Download FileZilla 3.12.0.2

FileZilla has released a new version of its eponymous open source FTP client. FileZilla is small, simple and yet complete. The program is popular due to its low system resource load. However, a common complaint is that passwords are stored unencrypted on the computer. FileZilla is available for Windows, Linux, and OS X, and can be downloaded from this page be downloaded in different versions.

Be careful with the default ‘recommended’ download, as that’s a Download Manager from SourceForge, which makes some optional offers before getting the real installer. On the more download optionspage does contain clean installation files. Since the release candidate, the following changes have been made:

New features:

• Directory comparison can be configured for Site Manager entries and bookmarks

Bug fixes and minor changes:

• Instead of skipping commands due to spontaneous connection failures while executing a command, reconnect and retry
• FileZilla no longer shows popup dialogs such as the file exists dialog if another dialog or message box is already shown
• Improved compatibility with servers sending malformed FEAT replies

FileZilla Client 3.12.0.2 Bug fixes and minor changes:

• Fix regression on servers that have MLSD facts disabled by default

FileZilla Client 3.12.0.1 Bug fixes and minor changes:

• Fix detection of UTF-8 support
• Fix location of file list status bar, it was shifted by one pixel