Alternatives to SSHFS-Win
Mounts a remote directory over SSH as a Windows drive letter. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
SSHFS-Win
Mounts a remote directory over SSH as a Windows drive letter.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as SSHFS-Win.
Mountain Duck
Mounts remote and cloud storage as a local drive.
Mountain Duck is a paid, closed-source mounter for Windows and macOS that also handles cloud storage and Cryptomator vaults, without needing WinFsp installed.
ExpanDrive
Mounts cloud storage and file servers as native drives on macOS, Windows and Linux.
ExpanDrive is proprietary but free for personal use, mounts SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, S3 and major clouds as native drives, and also runs on macOS and Linux.
RaiDrive
Maps cloud storage and remote servers as drives in Windows File Explorer or a Linux file manager.
RaiDrive is proprietary freemium software that maps SFTP, FTP, WebDAV and many cloud providers as Windows drive letters, without needing WinFsp installed separately.
NetDrive
A program that mounts cloud and remote storage as a local drive on Windows and macOS.
NetDrive requires a commercial licence and is closed source, but mounts cloud and remote storage as drives with file locking and a team plan with shared drives.
RcloneView
A graphical file manager built on rclone for browsing, syncing and mounting cloud storage.
RcloneView is a closed-source graphical front end for rclone that mounts cloud storage as a local drive for free, with some features behind a paid Plus upgrade.
CloudMounter
A desktop app that mounts cloud storage accounts as local drives in Finder and Explorer.
CloudMounter is closed-source freemium software for Windows and macOS that mounts cloud accounts like Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Amazon S3 as drives.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
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.
FileZilla
The long-standing free FTP, FTPS and SFTP client, with a matching server for Windows.
Bitvise SSH Client
A Windows SSH client combining a terminal, SFTP file transfer and port forwarding.
Secure ShellFish
An SSH terminal and SFTP file access app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Air Explorer
Desktop app for managing, transferring, syncing and encrypting files across many cloud storage accounts.
