Download ciciFTP 2.8.0-beta Beta

Released 2026-09-22 · Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · Free

File	Size	SHA-256
ciciFTP-2.8.0-beta-portable.zip Portable (ZIP)	5.7 MB	`a520e50e60452ab6b877cc78757df4537963f3d7bb2c4db06bf340e252440252`
ciciFTP-2.8.0-beta-x64.msi Installer (MSI, recommended)	5.2 MB	`3c1ae489a15978b5ad1c10476fef467e029868f8a559ab849c74e0c0a69fd092`

Recommended: the MSI installer. Installs under Program Files, adds a Start-menu entry, upgrades in place and uninstalls from Control Panel.

Portable ZIP needs no installation; keep settings on a USB stick with --data-dir. Do not run the ZIP from your Downloads folder — any program may have dropped a rogue DLL there (Windows' generic "DLL planting" issue). Extract it to its own folder (e.g. C:\Apps\ciciFTP).

Requirements

Windows 10 (1809+) or Windows 11, 64-bit.
.NET 10 Desktop Runtime (x64) — the MSI warns and links to it if missing.
Windows OpenSSH Client for generating SSH keys (Settings → Optional features; present on most installs).

Verify the checksum

Compare the SHA-256 of the downloaded file with the table above:

certutil -hashfile ciciFTP-2.8.0-beta-x64.msi SHA256

PowerShell: Get-FileHash .\ciciFTP-2.8.0-beta-x64.msi. All checksums: SHA256SUMS.txt.

Silent install (administrators)

msiexec /i ciciFTP-2.8.0-beta-x64.msi /qn

Uninstall: msiexec /x ciciFTP-2.8.0-beta-x64.msi /qn. Install path is stored under HKLM\SOFTWARE\ciciFTP\InstallDir.

SmartScreen warning

Beta builds are not yet code-signed; Windows may show an "unknown publisher" warning. If you verified the checksum, continue with More info → Run anyway. Final releases will be signed.

Command line

ciciFTP.exe "C:\path\file"               open a local path
ciciFTP.exe sftp://user@server/path       connect on startup
ciciFTP.exe --run-task "Task name" [--exit-when-done]
ciciFTP.exe --run-script "Script name" [--exit-when-done]
ciciFTP.exe --data-dir "D:\ciciFTP-data"  portable mode

Older versions: see the changelog.