The FileZilla alternative for Windows: SFTP, FTP and FTPS – plus your server as a drive

Everything you like about FileZilla

The file browser in NeoSSHWinManager works the way you know from FileZilla – your PC on the left, the server on the right, drag & drop in between:

• Two panes side by side (F9), with optional folder trees and a clickable path bar.
• Every server in a tab of its own; "Connect" (Ctrl+Shift+O) opens another saved server without leaving the browser.
• A transfer queue you can pause, resume, cancel and retry. Interrupted transfers continue where they stopped.
• When a file already exists, you choose: overwrite, skip, keep both – or compare the two first.
• Files open in the program of your choice; saving uploads them back to the server.
• Folder sync with a preview, archives packed and extracted on the server, files fetched from a web address straight onto the server, permissions and folder sizes.
• Undo and redo (Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y) for moves, renames and new folders.

What FileZilla cannot do

• Servers as drives: one click mounts a remote folder as a drive letter via SSHFS. Then every program – Explorer, VS Code, Office – opens and saves files directly, without downloading them first.
• SSH terminal: the integrated terminal signs in with the stored password or key by itself, with as many sessions in tabs as you like. If you prefer, use Windows OpenSSH or PuTTY instead.
• Encrypted credentials: passwords and connection details are stored encrypted in the app's database, protected by your account or by Windows Credential Manager.
• Several accounts: several people share one PC, each with their own, separately encrypted connections.
• Windows servers in full: servers running OpenSSH for Windows work in the file browser, as a drive, in the terminal and in the system info.
• Order with many servers: groups, templates and a filter that searches name, host and user as you type.

Switching from FileZilla

1. Download and install NeoSSHWinManager. Drives also need WinFsp and SSHFS-Win – if one is missing, the app says so at the start and links to the download.
2. Add your servers: protocol, host, port, user and password or key – the same details as in FileZilla's Site Manager. Templates save typing for many similar servers.
3. Work the way that suits you: transfer files in the file browser as in FileZilla, or mount the server as a drive with one click and work right in Explorer.

You don't have to uninstall FileZilla – both programs run side by side without problems.

Security: no passwords in plain text

Without a master password, FileZilla stores the Site Manager's passwords only base64-encoded in the file sitemanager.xml – anyone who has the file can read them. NeoSSHWinManager always encrypts passwords, hosts and user names. The key is protected by your account password, in single-user mode by Windows Credential Manager.