BitKinex – Best SFTP/FTP/Webdav client software

Written on May 20, 2010 by 1 Comment

I’ve tried’em all, and was disappointed every time. Till I started using BitKinex. The other popular free FTP clients out there are just not good enough, as they’re all lacking in one important feature or another. But after a few weeks with BitKinex I can honestly say this is the best of them lot, and best yet, it’s a freeware.

BitKinex - Best SFTP/FTP/Webdav client software What is it that I’m looking for in an FTP client and why is it so hard to find? The features I need are :

  • SFTP connections. (Webdav all the better)
  • Multi-segment downloads/uploads to make large files transfer as fast as possible.
  • Transfer auto-resume - If the connection breaks, the software shuts down, the transfer queue is automatically resumed upon a restart.
  • Direct server to server transfers (FXP) – since I run a few servers on multiple locations, this makes it a breeze.
  • File edit online – automatically download the file, open in an editor, and resume once file changes are saved. I do a lot of changes to files, and this feature is a must.
  • File/directory comparisons – what’s missing? what’s changed? where?
  • Free.

BitKinex - Best SFTP/FTP/Webdav client software

So what’s wrong with the alternatives? FileZilla doesn’t maintain the queue and resume upon client/connection restart as well as breaking some of the files, CuteFTP doesn’t have multi-segment download (not to mention it’s not free), and WinSCP is very slow at batch and large files, doesn’t maintain directory location and has a lousy bookmark feature. And these limitations are just a few examples.

Try it out, let me know what you think. If you something that’s better, I’m interested.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Daniel-Brennan/1474228145 Daniel Brennan

    I'm digging BitKinex, except for two things:
    No auto-saving files that I am editing to remote servers.
    Window behavior is annoying. My size and positions of windows are not memorized and the control window is always hiding or popping up when I want it to do the opposite. It needs to be it's own window, entirely disconnected from the browse windows.