WinSCP 6.3.3 (2024-04-16)

This version fixes a critical vulnerability CVE-2024-31497 in the use of 521-bit ECDSA keys (ecdsa-sha2-nistp521). If you use 521-bit ECDSA keys to connect to SFTP servers, you should revoke them and generate a new key pair.

WinSCP 6.3.2 (2024-03-12)

This version fixes several bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 6.3.1 (2024-02-21)

This version fixes several regression bugs.

WinSCP 6.3 (2024-02-14)

WinSCP 6.3 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Single large file can be downloaded using multiple SFTP connections.
• Support for OpenSSH certificates for host verification.
• File hash can be used as criterion for synchronization.
• Improved behavior when duplicating and moving remote files.
• Support for HMAC-SHA-512.
• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.

WinSCP 6.2.4 RC (2024-02-03)

This version includes five additional complete translations and several fixes.

WinSCP 6.2.3 RC (2024-01-19)

This version includes 16 complete translations and several fixes.

WinSCP 6.2.2 beta (2023-12-22)

This release upgrades WinSCP to PuTTY 0.80, mainly to mitigate “Terrapin” vulnerability.

WinSCP 6.2.1 beta (2023-12-05)

The most important changes/additions are:

• File hash can be used as criterion for synchronization.
• Improved behavior when duplicating remote files.
• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.2.0.

WinSCP 6.2 beta (2023-10-05)

WinSCP 6.2 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Single large file can be downloaded using multiple SFTP connections.
• Support for OpenSSH certificates for host verification.
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.79. That includes support for HMAC-SHA-512.
• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 3.

WinSCP 6.1.2 (2023-09-19)

This release updates WinSCP to OpenSSL 1.1.1w and fixes problem with MSI installer and other small bugs.

WinSCP 6.1.1 (2023-06-21)

This release updates WinSCP to OpenSSL 1.1.1u, includes three new completed translations and some bug fixes.

WinSCP 6.1 (2023-05-23)

WinSCP 6.1 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Local file manager mode (two local panels).
• Windows 11 flat style graphics.
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.78. That includes support for OpenSSH certificates.
• Ongoing delete operation can be moved to background queue.
• Showing directory size in file panel.

WinSCP 6.0.2 RC (2023-04-18)

This release improves remote file editing by allowing session to reconnect and by optionally checking if remote file was modified before overwriting it. More improvements and bug fixes are included too.

WinSCP 6.0.1 beta (2023-03-07)

This release adds Compare Directories command to the local file manager and fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 6.0 beta (2023-02-08)

WinSCP 6.0 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Local file manager mode (two local panels).
• Windows 11 flat style graphics.
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.78. That includes support for OpenSSH certificates.
• Ongoing delete operation can be moved to background queue.
• Showing directory size in file panel.

WinSCP 5.21.8 (2023-04-11)

This release updates WinSCP to OpenSSL 1.1.1t and includes some updated translations.

WinSCP 5.21.7 (2023-01-23)

This release fixes a crash after displaying new version notification and improves Batch Rename extension.

WinSCP 5.21.6 (2022-11-28)

This release updates WinSCP to OpenSSL 1.1.1s and Expat 2.5.0, fixes several bugs and includes updated German translation.

WinSCP 5.21.5 (2022-10-06)

This release fixes few bugs, including broken update notifications, and updates WinSCP to the latest versions of neon and Expat libraries.

WinSCP 5.21.3 (2022-09-06)

This release fixes two regression bugs.

WinSCP 5.21.2 (2022-08-08)

This release fixes some regression bugs, adds Farsi translation, and updates WinSCP to OpenSSL 1.1.1q.

WinSCP 5.21.1 (2022-06-24)

This release adds complete Polish translation, and fixes few regressions, particularly a crash while transferring files to/from an FTP server on the background.

