WinSCP 6.1: The Filezilla alternative that delivers with a major update

WinSCP

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, FTP client, WebDAV client and SCP client for Windows. Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality.

WinSCP features:

Graphical user interface
Translated into several languages
Integration with Windows (drag&drop, URL, shortcut icons)
U3 support
All common operations with files
Support for SFTP and SCP protocols over SSH-1 and SSH-2 and plain old FTP protocol
Batch file scripting and command-line interface
Directory synchronization in several semi or fully automatic ways
Integrated text editor
Support for SSH password, keyboard-interactive, public key and Kerberos (GSS) authentication
Integrates with Pageant (PuTTY authentication agent) for full support of public key authentication with SSH
Explorer and Commander interfaces
Optionally stores session information
Optionally supports portable operation using a configuration file in place of registry entries, suitable for operation from removable media

WinSCP 6.1 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

Local file manager mode (two local panels).
Windows 11 flat style graphics.
SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.78. That includes support for OpenSSH certificates.
Ongoing delete operation can be moved to background queue.
Showing directory size in file panel.

List of all changes:

Translations completed: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish and Swedish.
Consistently open the nearest existing parent folder when the current local panel directory is deleted.
Visual feedback when control (drop down list particularly) is focused via keyboard accelerator.
Building .NET assembly in Visual Studio 2022.
Bug fix: Remote file pasted to an external HDD is downloaded twice.
Bug fix: Callstack debug logging in .NET assembly was broken.
Bug fix: Corrected hint for Default session color command.
Bug fix: When reading input Stream in .NET assembly upload fails in 64-bit process, the transfer is not interrupted.
Bug fix: Failure when application log cannot be opened.
Bug fix: Work around key algorithm naming change in OpenSSH 7.7 and older (from pre-release of PuTTY 0.79).
Bug fix: With debug logging enabled, the echoed script commands and XML log group names miss the command name.