Robby on Rails: Request: Free OSX FTP Program

Request: Free OSX FTP Program

Robby Russell — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:01:00 -0500

Sadly… I do find myself having to connect to a client’s FTP server. I don’t want to do everything from the command line, Finder’s builtin FTP sucks, everything else for the GUI seems to be shareware, and relying on FireFTP to not crash Firefox… you get my point.

Is there anything as simple (and free) GUI FTP programs for OSX?

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Danno!

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 14:49:06 -0500

I used Transmit – but switched to Yummy FTP. Yummy is amazingly fast and slick. Nothing else comes close.

The free version of RBrowser only does FTP – no SFTP, etc. However, the pay-for version of RBrowser is incredible. It is not as fast or slick looking as Transmit or Yummy – but it will access sites and do tricks that no other FTP/SFTP client will.

So, I use Yummy FTP for everything – then switch to RBrowser if Yummy fails to do the job (rare).

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Cody

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 17:12:02 -0500

Just buy Transmit, best FTP client by far. :-)

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Rik

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:45:42 -0500

Surely an ‘Executive Director’ can afford to buy an FTP client? Don’t be so tight-fisted!

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Dave

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 20:10:15 -0500

Show some love for a fellow Portland company… buy Transmit! You know, Panic’s office is just a few blocks from yours. You could probably walk over there and get a free copy from them if you worked out some sort of deal. I’ll bet they could use some free web hosting just as much as you could use a free FTP app.

While I’m on the subject of Panic, check out their selection of T-shirts. They’re made in the USA!

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Robby Russell

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:15:37 -0500

Finder isn’t reliable because it can’t resume a transfer process. I’ve had it crash on me several times when transfering large files.

Cyberduck never seemed to work right for me and the interface didn’t seem to be very thought out.

I’m using my 30 day trial of Transit for now. ;-)

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Phil

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:12:22 -0500

Pay someone to port FUSE.

Just kidding. I’ve heard CyberDuck is very nice. What’s wrong with the Finder’s FTP? You might be able to write a script that would hook that into SFTP; not quite sure how that works internally.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Stephen Tudor

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:51:32 -0500

I used Cyberduck for a while, but after a long string of seemingly unneccessary crashes, I broke down and bought a license of Transmit. Boy, have I not regretted that. For all of Cyberduck’s instability, Transmit is almost the exact opposite. It’s clean, simple, solid, and fast. Sorry, I know you said free. But Transmit’s almost free… $27 is pretty reasonable for a quality app.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Michael Houghton

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:38:54 -0500

I really like the look of Transmit, but I too use Cyberduck. It really has become quite a nice stable app. Fugu is also OK.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Anders E

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:07:42 -0500

I second the Cyberduck recommendation :)

But what’s wrong with the command line? NcFtp is a really nice CLI client – it’s available through ports (and fink?).

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Chris

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:54:20 -0500

RBrowser. Free, simple, easy.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Luke Redpath

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:03:07 -0500

Of the free FTP apps available, Cyberduck is probably the best there is. But I found it slow and the interface isn’t brilliant.

I too just bought Transmit in the end; its the best FTP app you can get for OSX.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Timothy Johnson

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:42:10 -0500

YummyFTP made me switch from Transmit, what a difference!

Cyberduck otherwise, unless it crashes on you.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by victory

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:35:48 -0500

Yep, Cyberduck and Fugu are both nice freeware SFTP clients. Fugu only does SSH2-based SFTP transfers, though. Cyberduck does both traditional FTP as well as SFTP.

I’d used both Cyberduck and Fugu for a number of months before eventually springing for Transmit since it was the only app that was able to properly mirror/synchronize folders between my PowerBook and my remote servers.

Cyberduck and Fugu are both nice apps, but in the end I didn’t mind paying for Transmit since it simply allowed me to get on with my work with a minimum of fuss. (Which is why most of us use Macs in the first place, I suppose :)

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Michael Biven

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:05:49 -0500

I agree with rds, just get Transmit. But if you absolutely don’t want to buy a client cyberduck and fugu are good choices.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Justin

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 14:02:26 -0500

Bought transmit but never upgraded to 3. Started using Cyberduck since it’s free. Works fine. Never looked back.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by rds

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:51:25 -0500

Just buy Transmit.

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by Ben Bleything

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:48:43 -0500

I second the Cyberduck recommendation, but only because it’s free. I’ve had stability problems with it, but it gets the job done.

Of course, you could buy Transmit and support your neighbors a few blocks north :)

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by john

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:28:47 -0500

cyberduck or fugu (sftp only)

"Request: Free OSX FTP Program" by David Rice

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:16:50 -0500

Cyberduck is very good and open source, although I use Transmit myself it’s very nice and totally stable but it’s shareware.