chiral-ftp

chiral-ftp

The ultimate file manager and FTP interface, on every device you own.

Move files between your computer, your phone, your TV and your consoles. Free, open source, no account, no ads.

Download View on GitHub
  • Windows
  • Mac
  • Linux
  • Android
  • Android TV
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PS5

chiral-ftp on a PS5, a TV, a Nintendo Switch, a laptop, a foldable and a phone

Everything in one app

Open chiral-ftp and choose what you want to do. The servers keep running while you use the other tools.

FTP / SFTP server

Start an FTP/SFTP server on this device, accessible from any other FTP client.

Web app

Open the address it shows in any browser: browse, upload (drag and drop works), download, rename and delete. Nothing to install on the other side.

File manager

On consoles, phones and TVs: two panes side by side for copying and moving files between internal storage, SD cards and USB drives.

FTP / SFTP client

Connect to any other device hosting an FTP server and browse its files.

Quick connect

Every copy of chiral-ftp on your network finds the others. Ask one to share, check the code, and you're browsing it.

Yours, on your network

No account, no cloud, no ads. Files go straight from one device to the other, encrypted with SFTP when you choose it.

How it works

Install chiral-ftp on the devices you want to move files between. They're all on the same Wi-Fi or home network.

  1. Open chiral-ftp

    On your PC, phone, TV or console. Each copy announces itself on your network, nothing to set up.

  2. Open Quick connect

    The other devices running chiral-ftp are listed. Pick the one you want and press Connect.

  3. Allow it on the other device

    Both screens show the same 4-digit code. Check it matches and press Allow. Nothing is shared until you do.

  4. Browse and transfer

    You're connected, with a login that only works from your device. Copy files both ways, then disconnect.

Without chiral-ftp on the other side

chiral-ftp speaks plain FTP and SFTP, so it works with everything you already have:

  • Start the server and connect from FileZilla, Cyberduck, WinSCP or your file manager.
  • Start the web app and open its address in any browser, on any device.
  • Use the client to reach a NAS, a Raspberry Pi or any FTP/SFTP server.
Quick connect on a PS5: a Mac, a Switch and an Android device nearby, and a QR code to download chiral-ftp
Quick connect lists the other devices, and a QR code to get chiral-ftp on them.

Made for each screen

A controller on the TV, a mouse on a computer, touch on a phone. The layout follows the device: one pane on a phone, two on a foldable or a tablet.

chiral-ftp on a computer: the SFTP server page
Windows, Mac and Linux: a sidebar of pages.
The web app's FTP / SFTP client in a browser
The web app, in any browser.
The file manager on Android TV, two folders side by side
Android TV, PS5 and Switch: the TV layout, with the remote or a controller.
The file manager on an unfolded foldable, two panes
A foldable or a tablet: two panes side by side
The file manager on an Android device
Files
The client: this device above, a NAS below
Client
Quick connect on an Android device
Quick connect

Free and open source

chiral-ftp is free software under the GPL-3.0. One C and C++ codebase runs on every platform, and every line of it is on GitHub.

Found a bug, or want your language or device supported? Open an issue or a pull request. Translations into English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Russian and Arabic are already in.

Source code Report a bug What's new

Get it

Downloads for every platform, with how to install each one, are on the download page, straight from the latest GitHub release.

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