SFTP file manager
Browse the remote filesystem, upload, download, rename, delete, change permissions. The part of WinSCP you use every day.
// WinSCP on Android · 2026
There is no WinSCP for Android. This does the job.
WinSCP is a Windows-only program — no Android build has ever existed and none is planned. Termax covers what you actually open WinSCP for: an SFTP file manager and a real SSH terminal on the same connection, on your phone. Free, no ads, no account required.
Free, sync included · no account needed · no AI reading along · made in Germany
Connects to any SSH server
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Raspberry Pi
- Proxmox
- Hetzner
- IONOS
- Contabo
- DigitalOcean
- AWS
// Instead of WinSCP
What you actually need on the phone
A real terminal on the same connection
Move the file, then restart the service - without opening a second app and authenticating again. This is the part plain SFTP browsers do not have.
Key authentication from the phone
Use an existing ed25519 or RSA key, or generate one in the app. No PuTTYgen, no desktop step in between.
Saved connections
Hosts, ports, users, keys and jump hosts stored once, encrypted at rest in the Android Keystore.
Jump hosts
Reach servers behind a bastion host, with up to three hops like ssh -J. An imported ~/.ssh/config brings its ProxyJump entries along.
Port forwarding
Local and remote tunnels from the phone, say to a database or your router’s web interface. Free, with no Pro unlock.
Telnet and serial over USB OTG
Telnet for old switches and routers, plus a serial console through a USB OTG adapter with an FTDI, CP210x, CH34x, PL2303 or CDC-ACM chip.
Optional sync from your PC
Run Termax on Windows too, enter your servers once there, and they arrive on the phone end-to-end encrypted. The server only ever holds ciphertext.
No ads between you and your servers
Free with no Pro unlock and no ad SDK. An app holding your private keys is the wrong place for an advertising network.
// Side by side
WinSCP, plain SFTP apps and Termax
The honest comparison: on Windows, WinSCP is excellent and Termax is not trying to replace every corner of it. On Android the question is different, because WinSCP is simply not there.
WinSCPTypical Android SFTP appTermax
Runs on Android× Windows only✓✓
SFTP file manager✓✓✓
SSH terminal on the same connection✓ via PuTTY×✓
Generate SSH keys in-app✓ PuTTYgen×✓ ed25519 / RSA
Sync connections with a desktop××✓ end-to-end encrypted
Ad-free✓often ad-supported✓
PriceFree (GPL)Free / paid unlockFree
Staying on Windows? Then keep WinSCP or read the WinSCP alternative for the desktop. Coming from PuTTY on the phone, see Termax for Android.
// Download
Put it on the phone
Install, add the server, move the file, run the command. No account, nothing to pay.
Termax for Android
v0.9.18.3 MB
Prefer a direct download? Get the APK from this site.
Termax for Windows
v0.9.199 MB
Enter your servers once on the desktop and sync them to the phone. Not yet code-signed: on the SmartScreen prompt click "More info" → "Run anyway".
// FAQ
WinSCP on Android – common questions
Is there an official WinSCP for Android?
No, and there is no plan for one. WinSCP is a Windows-only program - it has never had an Android, macOS or Linux build, and its maintainer has said repeatedly that a port is not on the roadmap. Anything on the Play Store calling itself "WinSCP" is not from the WinSCP project. If you need WinSCP's job done on a phone, you need a different app, not a port.
Can I open my saved WinSCP sites on my phone?
Not by copying them across directly - WinSCP keeps its sites in the Windows registry or in a WinSCP.ini file, a format no mobile app reads. In practice you re-enter the handful of servers you actually use from the phone, which takes a couple of minutes. If you also install Termax on Windows, you enter them once there and switch on the optional end-to-end encrypted sync, and they appear on the phone by themselves.
What does Termax do that a plain SFTP file browser does not?
It puts the terminal and the file manager on the same connection. Most Android SFTP apps let you move files and stop there, so the moment you need to restart a service, tail a log or fix a permission you are switching to a second app and authenticating again. In Termax you drag the file over and then run the command in the same session.
Does it handle SCP as well as SFTP?
Termax speaks SFTP, which is what WinSCP defaults to and what every current OpenSSH server supports. SCP as a wire protocol has been deprecated upstream - OpenSSH 9 switched the scp command itself to run over SFTP - so in practice you lose nothing. If you have an ancient device that only offers legacy SCP, that is the one case Termax will not cover.
Is it free, and does it show ads?
Free, with no ads and no Pro unlock. The SFTP manager, the terminal, key generation, port forwarding, jump hosts and sync are all in the free app. Termax makes no money from the Android build, which also means there is no ad SDK sitting between you and your servers.
What about PuTTY on Android?
Same situation as WinSCP: PuTTY ships for Windows and as Unix source, never for Android. The apps you find under that name in the Play Store are unofficial and mostly unmaintained - which matters more than usual for a program you hand your private keys to. Termax covers what you would use PuTTY for, plus the file transfer you would have used WinSCP for.