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Pure-FTPdSFTPGo
Free

Free and open source under a BSD licence.

 Freemium

The Community edition is free and open source under the AGPL, with all core protocols and…

macOS, Linux, Self-hosted Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
  • Can run fully non-root with chroot emulation and virtual accounts
  • Optional TLS encryption via OpenSSL
  • Serves SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV from one process
  • Stores files on local disk, encrypted local disk, S3, Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob
  • FTP only; SFTP is handled by a separate SSH server
  • No Windows support listed
  • AGPL licensing is a problem for some organisations
  • Advanced compliance features are in the paid Enterprise edition
Downloadable app, Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License: BSD License: AGPL-3.0
No account needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 24, 2026

Checked September 21, 2026

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