Free Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Clients

Free SFTP Clients

For security reasons, SSC has switched to SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol). The following is a list of SFTP clients that are free for download, for Mac and Windows.

SSH Secure Shell – http://computing.sscnet.ucla.edu/public/security/ssh.aspx
Free for download hosted by SSC.
The SSH Secure Shell for Workstation Windows client does not have any special hardware or software requirements. Any computer capable of running a current version of the Microsoft Windows operating system (Windows 95 (OSR2.1), Windows 98 or 98 SE, Windows Me, Windows NT 4 (with Service Pack 5 or 6 installed), Windows 2000 (with Service Pack 1 or 2 installed), or Windows XP), and equipped with a functional connection to a remote host computer can be used.

Firezilla – http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
Free for download.
FileZilla is a fast FTP and SFTP client for Windows users. Operating System: 32-bit MS Windows (NT/2000/XP), Win2K, WinXP

CuteFTP Mac Pro – http://www.bol.ucla.edu/software/mac/cuteftp/
Free for download hosted by Bruin Online.
Cute FTP Mac is Tiger (Mac OSX 10.4) ready, has a multi-threaded thin “Metal” (Cocoa) interface, powerful automation features, and strong security for protecting your FTP sessions. Login and transfer files using Secure Shell 2 (SFTP) or Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocols.

CuteFTP Pro – http://www.cuteftp.com/cuteftppro/
The Windows option for CuteFTP Pro is not free for download (you to purchase the software via link above) but it does support many industry standard protocols including FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS and SSH.

SecureFX – http://www.vandyke.com/products/securefx/
This is a reliable secure FTP software for windows. SecureFX is not free.

CoreFTP – http://www.coreftp.com/
Fast and reliable SFTP/FTP software. It’s available for free download.

MacFuse – http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
MacFUSE implements a mechanism that makes it possible to implement a fully functional file system in a user-space program on Mac OS X (10.4 and above). SSHFS is one of the popular plug-ins for MacFuse which connects securely to SSH servers from the Finder.