WinSCP 5.21 (2022-06-15)

WinSCP 5.21 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.77. That includes support for rsa-sha2-256 and rsa-sha2-512 SSH public key algorithms and improved support for HTTP proxies with SSH.
• Support for ACL for S3 protocol.
• Support for file masks relative to the root of an operation.
• Streaming support in .NET assembly and scripting for FTP protocol.
• It is possible to import sessions from OpenSSH config file.

WinSCP 5.20.4 RC (2022-06-08)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to PuTTY 0.77. This version also includes updated German and Slovak translations, few bug fixes, improved compatibility with some systems and other small improvements.

WinSCP 5.20.3 RC (2022-05-17)

The most important changes/additions are:

• 20 translations, including Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
• Streaming support in .NET assembly and scripting for FTP protocol.
• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1o.

WinSCP 5.20.2 beta (2022-04-06)

The most important changes/additions are:

• SSH core upgraded to pre-release version of PuTTY 0.77, which improves support for HTTP proxies with SSH.
• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1n.
• Allowed uploading edited files over encrypted session.

WinSCP 5.20.1 beta (2022-01-11)

This version adds support for file masks relative to the root of an operation and other improvements.

WinSCP 5.20 beta (2021-12-02)

WinSCP 5.20 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Support for ACL for S3 protocol.
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.76. That includes support for rsa-sha2-256 and rsa-sha2-512 SSH public key algorithms.
• It is possible to import sessions from OpenSSH config file.

WinSCP 5.19.6 (2022-02-22)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1m and Expat 2.4.6. This version also includes updated German translation.

WinSCP 5.19.5 (2021-11-25)

This version fixes few bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.19.4 (2021-10-24)

This version fixes few bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.19.3 (2021-10-11)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1l. This version also includes updated French translation, fixes few bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.19.2 (2021-07-21)

This release includes tools and fixes from PuTTY 0.76 and fixes regression from 5.19.1 and other problems. Complete French translation is included.

WinSCP 5.19.1 (2021-06-30)

This release fixes two regression issues from 5.19 and other problems.

WinSCP 5.19 (2021-06-17)

WinSCP 5.19 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• A complete list of files that are part of a background transfer can be shown.
• Support for PPK version 3 keys from PuTTY 0.75.
• Stream interface in .NET assembly.
• With SFTP protocol files can be streamed to stdout and from stdin in scripting.
• Support SHA-256 fingerprints of TLS/SSL certificates.
• Extension Synchronize with another remote server.
• Improved FTP support for VMS servers (and potentially for other non-Unix-like systems).
• Compatibility with Google Cloud Storage when using S3 protocol to access the buckets.

WinSCP 5.18.6 RC (2021-06-10)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to Expat 2.4.1 and Inno Setup 6.2.0. This version also fixes few bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.18.5 RC (2021-05-20)

This release adds a support for PuTTY 0.75 PPK3 key file format and fixes a bug that prevents uploading edited files, among others.

WinSCP 5.18.4 RC (2021-05-06)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1k and Expat 2.3.0. This version also fixes numerous bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.18.3 RC (2021-03-17)

This release fixes numerous bugs and adds some small improvements and Korean and Romanian translations.

WinSCP 5.18.2 beta (2021-02-02)

This release includes a fix for a bug when closing WinSCP introduced in 5.18.1 and some other small improvements.

WinSCP 5.18.1 beta (2021-01-27)

The most important changes/additions are:

• A security fix for URL handling.
• Improved FTP support for VMS servers.
• 20 translations, including Brazilian Portuguese, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian and Turkish.
• TLS/SSL core upgraded to OpenSSL 1.1.1i.
• Compatibility with Google Cloud Storage when using S3 protocol to access the buckets.

WinSCP 5.18 beta (2020-11-30)

The most important changes/additions are:

• A complete list of files that are queued for a transfer can be shown.
• A streaming support in scripting and .NET assembly.
• An extension for synchronizing two remote servers.
• Enabled TLS 1.3 and added support for SHA-256 TLS/SSL fingerprints.

