Is Tempest's SFTP client free?

Yes — SFTP, FTP, S3, and WebDAV are all in the permanent free plan, alongside SSH and Mosh.

Can I edit remote files directly?

Yes — the built-in editor opens files over SFTP and saves back to the server. For bigger jobs, transfers are a drag-and-drop away.

How does it compare to FileZilla or WinSCP?

Those are excellent standalone transfer tools. Tempest's difference is integration: the terminal is in the same window, the connection is shared, profiles sync encrypted across devices, and S3/WebDAV ride along.

Does it handle jump hosts for SFTP?

Yes — bastion chains configured on a host apply to its file sessions too, so private servers are reachable without manual tunnels.

Is there an Android or iPhone SFTP client included?

Yes — the mobile apps include the same SFTP browser and editor, synced with your desktop.

SFTP client

The SFTP client that keeps the terminal next door

Edit a config, restart the service, watch the log — that loop spans a file manager and a shell, so Tempest puts them in one window. Browse and edit remote files over SFTP, run the restart in the adjacent terminal pane, and keep S3 buckets and WebDAV shares in the same view. Free on every platform.

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Free plan available. Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS & Web.

Tempest with the remote file browser open next to a terminal session

Edit in place

Open, change, save — straight on the server

The built-in editor saves directly back over SFTP. No download-edit-reupload dance, no stray copies of production configs on your desktop.

Full remote file browser: upload, download, rename, permissions. SFTP file manager docs

Built-in editor with syntax highlighting for quick fixes.

Zmodem for fast transfers inside an existing terminal session.

Editing a remote config.yml in Tempest's SFTP editor, with the file browser alongside

Terminal adjacent

The restart is one pane away

Split-screen the file manager next to the shell on the same host — one connection, both views. That's the workflow FileZilla-plus-PuTTY never quite delivers.

SFTP and SSH share the connection — no second login, no reauth. Connection multiplexing

Jump-host chains work for file access too. Jump host guide

Split screens mix terminals, editors, and file panes freely. Split screens

SFTP browser and SSH terminal side by side in Tempest

More than SFTP

S3, WebDAV, and FTP in the same browser

Backups in a bucket, media on a NAS, a legacy FTP server — one file interface for all of them, with the same synced profiles.

Amazon S3 and S3-compatible object storage browsing. Cloud storage docs

WebDAV for NAS boxes and Nextcloud.

Plain FTP for the systems that refuse to die.

Synced and encrypted

Profiles on every device, plaintext on none

Zero-knowledge E2E encrypted sync of hosts and credentials. How E2EE works

Same SFTP client on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS.

Mobile file edits for the config fix that can't wait for a laptop.

Frequently asked questions

Is Tempest's SFTP client free?: Yes — SFTP, FTP, S3, and WebDAV are all in the permanent free plan, alongside SSH and Mosh.
Can I edit remote files directly?: Yes — the built-in editor opens files over SFTP and saves back to the server. For bigger jobs, transfers are a drag-and-drop away.
How does it compare to FileZilla or WinSCP?: Those are excellent standalone transfer tools. Tempest's difference is integration: the terminal is in the same window, the connection is shared, profiles sync encrypted across devices, and S3/WebDAV ride along.
Does it handle jump hosts for SFTP?: Yes — bastion chains configured on a host apply to its file sessions too, so private servers are reachable without manual tunnels.
Is there an Android or iPhone SFTP client included?: Yes — the mobile apps include the same SFTP browser and editor, synced with your desktop. SSH client for Android

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