You know Godzilla? Yes, the hunk of meat that goes around tearing down houses and terrifying people in cities? Well, now, you have a software called Filezilla! Nope, it is not a software that goes around tearing down files and terrifying computer users, but a FTP Client. If you don’t know what a FTP Client does, I will tell you. FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. It is used to upload (or transfer) files through this protocol to an FTP Server. It is mainly used for Webservers and for users to upload their files to their server. So for a webmaster, an FTP client is a must have.

I had tried a lot of different FTP Clients (like CuteFTP, WarFTP, MFiles and so on), but Filezilla really rocks the boat. It’s a very reliable and stable software and provides me with the least number of timeouts. And since Filezilla automatically resumes failed file transfers, it’s no hassle too. I also get very good speeds when doing data transfer with Filezilla. It supports passive mode for those hard to reach servers. They have a very simple to use interface and I am sure that most beginners will have no problems using this software. All you have to do is set your FTP host address, your username and password and click on connect. Simple! You can download this software freely as it is licensed under GPL and runs under Windows.

All in all, the main reason why I choose to use this software - it’s stable and it’s free. I had far fewer problems with this software than with other FTP clients and I have tried many. Basically, it’s a great working piece of program which all webmasters should have. It may lack the frills that other commercial FTP programs have, but if you don’t have any use for them, why bother?

Oh, they also have a server software called Filezilla Server. This is a server software as opposed to the Client software. You install this software in order to have a FTP Client download or upload files to your server. As with their client software, this is Windows only.