Primitive FTPd

wolpi

About this app

A simple FTP server. Allows to exchange files with other machines over wifi. No more USB cable searching. Runs without root privileges. Is not started when device boots (but can if you wish). Control yourself when the server runs. While it runs it prevents standby to avoid long uploads and downloads to abort (configurable). Transfers can be encrypted by SFTP.

Ratings and reviews

The only thing this app successfully did was get me frustrated. I like that it's simple, small, and not a bloated POS like most apps are today. Unfortunately, it's also very unintuitive. I installed it, trying to find a more convenient way of transferring files to/from a PC, without hassling with a cable every time. I could never get it to start, because every time it says "you have to set an authentication mechanism." I went through every tab of the app and it was 100% unclear how to do that.

"Authentication mechanism must be selected" every single time i try to start it, ive gone through every page and evry setting trying to figure this out, there is even an "authentication" section and nothing on there is what its reffering too..... i just simply want to move files from one device to another, why is ftpd homebrew app on my 3ds so much easier to understand and use than a new app on my android phone ill never know......

Does not work on Android 11, it's Read-Only... Edit: now on Samsung S21 Android 14, keep getting error that this app has a bug which makes it crash every couple of minutes...

What's new

see: https://github.com/wolpi/prim-ftpd/releases/tag/prim-ftpd-7.0