giampaolo/pyftpdlib

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1819 stars · 280 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

pyftpdlib is a pure-Python FTP server library providing a high-level, portable interface for writing fast, scalable, asynchronous FTP servers. It implements the complete RFC-959 FTP protocol plus FTPS, IPv6, and Unicode file names.

Use cases

• embed an FTP server in a Python application
• serve files over FTP or FTPS from Python
• build a custom FTP daemon with custom authentication
• set up a quick local FTP server for file sharing
• test FTP clients against a programmable server
• add secure FTPS file transfer to a backend service

When to choose

• you need an embeddable, scriptable FTP server in pure Python
• you need RFC-compliant FTP with FTPS/TLS support
• you want a lightweight async server without external dependencies
• you need custom user authentication or virtual filesystem behavior

When to avoid

• you need SFTP/SSH file transfer instead of FTP
• you want a full-featured standalone FTP daemon with web admin UI
• your project is not Python-based

Facets

library · maturity stable

http-server networking security concurrency backend networking developer-tools files python cross-platform windows ftp ftps ftp-server async sendfile rfc959 linux macos

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