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Project History
Apart from various contributions, WinSCP is mostly a one-man project. The man is me, Martin Prikryl.
The following is a list of project milestones. See also version history.
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First Release
Late 2000
During late 2000 distribution of the first releases of WinSCP 1.0 was started. The first WinSCP site was set up in October 2000 with the address winscp.vse.cz. It was designed by Katerina Sramkova.
Version 1.0 supported the SCP protocol over SSH-1 only. There were several publicly available builds of the 1.0 release. Beside this there was never another release of the 1.x series.
In addition to the English version, there was also a Czech one. It made 1.0 the only localized version for years.
See screenshots and original release announcement on cz.comp.linux (in Czech).
2.x Series
October 2001
As version 1.0 was my first application of the kind, it was terribly designed, and consequently it was not worth extending. So eventually, after a break, when I decided to continue with the project, I needed to start from scratch. The results of my work were released in October 2001 as version 2.0 beta.
This version introduced SSH-2, public key authentication, alternative Explorer interface and many other features.
It took me more than one year before I felt 2.x series mature enough to release the first non-beta version, 2.2, in January 2003.
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See original release announcement on cz.comp.linux (in Czech).
SFTP
June 2003
In June 2003 version 3.0 was released, introducing support for the alternative to SCP, the SFTP protocol. Over time it evolved from the alternative to the primary protocol. Despite this, the well-established name “WinSCP” was preserved.
SourceForge
July 2003
After leaving the University, I have decided to move WinSCP project from the University server to SourceForge. The primary WinSCP site address was changed to winscp.sourceforge.net.
GPL
July 2003
While WinSCP was in general an open-source project since its beginning, it was only with its migration to SourceForge that it turned into a true open-source by adopting the GPL license.
FAR Plugin
September 2003
Since September 2003, WinSCP was also available as a plugin to the FAR file manager (discontinued).
Localization
September 2003
Version 3.4 released in September 2003 was the first localized version since 1.0. There were Czech, Japanese, Russian and Spanish translations. Many other translations were introduced in later versions.
New Site Design
December 2004
Thanks to Brandon Blackmoor WinSCP site got new design in December 2004.
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TeamForge
March 2005
In March 2005 the WinSCP site moved the second time. The new address is winscp.net and the site is partly hosted on TeamForge. File downloads, CVS and other features are still hosted on SourceForge.
Documentation
May 2005
After several unsuccessful attempts to find someone to write down some documentation for WinSCP, I have decided to go Wiki-way. With some help from the community, I finished it in May 2005.
FTP
April 2007
In April 2007 version 4.0 was released, introducing support for the old insecure FTP protocol to finally cover all file transfer needs of WinSCP users. FTP over TLS/SSL support was added in February 2009 in version 4.2.
Altap Salamander Plugin
December 2007
After few years of preparations, WinSCP is also available as a plugin to the Altap Salamander file manager.
Unicode
August 2011
Version 5.0 turned WinSCP into fully Unicode application allowing management of remote sites of unlimited languages.
New Look
April 2013
Starting with versions 5.2/5.5, WinSCP’s look was gradually updated, including brand new toolbar icons.
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WebDAV
July 2014
The latest addition to collection of supported protocols, WebDAV, was introduced in version 5.6.