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FTP Mounter Lite
Free (one drive at a time; the separate full version removes that limit)
Price checked at source August 29, 2026.
Mount an FTP, SFTP, or WebDAV server as a local drive in Finder — free, one drive at a time.
Our take
Solves a real macOS gap: Finder’s built-in “Connect to Server” FTP support is read-only and limited, while this mounts a remote FTP/SFTP/WebDAV server as a proper local drive you can browse, preview, and edit files on directly, no separate client window required. The free Lite version is capped at one mounted drive at a time — the paid full version (sold separately, not verified here) supports unlimited drives. Reviews are mixed on reliability: one reports a failed upload that silently overwrote a file with a corrupt 0kb copy, while the developer’s changelog shows steady bug fixes through late 2025, including a fix for exactly that class of write error.
- Price
- Free (one drive at a time; the separate full version removes that limit)
- License
- Proprietary
- Requires
- macOS 10.11 or later, per the Mac App Store listing.
- Get it via
- Mac App Store
- Developer
- 兰桂 吴 (Langui.net)
Do you use FTP Mounter Lite?
Who made this
Also makes 5 others — Simple SVN Server , Simple Git Server , FTP Server
Langui.net’s own site and Mac App Store listings show a portfolio wider than the six network-server utilities here — including New File Menu Lite (a Finder context-menu tool) and Java Runner (an in-browser Java code tool) — consistent with the multi-year, single-purpose-utility track record already documented on these listings.
What it does
Mounts as a real Finder volume
Browse, preview, and edit remote files directly in Finder rather than through a separate app window.
FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV
One app covers all three common file-transfer protocols.
Read-only mode available
Mount a server read-only when you don’t want write access.
The deal
- Free
- Limited to one mounted drive at a time — the separate full version (not verified here) supports unlimited drives
Worth knowing: A recent review reports a failed upload silently overwriting a file with a corrupt copy. The developer’s changelog shows an error-message fix shipped in November 2025, though it’s not confirmed here whether it addresses this specific report.
FTP Mounter Lite — questions people ask
Is FTP Mounter Lite free?
Yes — free, limited to mounting one drive at a time.
What’s the difference between FTP Mounter Lite and the full version?
Per the developer’s own FAQ, Lite supports one mounted drive at a time; the separate full version supports unlimited drives.
Who makes FTP Mounter Lite?
兰桂 吴, the solo developer behind Langui.net.
Is FTP Mounter Lite free?
Yes — FTP Mounter Lite is free.
Does FTP Mounter Lite work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — FTP Mounter Lite lives in the menu bar, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download FTP Mounter Lite?
FTP Mounter Lite is available via Mac App Store.
Reviews
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Listing hand-verified August 29, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
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