Swish Alternatives

Swish is described as 'Adds support for SFTP to Windows Explorer so you can access your files on another computer securely via SSH' and is an app in the file sharing category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Swish for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, PortableApps.com and Wine apps. The best Swish alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Swish are WinSCP , Cyberduck, RaiDrive and Mountain Duck.

Swish alternatives are mainly FTP Clients but may also be File Managers or Cloud Storage Services. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Swish.

Swish

Free • Open Source

Swish adds support for SFTP to Windows Explorer so you can access your files on another computer securely via SSH.

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FileZilla
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Freemium • Open Source
FTP Client
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
PortableApps.com
ReactOS
68 FileZilla alternatives
FileZilla is a powerful FTP-client. It has been designed for ease of use and with support for as many features as possible, while still being fast and reliable.
- - FileZilla is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Swish.
- - FileZilla is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Swish.
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FileZilla Features
1. Ad-freeFileZilla doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. PortableFileZilla can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. LightweightFileZilla consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Support for SFTP
Dedicated Server Hosting
Mounting drives
Bundleware
Be aware that installing FileZilla on your computer might install some bundleware/malware on your machine.
WinSCP
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Free • Open Source
FTP Client
File Sync Tool
Windows
PortableApps.com
Wine
72 WinSCP alternatives
WinSCP, a popular free SFTP and FTP client for Windows, copies files between a local and remote computer. It supports also FTPS, SCP and WebDAV. It offers easy to use GUI for all common file operations and a powerfull automation with .NET assembly.
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WinSCP Features
1. Ad-freeWinSCP doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
2. PortableWinSCP can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
3. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
4. LightweightWinSCP consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
5. DecentralizedWinSCP is based on a decentralized infrastructure with no single entity controlling it.
6. IFTTT IntegrationYou can connect different services to automatically trigger actions within WinSCP using IFTTT.
7. Built-in viewerWinSCP shows you a quick preview of an image, page or file in supported formats.
8. Support for scriptingWinSCP supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
9. Support for RsyncWinSCP supports rsync, a free and open source file synchronization software.
Support for SFTP
Secure Copy (SCP)
SSH
Integrated FTP client
Import sites from FileZilla
Folder Mirroring
Sudo shell
Multiple login on one browser
Directory sync
Auto-saving
Cyberduck
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Freemium • Open Source
FTP Client
File Manager
Cloud Storage Service
Mac
Windows
84 Cyberduck alternatives
A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.
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Cyberduck Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
2. Ad-freeCyberduck doesn't contain any form of external advertising.
3. Support for scriptingCyberduck supports scripts and macros to automate or customize tasks.
Support for FTP
Support for SFTP
S3 storage support
Cloud browser
Openstack swift integration
Onedrive integration
WebDAV Support
Dropbox integration
Google Drive integration
Multiple languages
RaiDrive
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Freemium • Proprietary
FTP Client
File Sync Tool
Windows
44 RaiDrive alternatives
Mount NAS, Router, Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox to a network drive on File Explorer. No need for synchronization and no need for web browsers!.
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RaiDrive Features
1. Cloud SyncSync your data (notes, documents, bookmarks, etc.) across your different devices and to the cloud.
2. Selective SynchronizationRaiDrive allows you to pick which files are synced between the server and your devices.
3. LightweightRaiDrive consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
4. No registration requiredYou can use most of the features in RaiDrive without registration.
5. Multiple Account supportRaiDrive support multiple accounts without the need to logout and login
Mounting drives
Upload directly to Google Drive
Support for FTP
Google Drive integration
Mount FTP drives
Google photos integration
Support for SFTP
Sync with Dropbox
Support for Dropbox
Media Streaming
Comments about RaiDrive as a Alternative to Swish
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Nicolas
No sync : direct connection with Windows explorer
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Mountain Duck
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Paid • Proprietary
FTP Client
Mac
Windows
29 Mountain Duck alternatives
Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a disk in Finder on macOS and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.
- - Mountain Duck is the most popular commercial alternative to Swish.
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Mountain Duck Features
1. End-to-End EncryptionMountain Duck has E2E Encryption, for entire or parts of the app.
2. LightweightMountain Duck consumes less device resources compared to similar apps.
Mounting drives
Network Folders
Cloud Services Managment
Upload directly to Dropbox
No Root Required
Mount remote filesystems
Bitvise SSH Client
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Free Personal • Proprietary
SSH Client
Windows
57 Bitvise SSH Client alternatives
SSH client for file transfer, terminal and tunneling.
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Bitvise SSH Client Features
1. PortableBitvise SSH Client can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Support for SFTP
Port Forwarding
SSH
Terminal-based
ExpanDrive
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Paid • Proprietary
FTP Client
Mac
Windows
Linux
47 ExpanDrive alternatives
ExpanDrive is a Network file system client for Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows that facilitates mapping of local volume to any SFTP server the user can access. It also can connect to FTP, Amazon S3, RackSpace Cloud Files, OpenStack Swift Object Storage, DreamObjects, WebDAV...
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ExpanDrive Features
1. Windows Explorer ExtensionExpanDrive can extend Windows Explorer in various ways, for example add context menu options, etc..
Mounting drives
Mega.nz integration
Dropbox integration
Virtual filesystem
Openstack swift integration
Upload directly to Mega
Support for Amazon S3
Apps with Finder Integration
Active Directory integration
SSH
My Commander
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Free • Proprietary
File Manager
Windows
125 My Commander alternatives
My Commander (MyCO) is "the smallest - smartest - fastest file manager in the world", for Windows. Small and smart, MyCO uses less of your computer's memory while it's running.
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My Commander Features
1. PortableMy Commander can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Integrated Search
Tabbed interface
Secure Copy (SCP)
BitKinex
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Free • Proprietary
FTP Client
Windows
55 BitKinex alternatives
Bitkinex is a multiprotocol FTP client, supporting FTP, SFTP, HTTP (WebDAV). The FTP features on one-click commands list, multipart download and multi thread browse. The WebDAV client features messenger-like user interface, fast multithreaded and multipart downloads...
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BitKinex Features
WebDAV Support
Support for Multiple protocols
Synchronization
Support for SFTP
Discontinued
In march 2009, the development of BitKinex stopped and it became freeware. Last version, 3.2.3, is still downloadable from the official website.
NetDrive
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Paid • Proprietary
Cloud Storage Service
FTP Client
Mac
Windows
40 NetDrive alternatives
Remote storage tool that lets you access your cloud files as if they're on a local disk.
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NetDrive Features
Mega.nz integration
Mounting of local drives
WebDAV Support
Support for SFTP
Support for Amazon S3
SSHFS-Win
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Free • Open Source
Windows
11 SSHFS-Win alternatives
SSHFS-Win is a minimal port of SSHFS to Windows. Under the hood it uses Cygwin for the POSIX environment and WinFsp for the FUSE functionality.
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SSHFS-Win Features
Mounting drives
Support for SFTP
Add a screenshot
Syncplify.me FTP!
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Free • Proprietary
FTP Client
Windows
46 Syncplify.me FTP! alternatives
FTP! is the interactive graphical FTP(S) and SFTP client by syncplify.me. It supports the FTP, FTPS (FTP over SSL, both implicit and explicit) and SFTP protocols, and it's very easy to use as well as extremely fast.
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Syncplify.me FTP! Features
Support for SFTP