WinSCP 5.17.10 (2021-01-26)

This release includes a security fix for URL handling.

WinSCP 5.17.9 (2020-11-20)

This release contains large update of the German translation and few bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.17.8 (2020-10-15)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1h. This version also fixes several bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.17.7 (2020-07-24)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Security fix from PuTTY 0.74.
• Improvements to Keep local directory up to date extension.
• Updated German translation.

WinSCP 5.17.6 (2020-05-28)

This release adds compatibility with Backblaze S3 API and other improvements and fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 5.17.5 (2020-04-27)

This release adds Brazilian Portuguese translation and fixes a bug when starting fresh installation on high DPI displays.

WinSCP 5.17.4 (2020-04-24)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.1.1g and neon 0.31.1. This version also fixes several bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.17.3 (2020-04-01)

This release fixes several bugs and adds other small improvements.

WinSCP 5.17.2 (2020-03-09)

This version fixes some bugs. It also temporarily disables TLS 1.3, introduced in WinSCP 5.17, by default, until it is better tested.

WinSCP 5.17.1 (2020-02-27)

This version fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.17 (2020-02-18)

WinSCP 5.17 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Improvements to sessions and workspace management, so that WinSCP can now easily restore tabs that were open when it was last closed.
• Hardware-accelerated AES.
• Extension Archive and Download to archive remote files and download the archive.
• Improvements to Synchronization checklist window.
• Allowed sorting of find results.
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.73.
• The binaries are signed with new EV certificate valid until February 2023.

WinSCP 5.16.7 RC (2020-02-13)

The new release is signed with new EV certificate valid until February 2023.

It also contains some small improvements and bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.16.6 RC (2020-01-21)

This release adds small improvement to creating desktop shortcuts.

WinSCP 5.16.5 RC (2020-01-06)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Several additions to .NET assembly, including ComparisonDifference.Resolve and Session.RemoveFile.
• Spanish and Korean translation.

WinSCP 5.16.4 RC (2019-12-04)

The most important changes/additions are:

• 19 translations: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.
• Loads faster on new installations on systems with user profiles on a network drive.
• Improvements to cleaning up application data.

The binaries are signed with a new certificate, which currently does not have enough reputation, so it triggers a warning by Microsoft Defender SmartScreen. To allow an installation, click More Info > Run anyway. You can verify an integrity of the installer before running it. By running the installer, you are helping us to build a reputation of our new certificate.

WinSCP 5.16.2 RC (2019-11-08)

This release candidate improves support for dark theme. It also fixes few bugs and adds other small improvements.

WinSCP 5.16.1 beta (2019-10-23)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Allowed sorting of find results.
• SSH core upgraded to PuTTY 0.73.
• Allowed configuring of additional PuTTY settings (e.g. terminal settings).

WinSCP 5.16 beta (2019-09-24)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Improvements to sessions and workspace management, so that WinSCP can now easily restore tabs that were open when it was last closed.
• Hardware-accelerated AES.
• Extension Archive and Download to archive remote files and download the archive.
• Improvements to Synchronization checklist window.

WinSCP 5.15.9 (2019-12-05)

In this release WinSCP was temporarily reverted to old DigiCert code signing certificate that does not trigger “Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting” warning.

WinSCP 5.15.7 (2019-11-27)

This release adds Russian translation and fixes several bugs.

The new release is signed with new certificate valid until February 2023.

WinSCP 5.15.5 (2019-10-16)

This release includes security fix from PuTTY 0.73 and as well as several other fixes.

WinSCP 5.15.4 (2019-09-16)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2t and Expat 2.2.8. This version also fixes few bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.15.3 (2019-07-21)

This release includes security fixes from PuTTY 0.72 and as well as several other fixes.

