WinFsp Alternatives

WinFsp is described as 'Windows File System Proxy, is a set of software components for Windows computers that allows the creation of user mode file systems. In this sense it is similar to FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace), which provides the same functionality on UNIX-like computers' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to WinFsp for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, File Explorer and Xfce apps. The best WinFsp alternative is RaiDrive, which is free. Other great apps like WinFsp are ExpanDrive, sshfs, WebDrive and Paragon HFS+ for Windows.

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  1. RaiDrive icon
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    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!.

    48 RaiDrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • RaiDrive is the most popular Windows alternative to WinFsp.

    • RaiDrive is the most popular free alternative to WinFsp.

    • RaiDrive is Freemium and ProprietaryWinFsp is Free and Open Source
    • RaiDrive is LightweightWinFsp is not according to our users
  2. ExpanDrive icon
     47 likes

    Map or Mount Amazon Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, OneDrive, SFTP, WebDAV, S3 and more as a Network Drive. Seamless access to files without sync.

    50 ExpanDrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • ExpanDrive is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to WinFsp.

    • ExpanDrive is Free Personal and ProprietaryWinFsp is Free and Open Source
  3.  27 likes

    SSHFS allows you to mount a remote filesystem using SFTP. Most SSH servers support and enable this SFTP access by default, so SSHFS is very simple to use - there's nothing to do on the server-side.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce
     
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    Comments about sshfs as an Alternative to WinFsp
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    They're not alternatives, they are different kinds of components that can complement each other. SSHFS provides a user-space filesystem. WinFsp is a way of using user-space filesystems in Windows. Using rclone's mount command, you can use them together.

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    • sshfs is the most popular Open Source alternative to WinFsp.

    • sshfs is Free and Open SourceWinFsp is also Free and Open Source
    • sshfs is LightweightWinFsp is not according to our users
  4. WebDrive icon
     65 likes

    Put the cloud on your desktop; access Amazon S3, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and more. WebDrive lets you edit files on corporate SFTP and SharePoint Servers as easily as editing any file on your computer.

    56 WebDrive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
    • WebDrive is the most popular commercial alternative to WinFsp.

    • WebDrive is Paid and ProprietaryWinFsp is Free and Open Source
  5. Software allows Windows users full interaction with Mac-formatted drives. Ensures stable data management and offers read and write support with optimized efficiency. Compatible with Apple Boot Camp, VMware, Parallels, and TrueCrypt.

    5 Paragon HFS+ for Windows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • File Explorer
     
  6. SFTP Drive icon
     21 likes

    An easy-to-use utility that mounts remote file systems as Windows drives via SFTP. Once connected, you can browse and work with files as if they were stored on your local machine.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. win-sshfs icon
     19 likes

    win-sshfs is a SSH(SFTP) filesystem made using Dokan and SSH.NET library that allows you to mount remote computers via SFTP protocol like windows network drives. You may also need to acquire Dokan DLL from: .

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. macFUSE icon
     17 likes

    FUSE for macOS allows you to extend macOS via third-party file systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Dokan icon
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    When you want to create a new file system on Windows, for example to improve FAT or NTFS, you need to develop a file system driver. Developing a device driver that works in kernel mode on windows is extremely difficult.

    7 Dokan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10.  5 likes

    Dokan SSHFS is a program that mounts remote file systems using SSH. Dokan SSHFS depends on Dokan Library which you can find on the application's website.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11.  2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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