
Q1160381
Sign in to saveWinSCP (Windows Secure Copy) is a file manager, SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), WebDAV, Amazon S3, and secure copy protocol (SCP) client for Microsoft Windows. The WinSCP project has released its source code on GitHub under an open source license, while the program itself is distributed as proprietary freeware.
Key facts
- Software.logo
- WinSCP 6 Logo.png
- Software.screenshot
- WinSCP-6.1.png
- Software.caption
- Screenshot of WinSCP 6.1
- Software.programming language
- C++
- Software.operating system
- Microsoft Windows
- Software.size
- 40–100 MB
- Software.language count
- 45
- Software.genre
- File Manager
- Software.license
- GNU General Public License 3
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- Program
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WinSCP (Windows Secure Copy) is a file manager, SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), WebDAV, Amazon S3, and secure copy protocol (SCP) client for Microsoft Windows. The WinSCP project has released its source code on GitHub under an open source license, while the program itself is distributed as proprietary freeware.
==Program== Its main function is secure file transfer between a local computer and a remote server. Beyond this, WinSCP offers basic file manager and file synchronization functionality. For secure transfers, it uses the Secure Shell protocol (SSH) and supports the SCP protocol in addition to SFTP.
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