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FTPS Server vs Pure-FTPd: catalog facts
FTPS Server	Pure-FTPd
Free Free, released into the public domain under CC0-1.0.	Free Free and open source under a BSD licence.
Windows, Linux, Android, Command line	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Encrypted FTP over TLS transfers Per-user permissions and isolated root folders	Can run fully non-root with chroot emulation and virtual accounts Optional TLS encryption via OpenSSL
Small project with few users so far No GitHub releases published	FTP only; SFTP is handled by a separate SSH server No Windows support listed
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Open source
License: CC0-1.0	License: BSD
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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