ftp client for macOS, free please.

By Pax, 3 June, 2023

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hi.
any free ftp clients?
write and read, so finder is nogo sadly.

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By Trenton Matthews on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

https://cyberduck.io/
, is your best bet for a free one. For best experience, switch it to 'ListView'.

NB. Last time I checked,Filezilla is a 'No Go' on the Mac side. I did not try said app with VOCR running.

By Johann on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

Is there a way of getting VoiceOver to read the bookmark names in Cyberduck?

By Trenton Matthews on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

If they don't read in list view, switch to icon view. That's one of the only odd things about said program when it comes to reading the table/tree.

FYI:

If you are able to buy it, Commander One' would definitely be the better alternative, as it has a built-in FTP Manager, and the interface mimics the finder:

https://mac.eltima.com/file-manager.html

Note that the FTP Manager requires Commander One Pro, which is a one time fee of $30 US. Yes, Commander One does have a 'free' version, though the FTP File Manager is not included among the free version. I believe there is a demo trial for the pro pack if ya don't get it from the Apple Store.

By Pax on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

hey, how to make cyberduck actually work?

By Jason White on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

I've used lftp quite successfully, installed via Homebrew.

By PaulMartz on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

Mac OS comes with curl, which can be used as a command line FTP client. Try a web search for how to use curl for ftp.

By Pax on Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 17:24

yeah, I could made it simpler and able to send what the hell I want using requests in python,without using curl, I am a wget fanboy. btw, simplicity is priority, even in cli programs. lets see if I will manage to pull this out, if yes, I will publish my own cli app, but before that, let me see, the before mentioned program, if it will click out, as I say, in my own jargon.
which means, lets see if it will work.