Synchronize with SFTP (Windows)

FreeFileSync supports synchronization with SFTP natively. Just enter your SFTP login information into the dialog shown during folder selection:

Enter SFTP login data

Note
In case the SFTP server sets file modification times to the current time you can do a Compare by File Size as a workaround.


Synchronize with SFTP (Linux)

An SFTP share can be mapped to a local folder for use with FreeFileSync:

  • Install:
    sudo apt-get install sshfs

  • Mount SFTP share:
    sshfs ssh-account@ssh-server:<path> mountpoint

  • Unmount:
    fusermount -u mountpoint