Tim Kosse and two of his classmates started FileZilla as a class project in January 2001. It was initially released in February 2001. It uses the cross-platform operating system and is written in C++ and wxWidgets. It is available in multilingual language and is of the FTP client type. FTP options are used by those who want easy-to-manage websites. Those website owners who want less effort and more control compared to other tools that create and manage websites should use the FTP options. The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has made it easy to transfer files from one host to another. The advantage of this process is that it saves time overriding the manual update. As of 2011, FileZilla ranks as the #7 most downloaded online FTP program by users. This platform has made it easy to update, edit and delete files. There are five prominent features of FileZilla:

• Directory Comparison: The contents of various local and remote directories can be compared using FileZilla.
• Log: Message logs can be displayed in the window at the top. Shows the commands and responses sent and received by FileZilla.
• Site administrator: This tool is the most used by users. The user can create an account of FTP sites, in combination with connection data, port number and protocol to use, etc.
• Transfer Queue – Displayed in the window at the bottom, the transfer queue shows the actual status of the files being transferred, whether they are active or queued.
• Folder View and File View: This feature provides a graphical interface for FTP. Browsing and viewing folders becomes easy and transferring files between computers is made easy as well.

FileZilla comes with several advantages that it offers its users over and above the features provided by other tools used for site building. The plethora of benefits includes:

• Be available in multiple languages.
• The easy synchronization of local and remote directories.
• Availability of features such as bookmarks, network setup wizards, configurable transfer rate limits, and the option to edit remote files.

The advantages of FileZilla are much more than the disadvantages.

• The issue of the scripts can be a problem. There is no way to request scripts internally or through a common line. Only supported manually or with interaction.
• Another shortcoming of FileZilla is that older versions do not use Windows 9X/ME. It uses Unicode.
• New versions of FileZilla that are binary use Mac OSXv10.5. It does not support anything that is ‘Tiger’ or from earlier times. Needs ‘Leopard’ build.
• Another major problem is that timestamps can be a big problem. If the server supports the MFMT command, timestamps can be persisted.
• Another big problem with this software is that downloading timestamps can be done if the timestamps are supported by the partition that supports timestamps for file creation, date and time.

For Microsoft Windows, FileZilla server is absolutely free and is an open source FTP server. SourceForge.net is the source code that hosts the FileZilla server. FTP and FTPS are supported by the server. Compression, virtual file system, message logs, encryption with TLS/SSL and limiting download and upload bandwidth are the server functions. Big companies like HostGator and GoDaddy support FileZilla. The reason for FileZilla’s popularity is that it is free and has open source code. The best feature is that it is friendly and easy for beginners and complex and advanced for experienced users.

Go download Filezilla and see for yourself how it can save you time and effort.