LFTP includes the following features (some may be missed in this list):

* FTP and HTTP protocols support.

* FTP (e.g. TIS FWTK) proxy support.

* HTTP proxy support.

* FTP over HTTP proxy support (hftp and CONNECT method).

* HTTPS and FTPS protocols support using GNU TLS or OpenSSL library.

* Automatic OPIE/SKEY support in FTP protocol.

* FXP transfers support (between two FTP servers, bypassing client machine).

* FTP listings support: unix-style, NT, EPLF, OS/2, AS400, MacWebStar, MLSD.

* FTP implicit compression (MODE Z) support.

* Automatic reconnect and retry of an operation on retriable errors or timeout.

* IPv6 support in both FTP and HTTP.

* FISH protocol support. It uses ssh with no special program on server side.

* SFTP protocol v3-v6 support.

* HTTP/1.1 keep-alive support.

* HTTP basic and digest authentication.

* Partial WebDAV support.

* BitTorrent protocol support (including IPv6).

* BitTorrent extensions: Fast, DHT, PEX, Multi-tracker, Metadata, magnet.

* Experimental support for SRV DNS records.

* SOCKS support (configure option).

* Modification time preservation (if server can report it).

* `reget' and `reput' support.

* Built-in mirror and reverse mirror (mirror -R).

* Transfer rate throttling for each connection, for each host and for all

  connections in total.

* Limit for number of connections to the same site. Interruption of background

  transfer to do a foreground operation when the limit is reached.

* Socket options tuning: buffer size and maximum segment size.

* Job queueing.

* Job execution at specified time.

* Comprehensive scripting support.

* URL recognition in most operations.

* Readline library is used for input.

* Context sensitive completion.

* Bash-like prompt extensions.

* Launching of local shell commands.

* Suspend support.

* Bookmarks.

* Aliases.

* Saving of last directory on each site. `cd -' to go there.

* Copying of files (including mirror) between two servers over the client,

  automatic usage of FXP when possible to bypass the client.

* Numerous settings which can be associated with a specific server or a group.

* Paging of remote files using external program.

* `zcat' and `zmore' support.

* Help for commands.

* Command history saved in a file.

* Transfer status includes rate and ETA.

* File listing cache.

* Background jobs (bash-like).

* Job output redirection to a file or to a program via pipe.

* Conditional commands depending on exit status of previous one.

* Loading of binary modules at run time (configure option).

* `pget' to download a file using several connections. `pget' download

  can be continued as it saves a status file periodically.

* `mirror' can download several files in parallel (--parallel option)

  and a single file with `pget' (--use-pget-n option).

* Slots. Each slot is a separate session, switch using Meta-{1-9} or `slot'

  command. Refer to a slot site using pseudo URL slot:name.