Filezilla Server Portable 💯 Easy

Set-Content -Path "$portableRoot\Start-PortableServer.bat" -Value $startScript Set-Content -Path "$portableRoot\Stop-PortableServer.bat" -Value $stopScript Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $tempDir -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

<# .SYNOPSIS Creates a portable FileZilla Server environment (no installation required). .DESCRIPTION Downloads the latest FileZilla Server, extracts binaries, and sets up portable config. .NOTES Run as Administrator only once. The resulting folder is fully portable. #> $portableRoot = "$env:USERPROFILE\Desktop\FileZillaServerPortable" $tempDir = "$env:TEMP\fz_portable" $serverDir = "$portableRoot\Server" New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $tempDir | Out-Null New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $serverDir | Out-Null 1. Get latest FileZilla Server download URL (official) Write-Host "Fetching latest FileZilla Server URL..." -ForegroundColor Cyan $releasePage = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?show_all=1&type=server" -UseBasicParsing $downloadLink = ($releasePage.Links | Where-Object $ .href -like "*/FileZilla_Server *_win64-setup.exe" | Select-Object -First 1).href if (-not $downloadLink) Write-Error "Could not find download link. Please download manually from https://filezilla-project.org/download.php?type=server" exit 1 filezilla server portable

$stopScript = @' @echo off echo Stopping FileZilla Server process... taskkill /f /im filezilla-server.exe >nul 2>&1 taskkill /f /im "FileZilla Server.exe" >nul 2>&1 echo Stopped. '@ Set-Content -Path "$portableRoot\Start-PortableServer

$installerPath = "$tempDir\FileZillaServerSetup.exe" Write-Host "Downloading from $downloadLink" -ForegroundColor Cyan Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadLink -OutFile $installerPath Write-Host "Extracting files..." -ForegroundColor Cyan Expand-Archive -Path $installerPath -DestinationPath $tempDir -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if (-not (Test-Path "$tempDir\resources")) Out-Null $extractSrc = "$tempDir\extracted" else $extractSrc = $tempDir 3. Copy required binaries Write-Host "Copying portable server files..." -ForegroundColor Cyan $binaries = @( "FileZilla Server.exe", "filezilla-server.exe", "filezilla-server-config-converter.exe" ) foreach ($bin in $binaries) $found = Get-ChildItem -Path $extractSrc -Recurse -Filter $bin -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue 4. Create default config file (minimal, portable-friendly) $configFile = "$serverDir\config.xml" $defaultConfig = @' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <FileZillaServer> <Settings> <Item name="Server port" type="numeric">14147</Item> <Item name="Admin port" type="numeric">14148</Item> <Item name="Bind address" type="string">0.0.0.0</Item> <Item name="Number of threads" type="numeric">2</Item> <Item name="Welcome message" type="string">Welcome to portable FileZilla Server</Item> <Item name="Logging enabled" type="numeric">1</Item> <Item name="Log file path" type="string">logs</Item> <Item name="Log file limit" type="numeric">10</Item> <Item name="Enable FTP over TLS" type="numeric">0</Item> <Item name="Force PROT P" type="numeric">0</Item> <Item name="Allow explicit SSL" type="numeric">0</Item> </Settings> <Groups/> <Users> <User Name="anonymous"> <Option Name="Pass" Type="string"></Option> <Option Name="Group" Type="string"></Option> <Option Name="Bypass server userlimit" Type="numeric">0</Option> <Option Name="User limit" Type="numeric">0</Option> <IpFilter> <Disallowed/> <Allowed/> </IpFilter> <Permissions> <Permission Dir="C:\ftproot"> <Option Name="FileRead" Type="numeric">1</Option> <Option Name="FileWrite" Type="numeric">0</Option> <Option Name="FileDelete" Type="numeric">0</Option> <Option Name="FileAppend" Type="numeric">0</Option> <Option Name="DirCreate" Type="numeric">0</Option> <Option Name="DirDelete" Type="numeric">0</Option> <Option Name="DirList" Type="numeric">1</Option> <Option Name="DirSubdirs" Type="numeric">1</Option> <Option Name="IsHome" Type="numeric">1</Option> <Option Name="AutoCreate" Type="numeric">0</Option> </Permission> </Permissions> <SpeedLimits> <Download>0</Download> <Upload>0</Upload> </SpeedLimits> </User> </Users> </FileZillaServer> '@ Set-Content -Path $configFile -Value $defaultConfig -Encoding UTF8 5. Create launcher scripts $startScript = @' @echo off echo Starting portable FileZilla Server... cd /d "%~dp0Server" start "" "filezilla-server.exe" -c config.xml timeout /t 2 /nobreak >nul start "" "FileZilla Server.exe" -c config.xml echo Server GUI launched. Connect with admin port 14148. '@ The resulting folder is fully portable