FTP Server

A powerful application allows you to run FTP Server on your phone and help your friend or you to access/share files over the Internet.

It also helps you not to use USB port of device to increase the lifetime of it.

All features are totally free

You can remove ads by opening the section Remove Ads in About screen.

APPLICATION FEATURES

√ Use any network interfaces in your device including: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Tethering...

√ Multiple FTP users (anonymous user included)

• Allow each user to show hidden files or not

√ Multiple access paths for each user: Any folders in your internal storage or external sdcard

• Can set read-only or full write access on each path

√ Passive and active modes: Support simultaneous file transfer

√ Automatically open port on your router: Access files from everywhere on Earth

For the list of tested routers, please check the Help section in application

√ Automatically start FTP Server when certain WiFi is connected

√ Automatically start FTP Server on boot

√ Has public intents to support scripting/tasker

For Tasker integration:

Add new Task Action (choose System -> Send Intent) with the following information:

• Package: net.xnano.android.ftpserver

• Class: net.xnano.android.ftpserver.receivers.CustomBroadcastReceiver

• Actions: either one of following actions:

- net.xnano.android.ftpserver.START_SERVER

- net.xnano.android.ftpserver.STOP_SERVER

APPLICATION SCREENS

√ Home: Control the server configurations such as

• Start/stop server

• Monitor the connected clients

• Enable the feature to open ports in router automatically

• Change port

• Change passive port

• Set idle timeout

• Enable automatically start on specific WiFi detected

• Enable automatically start on boot

• ...

√ User management

• Manage users and access paths for each user

• Enable or disable user

• Delete user by swiping left/right on that user.

√ About

• Information about FTP Server

What FTP Clients are supported?

√ You can use any FTP clients on Windows, Mac OS, Linux or even browser to access this FTP Server.

Tested clients:

• FileZilla

• Windows Explorer: If user is not anonymous, please enter the address in format ftp://username@ip:port/ into Windows Explorer (username you created in User Management screen)

• Finder (MAC OS)

• File manager on Linux OS

• Total Commander (Android)

• ES File Explorer (Android)

• Astro File Manager (Android)

• Web browsers such as Chrome, Filefox, Edge... can be used in read-only mode

PASSIVE PORTS

The range of passive port is from the initial port (default 50000) to the next 128 ports if UPnP enabled, or next 256 ports if UPnP disabled. In general:

- 50000 - 50128 if UPnP enabled

- 50000 - 50256 if UPnP disabled

PERMISSIONS NEEDED

√ WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Mandatory permission for FTP Server to access files in your device.

√ INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: Mandatory permissions to allow user to connect to FTP Server.

Current limitations

• Sometimes the connection is interrupted continuously when uploading files to microSD card.

We are working hard to fix this problem.

SUPPORT

If you're facing any problems, want new features or have feedback to improve this application, don't hesitate to send it to us via the support email: support@xnano.net.

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