

This section is in list format but may read better as prose. The FileZilla client is currently released under GPL-2.0-or-later, and the server package under AGPL-3.0-or-later. Since its initial development in 2001, FileZilla has been released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). They decided to make FileZilla an open-source project because many FTP clients were already available, and they didn't think that they would sell a single copy if they made FileZilla commercial. īefore they started to write the code, they discussed under which license they should release it. History įileZilla was started as a computer science class project in the second week of January 2001 by Tim Kosse and two classmates. Both server and client support FTP and FTPS (FTP over SSL/TLS), while the client can in addition connect to SFTP servers.įileZilla's source code is hosted on SourceForge and the project was featured as Project of the Month in November 2003. Clients are available for Windows, Linux, and macOS. org /filezilla /FileZilla3 /įileZilla is a free and open-source, cross-platform FTP application, consisting of FileZilla Client and FileZilla Server. In this tutorial, we learn how to install, launch, manage, and remove FileZilla client from the command line and Software Center on Ubuntu Linux. To authenticate the remove operation, type your login password and click the Authenticate button.Īfter successful authentication, Software Center removes FileZilla client. You need to authenticate the remove operation.

To remove FileZilla client from GUI, open Software Center and search FileZilla client and click the Remove button. If FileZilla client icon is not available in the list, you can use the search option to find it. To start FileZilla client in GUI, click the "Show Application" button and click the FileZilla client icon. To authenticate the installation, type your login password and click the Authenticate button.Īfter the successful authentication, Software Center downloads and installs FileZilla client. Select FileZilla from the search results and click the Install button. To install FileZilla client from Software Center, start Software Center and search FileZilla client. Installing FileZilla client from Software Center
