netkit-ftp is the original file transfer client program for Linux. While netkit-ftp is no longer maintained, it is still included in various Linux distributions and has the dubious distinction of being the riskiest open source application according to the Linux Foundation. The purpose of this project is to identify and mitigate the weaknesses in netkit-ftp and update Linux distributions that still carry it. If you are looking for a modern and safer FTP client, consider lftp.

The original README for netkit-ftp 0.17 can be found here.

netkit-ftp should run on any POSIX-compliant operating system.

Precompiled binaries can be downloaded from https://github.com/mmaraya/netkit-ftp/releases.

Please see the file named LICENSE.

Please submit questions, comments, bugs, enhancement requests at https://github.com/mmaraya/netkit-ftp/issues.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.