SFTP Pilot 2.2.0

Usability release: several servers, whole folders, a remote file browser, a redesigned window with dark mode, and a Windows program that needs no Python.

Windows (no Python needed)

Download sftp-pilot-2.2.0-windows-x64.zip, extract it, then in that folder:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install.ps1

This installs for your user (no administrator rights), adds a Start menu shortcut and puts your settings in %APPDATA%\SFTP Pilot. register-task.ps1 sets up Task Scheduler to run scheduled tasks while the window is closed; uninstall.ps1 removes everything and keeps your settings.

The programs are not code-signed, so Windows may say "Windows protected your PC". Check the SHA256 before choosing "Run anyway":

sftp-pilot-2.2.0-windows-x64.zip
SHA256 10045948a0a8fa81270702dff34d9dd80b2d1deb31e58b3af246c14a25e0b0dc

(Get-FileHash .\sftp-pilot-2.2.0-windows-x64.zip -Algorithm SHA256). Some antivirus products dislike programs built with PyInstaller; pip install sftp-pilot gives you the same program from source.

Python

pip install -U sftp-pilot            # add [keyring] for OS keyring support

What is new

• Several servers: [server:name] sections; a named server never inherits another server's credentials; each scheduled task remembers its server
• Folders and patterns: upload or download a whole folder or *.csv; one bad file does not stop the rest
• Remote file browser next to every remote path
• Host-key fingerprint prompt (host_key_policy = ask) and optional OS keyring passwords
• Redesigned window: light and dark theme (follows Windows), status bar, coloured task and history rows, sortable tables, filterable log, progress bar always in view
• Password logins no longer offer SSH agent keys first (slow, and trips MaxAuthTries on strict servers)

Full list and upgrade notes: CHANGE_LOG.md

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/sftp-pilot/2.2.0/

SFTP Pilot 2.1.0

Safer transfers and unattended runs.

• Uploads are atomic: written to <name>.part, renamed into place; a failed or cancelled upload leaves the old file untouched
• Cancel a transfer (GUI button, Ctrl+C in the console)
• Retries with growing delays for scheduled tasks
• sftp-pilot --run-due for Windows Task Scheduler and cron, safe alongside an open GUI (a task never runs twice)
• Daily and weekday schedules; interval tasks no longer drift
• Run history in the GUI, the console and sftp-pilot --history

Full list and upgrade notes: CHANGE_LOG.md

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/sftp-pilot/2.1.0/

SFTP Pilot 2.0.2

Fixes dead links on the PyPI project page: the README's links to the licence, disclaimer, changelog and config template were relative. No code changes.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/sftp-pilot/2.0.2/

SFTP Pilot 2.0.1

pip install sftp-pilot
sftp-pilot --init-config     # writes config.ini here; then edit it
sftp-pilot

• New --init-config: writes a starter config.ini, never overwrites an existing one
• The config template now ships inside the package (2.0.0 had none after a pip install)
• README quick start installs from PyPI

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/sftp-pilot/2.0.1/

SFTP Pilot 2.0.0

Renamed from WinSCP Manager to SFTP Pilot. Behaviour is unchanged from 1.1.0.

• Package sftp_pilot, command sftp-pilot
• Env SFTP_PILOT_PASSWORD / SFTP_PILOT_KEY_PASSPHRASE (were WINSCP_MANAGER_*)
• config.ini, known_hosts and scheduled_tasks.json carry over unchanged

Includes the 1.1.0 review fixes: working installed command, host key checking, all key types, thread-safe GUI, safer scheduler. Full list in CHANGE_LOG.md.

PyPI: https://pypi.org/project/sftp-pilot/2.0.0/