Alternatives to SFTPGo
An SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV server with a web admin interface, backed by local disk or S3, Google Cloud or Azure storage. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
SFTPGo
An SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV server with a web admin interface, backed by local disk or S3, Google Cloud or Azure storage.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as SFTPGo.
Dufs
Serve and upload files through a small HTTP and WebDAV server.
Dufs is a much smaller HTTP and WebDAV server with uploads and access controls, lacking SFTP, FTPS, cloud storage back ends and a web admin interface.
miniserve
Share a file or directory over HTTP from one small command.
miniserve shares a directory over HTTP from one command with optional authentication under the MIT license, without SFTP, FTPS, WebDAV or cloud storage support.
Also worth comparing
These listings name SFTPGo as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Filestash
Self-hosted web client that connects to S3, SFTP, NFS and more.
SFTPGo includes a web client for users over local disk or S3, Google Cloud and Azure storage, but also acts as an SFTP, FTPS and WebDAV server.
Pure-FTPd
A free, security-focused FTP server with optional TLS, virtual accounts and privilege separation.
SFTPGo serves SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV from one process with a web admin and cloud storage backends, under the AGPL and with Windows support.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
FileZilla
The long-standing free FTP, FTPS and SFTP client, with a matching server for Windows.
WinSCP
A Windows file manager for remote servers, covering SFTP, FTP, FTPS, SCP, S3 and WebDAV, with scripting built in.
Cyberduck
A server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows that speaks FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, SMB and every major object store.
Tiny File Manager
A single-file PHP web file manager that you drop onto a server to manage files in a browser.