WinSCP 5.15.2 (2019-05-29)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2s. This version also fixes few bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.15.1 (2019-04-11)

This version fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.15 (2019-03-27)

WinSCP 5.15 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Files can be optionally encrypted when storing them on SFTP server.
• Local UNC paths can be browsed.
• Compare Files extensions.
• Dark theme.
• Files can be copied to the clipboard.
• Coloring files in file panels based on a file mask.
• Improved incremental search in file panels.
• Support OpenSSH AES-256-CTR-encrypted keys.
• Improvements to directory synchronization.

WinSCP 5.14.5 RC (2019-02-28)

This release candidate includes 22 translations: Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Ukrainian.

Additionally, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2r.

WinSCP 5.14.4 RC (2019-01-10)

This release candidate includes some improvements to aid with translations.

WinSCP 5.14.3 RC (2019-01-09)

This release candidate fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.14.2 beta (2018-12-20)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Compare Files extensions.
• Dark theme.
• Coloring files in file panels based on a file mask.
• Improved incremental search in file panels.
• Synchronization preview in .NET assembly.

WinSCP 5.14.1 beta (2018-10-26)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Support OpenSSH AES-256-CTR-encrypted keys.
• It is possible to connect to Amazon S3 using non-default endpoints.
• Few other small improvements and bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.14 beta (2018-10-15)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Files can be optionally encrypted when storing them on SFTP server.
• Local UNC paths can be browsed.
• Files can be copied to the clipboard.
• Improvements to directory synchronization.

WinSCP 5.13.9 (2019-03-19)

This release includes security fixes from PuTTY 0.71.

WinSCP 5.13.8 (2019-02-27)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2r. This version also fixes few bugs.

WinSCP 5.13.7 (2019-01-08)

This version fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.13.6 (2018-12-12)

This version fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.13.5 (2018-11-21)

In this release, WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2q and Expat 2.2.6. This version also updates couple of translations and fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 5.13.4 (2018-08-31)

This version adds some small improvements to Microsoft Store installations of WinSCP and fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 5.13.3 (2018-06-18)

This version fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.13.2 (2018-05-11)

This version contains a workarounds for a bug in Windows 10 version 1803 (April 2018 Update), causing drag&drop downloads to Windows File Explorer end in a wrong folder (computer restart required).

It also adds Croatian, Farsi and Russian translations.

WinSCP 5.13.1 (2018-03-28)

In this release WinSCP was updated to OpenSSL 1.0.2o. This version also adds Kabyle, Traditional Chinese and Ukrainian translations.

WinSCP 5.13 (2018-02-19)

WinSCP 5.13 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Amazon S3 protocol support.
• SHA-256 host key fingerprints are used.
• Stalled connection attempts can be canceled promptly.
• Improvements to .NET assembly and scripting.

WinSCP 5.12.2 RC (2018-02-01)

This release candidate adds some improvements to S3 support and fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 5.12.1 beta (2018-01-16)

This version improves interface of .NET assembly, including a support for custom error handling. Additionally it fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 5.12 beta (2017-12-20)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Amazon S3 protocol support.
• SHA-256 host key fingerprints are used.
• Stalled connection attempts can be canceled promptly.
• Improvements to .NET assembly and scripting.

WinSCP 5.11.3 (2017-12-14)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Korean translation completed.
• Fixes OpenSSL vulnerability.
• Lots of other bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.11.2 (2017-10-10)

This version adds Russian translation, fixes some bugs and adds some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.11.1 (2017-09-08)

This version fixes some bugs.

WinSCP 5.11 (2017-09-05)

WinSCP 5.11 is a major application update. New features and enhancements include:

• Improved performance of large queued batch transfers by using multiple connections even for a single transfer
• Support for multiple monitors with different DPI/resolutions
• Support for Microsoft OneDrive
• Better support for sharing WinSCP configuration between computers using cloud

WinSCP 5.10.4 RC (2017-08-16)

This release adds complete translations to 20 languages. This is the last release candidate before a stable release.

