# Please recommend an SFTP client **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927 "2015-07-23T03:18:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/1 "2015-07-23T03:18:48Z")
Can someone recommend an SFTP client? Google brings up plenty of choices, but I am leery of signing on to an unknown program and even more reluctant to install one. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/2 "2015-07-23T04:10:07Z")
[PuTTY](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/) is pretty much the standard among the geek ranks. I’ve also had good results with [FileZilla](https://filezilla-project.org/) and [WinSCP](http://winscp.net/eng/index.php) ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/3 "2015-07-23T04:17:57Z")
I asked the same question a few months ago and settled on using WinSCP which I like. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/4 "2015-07-23T07:25:18Z")
I use WinSCP also. PuTTY is the standard at work, and the installation package comes with WinSCP. I use PuTTY only rarely, WinSCP all the time. ---
**Author:** ![JerrySTL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@JerrySTL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerrySTL)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/5 "2015-07-23T12:06:17Z")
I use PuTTY’s version fo SFTP and SCP. Recently one of my Oracle databases had weird error messages in the alert.log. One of my coworkers started using WinSCP and it was causing the errors in the middle of the night when my coworker wasn’t even there. I told her to shut down WinSCP before leaving work and all is well now. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/6 "2015-07-23T16:21:54Z")
Seconding PuTTY and WinSCP. I’ve used both, both work well. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/7 "2015-07-23T16:30:08Z")
I installed Win-SCP and briefly tested it. It works like a charm. Thanks to all who recommended it. ---
**Author:** ![Handond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@Handond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Handond)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-recommend-an-sftp-client/725927/8 "2015-07-27T15:03:11Z")
You could also try WebDrive if Win-SCP doesn’t make the cut. I like it a lot. Free download here [http://www.southrivertech.com/products/webdrive/download/](http://www.southrivertech.com/products/webdrive/download/)