Open Source WinSCP Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to WinSCP for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is FileZilla. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to WinSCP and 15 are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to WinSCP are Cyberduck, muCommander, Muon SSH/SFTP client and FileZilla Secure.

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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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WinSCP alternatives page was last updated Feb 24, 2026

FileZilla
1937 likes
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
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Freemium
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
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FTP Client
File Manager
Origin
Germany
EU
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PortableApps.com
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FileZilla vs WinSCP Comments

Top Positive Comment
greenseeker
Mar 2, 2022
3
Contrary to many of the comments here, Filezilla does support SFTP. Both SFTP and SCP are SSH-based file transfer protocols and usually when you can use one, you can use both. SCP doesn't allow browsing the filesystem, it's transfer only, so WinSCP is actually using a hacky workaround: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/requirements#scp

I prefer WinSCP, personally, but Filezilla is a perfectly good alternative.
Top Negative Comment
Guest
Jun 5, 2020
5
FileZilla only does FTP/SFTP. It does not do SCP
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Tiziano
Positive commentFeb 24, 2026
0
They accomplish similar goals by presenting information and allowing actions to be taken in similar ways. WinSCP has the edge because it integrates PuTTy and the UI is a little more intuitive and versatile. The only reason i stopped using Filezilla and adopted WinSCP was simply because with Filezilla you have to wait until a file operation has completed (such as recursive directory deletion or file transfer), whereas WinSCP allows you to work asyncronously. Both have done nothing but improve over the years, so my comments may not be valid for long..!
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FileZilla is Freemium and Open SourceWinSCP is Free and Open Source
Cyberduck
470 likes
A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.
91 Cyberduck alternatives
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Freemium
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application types
FTP Client
File Manager
Origin
Switzerland
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Mac
Windows
+1
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vglist
Negative commentMar 9, 2022
0
Does not support ssh sudo su
Guest
Positive commentJun 21, 2019
1
Some AVs block FileZilla on macOS for some reason and I couldn't use it. Cyberduck is excellent alternative Open Source as it is very similar to all of them.
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Guest
Negative commentMar 22, 2016
0
ssssh in command line not GUI
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Cyberduck is Freemium and Open SourceWinSCP is Free and Open Source
muCommander
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...).
113 muCommander alternatives
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Free
Open Source
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File Manager
Origin
France
EU
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Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
BSD
Java
+1
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FileZilla
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.

https://filezilla-project.org
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Muon SSH/SFTP client
15 likes
Graphical SFTP client and terminal emulator with helpful utilities.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Origin
India
Alerts
Discontinued
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Windows
Linux
Flathub
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Muon SSH/SFTP client vs WinSCP Comments

Guest
Positive commentFeb 15, 2021
0
Simplest SFTP client out there!
Review by a new / low-activity user.
Muon SSH/SFTP client is Free and Open SourceWinSCP is also Free and Open Source
FileZilla Secure
17 likes
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
FTP Client
Alerts
Warning
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
+1
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trolCommander
54 likes
trolCommander - fork of the free and opensource muCommander filemanager.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
File Manager
Origin
Russia
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
+1
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termscp
1 like
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
FTP Client
Origin
Switzerland
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
FreeBSD
NetBSD
BSD
+1
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Swish
11 likes
Swish adds support for SFTP to Windows Explorer so you can access your files on another computer securely via SSH.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
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AeroFTP
3 likes
A modern, open-source file manager and client for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and S3, featuring an AI assistant, cloud sync, and military-grade encryption.
51 AeroFTP alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
FTP Client
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Linux
Snapcraft
+2
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QuickDAV
2 likes
Network file and folder transfer app. Simple and easy upload, download, and management of your files and folders from any other device.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Linux
Flathub
Flatpak
Mac
Windows
+3
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Dokan SSHFS
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
D
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dRemote
4 likes
dRemote is an easy and free tool to handle mutiple remote connections of different types. This tool comes in handy when you have to connect to differnt remote connections all the want to have to change all the settings manually.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Application type
Remote Desktop
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Windows
Is dRemote a good alternative to WinSCP ?

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