FireFTP: Free FTP / SFTP Client for Firefox browser

FireFTP is a popular, free, secure, cross-platform FTP/SFTP addon available for Mozilla Firefox browser, which provides an easy and intuitive way to access FTP or SFTP servers. It is one of the top extensions available for Mozilla Firefox with over 616,601 users downloading it. Today we are reviewing FireFTP version 2.0.23 and will show you how to use FireFTP in Firefox.

FireFTP for Firefox

You can manually surf the available add-ons available in the firefox browser and install them or visit this link using your Firefox browser and then click on “Add to Firefox” to add it.

Clicking on the “Add to Firefox” button will open up a prompt, where it asks if you want toe install the addon. Click on “Install“.

When you are done, it prompts you to restart the browser. Restart the browser and you are now ready to use it.

Features of FireFTP

• FireFTP is absolutely free with cross-platform support. Works on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
• It is Secure as it has support for SSL/TLS/SFTP providing encryption to combat fraud.
• Synchronization support is great as it keeps directories in sync while navigating.
• Directory Comparison feature compares directory content including sub-directories.
• It is Available in more than 20 languages and supports UTF8 character encoding.
• It automatically reconnects and resumes file transfers in the case of network interruption.
• Supports Search/Filtering,Export/Import accounts,Remote Editing,File Hashing: Generate hashes of files (MD5, various SHA’s),Drag & Drop.
• It has built-in integrity checks of transfers (XMD5, XSHA1)
• File Compression using Mode Z,timestamp Synchronization, Proxy and FXP support,Advanced properties like CHMOD, recursive CHMOD, thumbnails etc, IPv6 support are the other important features.

How to use FireFTP in Firefox

Launching FireFTP is easy, as it is integrated directly into the browser. Head over to browser menu and find the Developeroption. Expand the Developer option to find the option as shown below in the picture.

Click on the FireFTP option to launch the window in the browser. You can also launch it by navigating to this link using address bar: chrome://fireftp/content/fireftp.xul

That should open up the FireFTP interface with local file explorer. You may click on the images to see the larger versions.

In order to login to your server using FireFTP, Click on the “Create account” option which opens up a new dialogue asking for the credentials for your server. Fill in the required details like Hostname, port number, username, password etc and proceed. You can also save the details with a desired profile name for future use.

On successful login you should be able to view your server files in the right hand side of the FireFTP window.

It is so simple! If you are looking for a light-weight free FTP client, you can start using FireFTP. We hope this tutorial helped you in getting started with this FTP client.

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Backup Firefox addons, extensions, themes, passwords, bookmarks, etc.

Firefox Environment Backup Extension, in short FEBE, is a free Firefox extension that lets you backup your saved passwords, preferences, cookies, history, Firefox themes and even the installed extensions. FEBE can even rebuilt your Firefox extensions to installable xpi files and thus making synchronisation across different instances of Firefox a much easier process. You can create automated backup jobs which can be performed daily, weekly or monthly. Using FEBE you can even backup other files which are not Firefox related.

Backup Firefox addons, extensions, settings, preferences with FEBE

Once, you’ve installed FEBE the first thing you need to do is to choose the backup directory, you can do so by going to FEBE options and then going to the ‘Where to Backup’ tab. After choosing the backup directory you must customize FEBE as per your needs, all the customizations can be done from the FEBE Options.

Further FEBE options are divided into four major sections, all of them are discussed as below:

What to Backup: As the name suggests, under this section you need to select the elements that should be backed up when you hit the Backup button. Using FEBE you can mainly backup Extensions and Themes and additionally you can even backup bookmarks, preferences, cookies, usernames and passwords, browser history, form fill history, permissions and etc. You can even add user-defined backups which lets you backup any file or folder along with the normal backup performed using FEBE. For user-defined backups you just need to give it a name and choose a source file/folder to be included in the backup.

Where to Backup: Under this section, you can choose or change the backup directory and further customize it. You can enable time stamped directories so that the backups are saved with a time stamped on their folders. You can even view backup results, backup history and even more under this section.

When to Backup: This section lets you create automated backups, you can create automatic backups as per daily, weekly or monthly basis. Automation of backups on browser start-up/shutdown is also allowed and the program comes with an inbuilt functionality for backup reminders.

How to Backup: This section includes some basic configurations that can be customized for better functioning. For example you can turn on/off the sounds and notification windows or you can disable the results page or disable the status bar icons or turn off warnings about pending extension installs.

Once you are done with configuring up this extension and saving your preferences you are ready to go. To backup just hit the FEBE icon and whoa the backup is saved in your chosen location.

Similarly you can restore the backup onto same Windows PC running Firefox with FEBE. You can restore all the elements, or you can restore only some parts of the backup. FEBE even lets you to create delayed backups.

Click here to download FEBE. Its a useful all-in-one backup tool for Firefox.

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