Software · Internet & communication

Usermode FTP Server

Access your files from another device.

Completely free
Linux
Open source

Overview

Services and protocols mentioned: FTP and SFTP.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

At a glance

Usermode FTP Server is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

About

Start an FTP server as user and transfer files directly via most file browsers' builtin FTP support: Windows File Explorer, Thunar, Gnome Files, Dolphin and many more! Features: User-friendly graphical interface. No root nor special permissions required. Supports FTP, FTPS and SFTP. Single-user authentication. Optional read-only filesystem. Known upstream bugs (full list at documentation page): Gtk4 - Unresponsive UI after touch input. Gtk#5096 Gtk4 - Dropdown menus not working under Steam Deck Gamescope. Libadwaita - No theme support (GTK_THEME). libadwaita#677 Flatpak - Directory selection not working under Steam Deck Gamescope. Flatpak - Unsupported command directory arguments. flatpak#6236 UX - Users using Discover store comments complain about about flatpak runtime bugs.

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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