FileZilla Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to FileZilla for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Cyberduck, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to FileZilla and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to FileZilla are Midnight Commander, Transmit, Mountain Duck and odrive.

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FileZilla alternatives are mainly FTP Clients, but if you're looking for File Managers or File Sync Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Linux, Android, Windows, Open Source and Android + FTP Client. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to FileZilla.

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Cyberduck
474 likes
A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.
98 Cyberduck alternatives
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Freemium
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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File Manager
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Switzerland
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Windows
Switzerland
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Top Positive Comment by Léana · Jul 1, 2022
Free, open source and well designed!
Positive comment by Sebastian · Jul 26, 2023
Great FTP Client software.
Positive comment by Paul · Mar 27, 2020
Cyberduck is a good FTP/SFTP client for macOS and Windows. It's been my go-to FTP software for years, and it has a much more modern and clean interface compared to FileZilla. The only drawback is that it's not available for Linux.
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Cyberduck is Freemium and Open SourceFileZilla is also Freemium and Open Source
Midnight Commander
248 likes
Text-mode file manager for terminals with dual-pane interface enables copying, moving, deleting, and searching files locally or via remote shells. Includes internal viewer, text editor, subshell integration, broad terminal compatibility, and works over SSH.
116 Midnight Commander alternatives
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Open Source
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File Manager
FTP Client
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Germany
EU
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Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
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MacPorts
Germany
EU
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Good alternative?Is Midnight Commander a good alternative to FileZilla?
Transmit
149 likes
Transmit is a fast and wonderful file transfer app. It supports every major cloud storage provider, and it looks awfully nice.
54 Transmit alternatives
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Proprietary
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FTP Client
File Manager
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United States
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Mac
United States
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Positive comment by Paul · Mar 27, 2020
Definitely the best alternative to FileZilla with Cyberduck. It has a very clean and modern interface with lots of useful features, but it costs a few bucks. So, if you want something free, go with Cyberduck or FileZilla, but if you're ready to spend some $ in a good software, then buy Transmit.
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Transmit is Paid and ProprietaryFileZilla is Freemium and Open Source
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File management utility for macOS supporting FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDav, Amazon S3, and Google Drive, with AES-256 local encryption, fast search, hidden file access, previews, sync, logging, archive handling, favourites management, ...

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Mountain Duck
38 likes
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.
48 Mountain Duck alternatives
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Proprietary
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FTP Client
Origin
Switzerland
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Mac
Windows
Switzerland
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odrive
86 likes
Unify all your storage. odrive makes it easy to access, sync, and share all your files from one place. Integrations to 20+ services, desktop sync, CLI (inc. Linux), placeholders, zero-knowledge-encryption, web client, advanced sharing, and more.
65 odrive alternatives
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FTP Client
Origin
United States
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Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Raspberry Pi
United States
+6
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FileZilla Secure
17 likes
FileZilla Secure is a free FTP client that has all the features of the original FileZilla plus it encrypts your FTP passwords to help protect from hackers stealing them.
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Free
Open Source
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FTP Client
Alerts
Warning
Discontinued
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Mac
Windows
+1
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Warning
It has been clearly 'replaced' by the original FileZilla, see https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64&start=1005#p156191
Discontinued
FileZilla now has support for this: https://forum.filezilla-project.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64&start=1005#p156191
FileZilla Secure vs FileZilla Comments
Positive comment by John Fastman · Jan 9, 2017
FileZilla Secure is ABSOLUTELY the best alternative to FileZilla. FileZilla stores passwords in plain text which is an unforgiveable security flaw. FileZilla Secure fixes this. Unfortunately, FileZilla Secure is available for Windows only at the moment. Linux and Mac versions are on the way, we are told. Let's hope.
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FileZilla Secure is Free and Open SourceFileZilla is Freemium and Open Source
ExpanDrive
48 likes
Map or Mount Amazon Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and more as a Network Drive. Seamless access to files without sync.
56 ExpanDrive alternatives
Cost / License
Free Personal
Proprietary
Application type
FTP Client
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
United States
+2
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termscp
3 likes
A feature rich terminal UI file transfer and explorer with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/Kube/S3/WebDAV.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
FTP Client
Origin
Switzerland
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
FreeBSD
NetBSD
BSD
Switzerland
+1
Good alternative?Is termscp a good alternative to FileZilla?
Faro Client
5 likes
Faro is a modern desktop client for SFTP, FTP, SSH, S3-compatible, WebDAV, and cloud storage. Save a server once,
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Application type
FTP Client
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Ubuntu
United States
+7
Good alternative?Is Faro Client a good alternative to FileZilla?
AeroFTP
5 likes
A modern, open-source file manager and client for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and S3, featuring an AI assistant, cloud sync, and military-grade encryption.
51 AeroFTP alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
FTP Client
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
+2
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SSH Pilot
3 likes
Desktop SSH manager featuring a user-friendly graphical interface, integrated terminal, tabbed sessions, port forwarding, secure credential storage, SCP upload, keypair generation, privacy controls, customizable appearance options, and .ssh/config import support.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
SSH Client
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
United States
+2
Good alternative?Is SSH Pilot a good alternative to FileZilla?
CrossFTP
6 likes
CrossFTP is an FTP, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, and cloud storage client.

CrossFTPs main features: Multi-tab Navigation; Unicode support; Bonjour Service Discovery; Archive browsing(.zip,.tar.gz,etc.); Auto-reconnecting and anti-idle; and more.

CrossFTP Pro version is availabl.

Cost / License
Paid
Proprietary
Application type
FTP Client
Origin
United States
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
United States
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CrossFTP vs FileZilla Comments
Positive comment by Rishabh Istwal · Nov 24, 2018
Dosen't require to be much more technical to use.Excellent User Interface.And more and fast than FileZilla.
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CrossFTP is Paid and ProprietaryFileZilla is Freemium and Open Source

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Cyberduck

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Midnight Commander

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Transmit

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termscp

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