Editing Media Transfer Protocol (section)

===Unix-like systems===
A free and open-source implementation of the Media Transfer Protocol is available as libmtp.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/ |title=libmtp |publisher=Libmtp.sourceforge.net |access-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302040221/http://sourceforge.net/projects/libmtp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This library incorporates product and device IDs from many sources,<ref name="libmtp_list_of_devices"/> and is commonly used in other software for MTP support.

====Graphical====
[[GNOME]] applications like [[GNOME Files]] (formerly called Nautilus) and [[Archive Manager]] (formerly called File-Roller) use [[GIO (software)|GIO]]-based [[GVfs]] to access files on MTP devices. Proper MTP support was added to [[GVfs]] in version 1.15.2 (2013-01-15)<ref name="gvfs1-15-2">{{cite web|title=gvfs-1.15.2.changes|url=https://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/gvfs/1.15/gvfs-1.15.2.changes|date=January 15, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2013|publisher=ftp.gnome.org|archive-date=March 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329103339/https://mirror.umd.edu/gnome/sources/gvfs/1.15/gvfs-1.15.2.changes|url-status=live}}</ref> by Philip Langdale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blog.intr.overt.org/?p=153|title=Native gvfs backend for MTP devices|date=August 7, 2010|access-date=June 1, 2016|archive-date=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160414111758/http://blog.intr.overt.org/?p=153|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d6c8e3a4910ee2c5968886328ebe9456b445796b|title=gvfs - Virtual filesystem implementation for GIO|date=January 15, 2013 |at=git commit adding MTP back-end to GVfs|access-date=June 1, 2016|archive-date=October 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191018185136/https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/commit/d6c8e3a4910ee2c5968886328ebe9456b445796b|url-status=live}}</ref> Early patches for GVfs to enable Google's direct I/O extensions are available.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695984|title=Bug 695984 – Add support for Android direct I/O extensions|access-date=June 1, 2016|archive-date=December 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223034131/https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695984|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[KDE|The KDE Project]] develops the MTP [[KIO]] Slave with a similar level of integration as GVfs.

Not related to GNOME or KDE is the *NIX graphical MTP-capable media player, [https://gmtp.sourceforge.io/ gMTP].

====Virtual file system====
Several tools provide a [[Filesystem in Userspace|FUSE]] based file system for mounting MTP devices within the Unix filesystem hierarchy, making it accessible to any program that operates on files and directories.

====macOS====
[[macOS]] has built-in support for MTP (through the application "Image Capture"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://osxdaily.com/2013/02/08/transfer-photos-from-android-to-mac-os-x/ |title=Transfer Photos from Android to Mac OS X|date=February 8, 2013 |publisher=Osxdaily.com |access-date=Feb 8, 2013}}</ref>) but no (third-party) drivers to mount MTP devices as drives. Also several third-party file transfer applications are available for Mac OS X v10.5 and later:

*Android File Transfer is a simple MTP client.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ |title=Android File Transfer |publisher=Android.com |access-date=March 15, 2014 |archive-date=March 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329103336/https://www.android.com/filetransfer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Android File Transfer For Linux (and Mac OS X), Open Source, License GPL Version 3, Graphical UI, Command line tool, FUSE wrapper - mounting your device,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux |title=Android File Transfer Linux Mac OS X |publisher=whoozle |access-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222135318/https://github.com/whoozle/android-file-transfer-linux |url-status=live }}</ref>
*OpenMTP - Open Source MTP client. Advanced Android File Transfer Application for macOS. Graphical UI. Faster transfer speeds than Android File Transfer. <ref>{{Cite web |title=OpenMTP |url=https://github.com/ganeshrvel/openmtp |website=GitHub}}</ref>
*XNJB also offers syncing of iTunes playlists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/ |title=XNJB |publisher=Richard Low |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125022430/https://www.wentnet.com/projects/xnjb/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*SyncMate Expert claims to also support MTP besides other synchronization tasks. The support can't be tested in the free version.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sync-mac.com/ |title=SyncMate |publisher=ELTIMA software |access-date=June 15, 2014 |archive-date=June 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619214229/http://www.sync-mac.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Commander One PRO Pack - file manager that allows mounting MTP devices to Mac and managing their content.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ftp-mac.com/ |title=Commander One PRO Pack |publisher=IvanK_Eltima |access-date=April 20, 2017 |archive-date=April 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409094333/https://ftp-mac.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>