---
name: "jftp"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "jftp"
version: "1.60+dfsg-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jftp"
---

# jftp(1)

a java based GUI file transfer client

## NAME

jftp - a java based GUI file transfer client

## SYNOPSIS

**jftp** \[*server*\]\

## DESCRIPTION

 *JFtp* is a graphical Java network and file transfer client. It\
  supports FTP using its own FTP API and various other protocols like\
  SMB, SFTP, NFS, HTTP, and file I/O using third party APIs. It\
  includes many advanced features such as recursive directory\
  up/download, browsing FTP servers while transferring files, FTP\
  resuming and queueing, browsing the LAN for Windows shares, and\
  more. Multiple connections can open at a time in a Mozilla-style\
  tabbed browsing environment.

## EXAMPLE

- To just exectute JFTP, you just need to run

  **jftp**

- But if you need to choose your Java Virtual Machine (JVM), you may have to run

  **/usr/lib/jvm/*jvm*/bin/java /usr/share/java/jftp.jar** where *jvm* is the JVM to use.

- To open with ftp.kernel.org listed:

  **jftp ftp://ftp.kernel.org**

## OPTIONS

- *server*

  A fully qualified server URL.

## SEE ALSO

Homepage: http://j-ftp.sourceforge.net\

## AUTHOR

jftp was written by David Hansmann \<hansmann.d@debitel.net\>.

This manual page was written by Kumar Appaiah \<akumar@ee.iitm.ac.in\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).