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FreeFTP

Free FTP, FTPS and SFTP client. No ads, no paid tier, no tracking.
New in version 1.9.1
* No longer declares usesCleartextTraffic. FTP and SFTP use raw sockets, which
Android's cleartext policy never governed, so the app never needed it.
FreeFTP connects your phone to your own servers over FTP, FTPS and SFTP. It is
free in both senses: no advertising, no paid tier, no analytics, and no account.

The app talks to your servers and to nothing else. It holds one network
permission, and the only host it ever contacts is the one you typed in.

Features

* FTP, FTPS (explicit and implicit) and SFTP in a single client.
* Browse, download, upload, rename, delete and create folders.
* Read files without downloading them. Tap any text file and it is streamed
straight into memory, with nothing written to your storage. The encoding is
detected and shown, so you can tell real content from mojibake.
* Download whole folders, recursively, with their structure preserved.
* Multi-select: long-press to start, then download or delete in bulk. Large jobs
ask for confirmation first, and deleting always asks.
* A transfer queue with live progress, pause, resume, cancel and retry. A paused
transfer keeps what it has and continues from that point.
* Downloads land in your Downloads folder, where you can actually find them, or
in any folder you choose. No storage permission is requested: you grant access
to the one folder you pick.

Security

* SSH host keys are checked. An unrecognised server is refused until you have
seen its SHA-256 fingerprint and accepted it, and a key that later changes is
refused outright.
* TLS certificates are verified for FTPS, with an explicit opt-in for
self-signed ones.
* Passwords, key passphrases and private keys are encrypted at rest with a key
held in the Android key store.
* Password, SSH key (with passphrase) and anonymous authentication, falling back
automatically across publickey, password and keyboard-interactive.

FreeFTP handles the awkward parts of real-world FTP: passive and active mode,
MLSD with a LIST fallback, a dozen server listing dialects, UTF-8 negotiation,
and resuming an interrupted transfer.

Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 1.9.1 (11) suggested Added on Sep 20, 2026

    arm64-v8a armeabi-v7a x86 x86_64

    This version requires Android 8.0 or newer.

    It is built and signed by the original developer, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • view network connections
      Allows the app to view information about network connections such as which networks exist and are connected.
    • have full network access
      Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
    • com.freeftp.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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