WinSCP 5.10.3 beta (2017-07-22)

In this release WinSCP was updated to PuTTY 0.70 and Expat 2.2.2.

WinSCP 5.10.2 beta (2017-06-28)

This version fixes several bugs and includes some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.10.1 beta (2017-06-09)

This version fixes several bugs and includes some small improvements.

WinSCP 5.10 beta (2017-05-31)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Background transfer operations can use multiple connections
• Support for multiple monitors with different DPI/resolutions
• Find dialog does not block main window and found files can be downloaded and deleted on the Find dialog
• Support for Microsoft OneDrive
• Numerous improvements to custom commands/extensions and .NET assembly

WinSCP 5.9.6 (2017-06-21)

In this release WinSCP was updated to PuTTY 0.69, OpenSSL 1.0.2l and Expat 2.2.1.

WinSCP 5.9.5 (2017-04-19)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Upgrade to PuTTY 0.68
• Traditional Chinese translation completed.

WinSCP 5.9.4 (2017-02-15)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Portuguese translation completed.
• Fixes various OpenSSL vulnerabilities.
• Lots of usability improvements and bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.9.3 (2016-11-30)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Croatian translation completed.
• Fixes various OpenSSL vulnerabilities.
• Lots of usability improvements and bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.9.2 (2016-09-14)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Translations completed: Brazilian Portuguese, Finnish, Kabyle and Ukrainian.
• Lots of usability improvements and bug fixes.

WinSCP 5.9.1 (2016-08-12)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Translations completed: Catalan, Swedish and Polish.
• Several files can be opened in editor at once using their paths.

WinSCP 5.9 (2016-07-22)

WinSCP 5.9 is a major application update focused on improving user experience!

New features and enhancements include:

• Significantly improved WinSCP look and feel in large font / high DPI environments
• Improved transfer speed with SFTP and SCP protocols
• Automatic WinSCP updates (only for donors)
• Support for authentication with TLS/SSL client certificates
• Dual code signing binaries with both SHA-1 and SHA-256
• Custom commands can be distributed in a form of configurable WinSCP extension
• WinSCP script template or WinSCP .NET assembly code template can be generated in GUI
• Switch -latest for get and put commands to transfer the latest file only

WinSCP 5.8.4 RC (2016-06-16)

This is the last release candidate before a stable release.

The most important changes/additions are:

• Yet more improvements to custom commands to allow even better WinSCP extensions.
• Scripting supports selecting or naming files according to a time relative to the present time.

WinSCP 5.8.3 RC (2016-05-23)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Improvements to .NET assembly and custom commands to allow even better WinSCP extensions.
• Fixes various OpenSSL vulnerabilities.
• Performace improvements.

WinSCP 5.8.2 beta (2016-03-15)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Script or .NET assembly code can be generated for file transfers.
• Fixes various OpenSSL vulnerabilities.
• The installer requests UAC elevation when started non-elevated.
• Custom commands can be distributed in a form of WinSCP extension.
• Enhanced tooltips.

WinSCP 5.8.1 beta (2016-01-20)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Support for ECDSA and Ed25519 keys
• Dual code signed binaries with both SHA-1 and SHA-256.
• Improvements to code/script generation

WinSCP 5.8 beta (2016-11-30)

The most important changes/additions are:

• Authentication with TLS/SSL client certificates
• Redesigned Progress and Synchronization progress windows
• WebDAV file locking
• Opening the initial Login dialog over the main window
• Automatic updates (for donors only)
• Updates are checked over an encrypted HTTPS connection
• Improvements and fixes for large font/high DPI environments
• Improved transfer speed
• Many improvements to scripting, command-line and .NET assembly

WinSCP 5.7.7 (2016-03-06)

This release adds dual code signing for binaries with both SHA-1 and SHA-256, and fixes several bugs.

WinSCP 5.7.6 (2016-11-30)

This release adds Spanish translation, improves interoperability with several SFTP and FTP servers and fixes several bugs.