WinSCP Alternatives for Mac

WinSCP is not available for Mac but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on macOS with similar functionality. The best Mac alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to WinSCP and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to WinSCP are Cyberduck, Transmit, muCommander and ForkLift.

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WinSCP alternatives are mainly FTP Clients, but if you're looking for File Managers or File Sync Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Linux, Mac, Android, Mac + File Management, Mac + FTP Client, iPad and Mac + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to WinSCP .
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  1. FileZilla icon
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    Open-source FTP solution offering FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support. FileZilla Pro expands protocol options to WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more with FileZilla Server for comprehensive file management.

    72 FileZilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • ReactOS
    • Haiku
     
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  2. Cyberduck icon
     470 likes

    A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.

    91 Cyberduck alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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  3. Transmit icon
     147 likes

    Transmit is a fast and wonderful file transfer app. It supports every major cloud storage provider, and it looks awfully nice.

    49 Transmit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. muCommander icon
     125 likes

    muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris...).

    112 muCommander alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Java
     
  5. Royal TSX icon
     41 likes

    Royal TS provides easy and secure access to your remote systems

    Unlock the power to remotely manage your systems on multiple platforms!

    Royal TS is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers and IT focused information workers who constantly need to access.

    138 Royal TSX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. FileZilla Secure is a free FTP client that has all the features of the original FileZilla plus it encrypts your FTP passwords to help protect from hackers stealing them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning
    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. trolCommander icon
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    trolCommander - fork of the free and opensource muCommander filemanager.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. CuteFTP icon
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    Cute FTP is an utility for transferring files between your computer and a remote File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server anywhere on the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  9. termscp icon
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    A feature rich terminal UI file transfer and explorer with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/Kube/S3/WebDAV.

    37 termscp alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • BSD
     
  10. CrossFTP icon
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    CrossFTP is an FTP, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, and cloud storage client.

    • CrossFTPs main features: Multi-tab Navigation; Unicode support; Bonjour Service Discovery; Archive browsing(.zip,.tar.gz,etc.); Auto-reconnecting and anti-idle; and more.
    • CrossFTP Pro version is availabl.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Interarchy icon
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    For close to 17 years Interarchy has been the leading Mac FTP client. First released in 1993, Interarchy has been used by hundreds of thousands of Mac users to upload, download and transfer files across the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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