NcFTP is a console based user interface File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client program.
The purpose of NcFTP is to provide a powerful and flexible interface. It is intended to replace the stock ftp program that comes with the system.
NcFTP has a wealth of valuable performance and usage features. The program was designed with an emphasis on usability, and it does as much as it can for you automatically so you can do what you expect to do with a file transfer program, which is transfer files between two interconnected systems.
Key Features
- Progress meters.
- Filename completion.
- Command-line editing.
- Background processing.
- Auto-resume downloads.
- Cached directory listing.
- Bookmarking.
- Host redialing.
- Download entire directory trees.
- Host redialing.
- Useful additional utility programs (ncftpget, ncftpput and ncftpbatch).
Website: www.ncftp.com/ncftp
Support: FAQ
Developer: NcFTP Software Inc.
License: Clarified Artistic License

NcFTP is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Command-line FTP Clients | |
|---|---|
| NcFTP | Popular console based user interface File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client program |
| LFTP | Mature open source file retrieving tool |
| termscp | Feature rich terminal file transfer and explorer, with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/S3 |
| SuppaFTP | FTP/FTPS client library and built-in command-line FTP client |
| tnftp | Based on the original BSD FTP client |
| cbftp | Advanced, multi-purpose client that focuses on efficient large-scale data spreading |
| lssh | List-based ssh, scp, sftp client |
| atftp | Client/server implementation of the TFTP protocol |
| Yafc | Intended to be a replacement for the standard ftp program |
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