aid: ftp
name: FTP
description: >-
  FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used to transfer
  files between a client and a server over a TCP-based network. FTP is a
  protocol specification rather than a vendor or HTTP API, and is documented
  primarily in IETF standards (RFC 959 and follow-ups) and in widely deployed
  server implementations such as vsftpd, ProFTPD, Pure-FTPd, and FileZilla
  Server. This index links to the canonical specifications and documentation
  for the protocol; no OpenAPI is generated because FTP is not an HTTP API.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: Standard
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-28'
position: Standard
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ftp/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - FTP
  - File Transfer
  - Network Protocol
  - IETF
  - Standard
apis: []
common:
  - type: Specification
    url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc959
  - type: Specification
    url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2228
  - type: Specification
    url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2428
  - type: Specification
    url: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4217
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xhtml
  - type: Implementation
    url: https://security.appspot.com/vsftpd.html
  - type: Implementation
    url: http://www.proftpd.org/
  - type: Implementation
    url: https://www.pureftpd.org/
  - type: Implementation
    url: https://filezilla-project.org/
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com