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WinSCP v6.3 Updated

JohnTHaller on 22 Feb 2024

WinSCP is a feature-rich tabbed file transfer client with a variety of views including single-window, dual-pane and tree view interfaces. The program supports standard FTP as well as secure connections using WebDav, S3, SSH, SSL/TLS and legacy SCP. The program can search, perform directory synchronization between local and remote, change properties, and edit text/binary files.

Includes support for scripting, task automation, various authentication tools, proxy, SSH tunnels and IPv6.

Alternatively, WinSCP Portable is multilingual and supports PuTTY Portable.
An outdated X-WinSCP, packaged in winPenPack's format, is also available.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11 / Wine
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the "Portable" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. Create winscp.ini with the following content:

    [Configuration\Interface]
    RandomSeedFile=.\winscp.rnd
    DDTemporaryDirectory=.\

  3. Launch WinSCP.exe
Similar/alternative apps: Bitvise SSH Client
What's new? See: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/history
Latest comments
hamasaki on 2021-11-27 09:51

Now at 5.19.5

dmiranda on 2024-02-22 07:25

This latest version doesn't seem to work in XP. Last version working is 6.1.2.13797

dmiranda on 2024-03-15 16:21

The newest version at this time (6.3.2) works again in windows XP.

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FileZilla v3.66.5 Updated

Ennovy on 7 Feb 2024
  • 40MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 7 Feb 2024
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client, including secure options SFTP and TLS. The program interface includes an easy-to-use tabbed window, drag-and-drop capability, bookmarks, remote and recursive file search, remote file editing and a managable upload/download queue. Internally, it supports connection throttling, keepalive, timeout detection, IPv6, SOCKS 4/5 and HTTP 1.1 proxy etc.

Alternatively, Filezilla Portable is pre-configured as portable and automatically adjusts paths, as well as X-Filezilla.

Cross-platform with clients available for Mac and Linux. For Windows XP, an older and unsupported version is available. A portable Filezilla server is available as part of XMPP.

Category:
Runs on:Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 / Win11
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
License: GNU GPLv2
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. In the main folder, create a 2 new folders named cache and settings
  3. Open the Docs folder and edit the file fzdefaults.xml.example using a programmer's notepad such as Notepad2 or Notepad++
  4. Change the following strings:

    <Setting name="Config Location">$SOMEDIR/filezilla/</Setting>
    to:
    <Setting name="Config Location">settings</Setting>

    and
    <Setting name="Cache directory">$USERPROFILE/Documents</Setting>
    to:
    <Setting name="Cache directory">cache</Setting>
  5. Save the modified file to the main folder as fzdefaults.xml
  6. Launch FileZilla.exe
Similar/alternative apps: WinSCP, Bitvise SSH Client
What's new? See changelog: https://filezilla-project.org/versions.php
Latest comments
smaragdus on 2017-05-27 06:44

@giulia
See this forum comment- https://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=86763#p86763
"How to extract:" instructions should be redacted accordingly.

smaragdus on 2017-06-03 03:56

@billon
Thanks for updating "How to extract".

rb161 on 2020-07-27 22:17

Having used it for many years, Filezilla has lost its way now in my opinion. The irritating pop up balloon on every successful upload is just one of the annoyances. The latest update seemed to corrupt something on my Windows and I was reduced to about one fifteenth of the normal upload speed. Going back to an ancient version hasn't fixed the issue and the portable versions are the same. However WinSCP works fine so it's that for me from now on.

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CarotDAV v1.16.3

Andrew Lee on 13 Jul 2023
  • 4MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 5 Jul 2023
  • Suggested by I am Baas

CarotDAV is a simple client for many remote file storage services including AmazonCloudDrive, Box, DropBox, GoogleDrive, Hubic, iCloud, OneDrive, OpenStack Swift, SugarSync and as well as WebDAV, secure FTP, and IMAP. Supports various view settings including detail, small/large icons, drag-and-drop interface, file transfer progress window (with speed listings) and a variety of sorting and grouping options. Allows for multiple instances to connect to multiple different services, but doesn't yet support transfers between them.

The program includes a WebDav server.

Includes dynamic encryption and decryption, automatic file-splitting (e.g. OneDrive's 25 MB file size limit) and doesn't store passwords in plain text if a master password is set.

Category:
Runs on:Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10
Writes settings to: Application folder
Dependencies: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0+
Unicode support: Yes
License: Freeware
How to extract: Download the "Portable Version" ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch CarotDAV.exe.
What's new? Japanese changelog at http://rei.to/carotdav.html#history.
Latest comments
abualamal on 2019-04-22 10:59

Could load and insert baidu (yun.baidu) cloud in the program. It will be very helpful.
thanks

PAFuser on 2022-03-04 09:35

1.16.2 is available but miss labeled on site. #1 is 1.16.2, labeled as a second 1.16.1 under portable version.

nikos3194 on 2022-12-01 06:39

Cool app, although by default, login IDs and passwords are saved without encryption in the configuration file. Setting a master password is needed to avoid any risk.

