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k-shell

Free, open-source SSH, SFTP, FTP and S3 client for macOS, Windows and Linux.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: split view, syntax highlighting and data encryption.

Services and protocols mentioned: SFTP, FTP, SSH and S3.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “| Split panes | Workspaces | Port forwarding |” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Images open in a preview, code and config files in an editor with syntax highlighting, and everything else in the app your computer uses for it.” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “Encrypted vault.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of k-shell is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub keselyoleren/k-shell (MIT)

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