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Mountain Duck vs SSHFS: catalog facts
Mountain Duck	SSHFS
Paid A paid licence is required after the trial.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS	macOS, Linux, Command line
Remote storage behaves like a local drive in any application Reads and writes Cryptomator vaults for client-side encryption	Works with almost any SSH server without server-side setup Remote files open in ordinary local programs
Paid licence per user Performance depends heavily on the remote back end and connection	Requires FUSE, which needs a separate install on macOS Performance depends on network latency
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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