FTP client list and installation on Ubuntu 20.04 Linux Desktop/Server - LinuxConfig.org

When it comes to FTP clients, there's no shortage of choices available on Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa. Variety is nice, but it makes it a little more challenging to select the very best tool for the job. We hope to make that decision easier for you in this guide as we look at some of the most popular FTP clients available and compare their features.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://linuxconfig.org/ftp-client-list-and-installation-on-ubuntu-20-04-linux-desktop-server

gFTP is a nice piece of work, but it has a major caveat: doesn’t support individual private keys for each site, it only supports a global private key. I’m doing a lot of DevOps today and we have quite a number of hosts where the private key used for SSH-ing is shared among several admins. All well established tools have site specific private keys. Take PHPStorm and PuTTY for example.