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i.Ftp v2.21

webfork on 15 Oct 2016
  • 1MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on 9 Mar 2010
  • Suggested by Robin Macharg

i.Ftp is a small FTP client that supports dual-pane local/remote views, SOCKS proxy, resumable FTP/HTTP download and abortable transfers. Supports secure connections in both FTP over SSH and SSL. Can resume and schedule web (http) downloads like a basic download manager.

Client available for Mac OS X.

Note: this program has not been updated in some time and may be subject to security vulnerabilities, including Heartbleed.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Unicode support: Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of drive-less absolute path (eg. \docs\personal\work.doc without the drive letter)
License: LGPL
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract to a temporary folder
  2. Move contents of $INSTDIR to a directory of your choice
  3. Optionally, delete libssh.dll and libeay32.dll if you do not need to use secure FTP
  4. Launch iftp.exe
What's new? Changes:
  • Fixed the refresh button not honouring the current item filter.
  • Improved the filtering and listing of items to use hash tables instead of O(n) searching, which you won't notice on small folders but on 1000's of items it'll make a difference.
Latest comments
mozkill on 2010-01-20 17:34

i.FTP is indeed portable. it doesnt have the ability to see symbolic link directories on the remote server. it thinks they are files. its annoying that when you select port 22 that it doesnt auto-detect that its FTP over SSH. i cant use this piece of junk. FileZilla is way better.

Jon Wright on 2010-04-21 10:26

Very basic but you might want to add it to your collection. Filezilla can't handle certain public wifi setups whereas i.FPT can.

outskirter on 2012-11-18 19:32

I realize I'm pretty late with this comment, but I've discovered a couple of annoying bugs in version 2.21 (which I've reported to the author), and eliminated them by downgrading to 2.11. Otherwise this is a very nice FTP client; portable, nicely laid out, and easy on resources.

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Save2FTP v2.1

Checker on 5 Aug 2014
  • 2MB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

Save2FTP is designed for an automatic online backup of your important data to remote FTP servers. It will help you organize your backups and schedule automatic backups. It supports inclusion and exclusion of files by wildcard mask as well as by exact file name, and keeps detailed logs of all backup operations. It includes a scheduler for unattended auto-backup and scheduling of any specific time or date, day of the week or month. It also allows you to create incremental backups so you only need to backup files that have changed.


Note: The freeware version of Save2FTP no longer appears to be available. I have made available for direct download the most recent version. Thanks to MarcosJC for sending me V2.1. If you have anything newer, please email me directly.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Stealth: ? Yes
Path portability: Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc)
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice
  2. The application is in the {app} folder
  3. Launch Save2FTP.exe
Latest comments
Checker on 2009-06-24 21:11

If you like to localize to your language, you will find a
translation package at: http://avpsoft.com/products/ftp-backup-freeware-save2ftp/
There is also a language pack for german and dutch.
I tried 'german' with V2.5 and it worked fine.

Andrew Lee on 2009-06-26 06:19

@Humbleside: Thanks for the official link to the freeware version. I downloaded and tried it. Although it says the version is "1.9", when you run the installer it says "2.1". And the version info in the EXE says "2.1.2.2042". So I will remove the direct download and point the links to the official ones.

Andrew Lee on 2009-06-26 06:21

@Checker: Thanks for the link. However, as I am unable to verify the authenticity of the software (eg. is it a cracked version), I will continue to point to the official links supplied by Humbleside.

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FTPUpload v1.04.0.1

Checker on 5 Aug 2014
  • 690KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

FTPUpload uploads files with only two button clicks. It will only upload files that have changed since the last upload, FTPUpload will create any necessary directories on the FTP server. Directories that have an "_v" prefix on the PC are ignored. There is a tree deletion option that allows for an entire directory structure on the FTP server to be deleted.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
License: Freeware
How to extract:
  1. Download the ZIP package and extract the installer to a temporary folder
  2. Extract the installer to a folder of your choice
  3. The application is in the {app} folder
  4. Launch FTPUpload.exe

DropUpLoad v1.80e

Checker on 5 Aug 2014
  • 216KB (uncompressed)
  • Released on
  • Suggested by Andrew Lee

DropUpLoad is a small and robust utility that uploads files to your FTP server. It will deal with connection errors automatically and make sure the files are uploaded. Simply select an FTP server and drag-and-drop files to be upload, and DropUpLoad will do the rest for you.

Note: download link offline; linking to archive.org.

Category:
Runs on:Win95 / Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP
Writes settings to: Application folder
Unicode support: Yes
License: GPL
How to extract: Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch DropUpLoad.exe.
Latest comments
Webfork on 2008-04-13 18:31

An excellent program for quickly and simply uploading data with a built-in zip feature. When working on mission critical work, you simply drag-and-drop to quickly save a zipped copy. The only option for Windows similar to the OS X "Transmit" dashboard apps.

Unfortunately lacks any security or advanced FTP functions.

polki on 2010-09-04 15:43

Downloaded and extracted: ok. But there is a GPL open source license but no source, neither on the website...
i am wrong or blind....???

webfork on 2010-09-05 19:48

Source code is present on website. Updating License.

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