Original author(s) | Available in English | |
Developer(s) South River Technologies (originally Riverfront Software) Initial release December 31, 1997; 19 years ago (1997-12-31) Stable release v2017 / March 9, 2017; 29 days ago (2017-03-09) Operating system | ||
WebDrive is a drive mapping utility that uses open FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and WebDAV protocols to access remote file servers, and proprietary or vendor-specific Amazon S3, Google Drive, Dropbox, FrontPage and GroupDrive (also by South River Technologies) protocols to access those types of servers as well. WebDrive's features are:
History and Use
Though associated with traditional FTP protocols, WebDrive has had a long history of being considered a unique type of FTP client because it made remote folders look like part of the native operating system's file manager rather than display a "two pane" view (a.k.a. an "orthodox file manager") used by most FTP clients. Its publisher claims over 5 million installations today and it remains a popular utility on college campuses and similar organizations with "casual" file transfer needs, but competing file transfer software with similar drive mapping capabilities has appeared in recent years.
A Mac edition was introduced in September 2009 and mobile editions for the iOS and Android were introduced in November 2013 and March 2014 respectively.
Through at least 2002 Novell rebranded an earlier version of WebDrive as NetDrive and also added iFolder transfer support to its rebranded edition.