lftp

lftp is ranked #6 of 36 in FTP and SFTP clients on The Geeks Club. It runs on Linux. There is a free plan.

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Free software Free Distributed under the GNU GPL license lftp.yar.ru · 4 Oct 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Protocol coverage: multi-protocol
Supported platforms: linux
File synchronization: Yes
Scheduled transfers: Yes
Transfer automation: Yes

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lftp

Purpose: LFTP is a command-line file transfer program supporting FTP, HTTP, FISH, SFTP, HTTPS, FTPS and BitTorrent.
Reliable transfers: It automatically retries operations after non-fatal errors and can resume a download from where it stopped.
Background jobs: Unfinished jobs continue in the background if you exit lftp or close an xterm.
Mirroring: Its built-in mirror command can download or update a directory tree, and reverse mirror can upload or update one on a server.
Parallel transfers: LFTP can transfer multiple files in parallel, and pget can download a single file using multiple connections.
Scheduling and queues: It supports job queueing and running jobs at a specified time.
Security: FTPS and HTTPS support uses GNU TLS or OpenSSL, depending on how lftp is built.
Download availability: The download page offers source archives and Fedora RPM binaries; it also lists read-only Git access for development source.
Current release listed: The homepage lists lftp 4.9.3, released on 2024-11-08, while the download page labels 4.9.2 the latest stable version.
Support status: The homepage says the author is busy at their current job and has little time to support lftp.
Community support: The project lists two mailing lists for general discussion and major announcements, and for development and snapshot announcements.
Author: The author page names Alexander V. Lukyanov and credits contributors for bug reports, patches, documentation, discussions and translations.
Price from: Free

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Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best FTP and SFTP Clients in 2026#6 of 36
Best SFTP Client Software in 2026#9 of 31

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