they usually require user interaction (e.g. disk full)
  • Calculate proper filesize on VMS servers
  • Remote directory tree did not display all known directories
  • Don't display error messages if some local directories are not accessible during auto-completion in local view header or if if they are parent of an accessible directory in the local tree view.


FileZilla 3.0.4 (2007-11-26)

Fixed bugs:

  • Linux: Fix empty challenge text if using interactive login


FileZilla 3.0.4-rc1 (2007-11-20)

New features:

  • Implement FTP Proxy support. Note that using a properly configured NAT router is recommended instead.
  • Implement FTP keep alive for those connecting to improperly configured servers

Fixed bugs:

  • Fix crashes if deleting files in directories with more than 200 entries
  • Compatility improvements with VMS and z/VM servers
  • Now requires GnuTLS 2.0.4 which fixes a problem with servers using compression.
  • Changing list of ascii files or increasing number of concurrent transfers had no effect until restart of FileZilla


FileZilla 3.0.3 (2007-11-06)

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