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SFTP is not supported natively by any browser, not major, generic ones at least.
Is there any way to access a SFTP server from a web page / dashboard hosted on a browser?
I've looked at FireFTP, but there's no more support for FireFox because of NPAPI. The only option would be to use WaterFox Classic, which is still actively maintained. That would, however, limit my choice of browsers..
I have also looked at JSCape Anyclient, but I do not believe this is under active development / maintenance, and requires several java based plugins which are possibly not secure, or are troublesome to install on browsers.
Another option could be MonstaFTP, but that has an expensive paid license.
The above solutions require placing the web based directories directly on the server, so are browser independent, but are either not actively maintained, so quite expensive. FireFTP works well, but browser support is limited to WaterFox Classic or other FireFox forks which still enable add-on integration like FireFox v.52 / 57 and below...
SFTP for Chrome has a poor rating, and again, would limit my choice of browsers.
user1173240
Posted 2020-02-24T06:09:57.777
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1But a non-browser-based client wouldn't limit your choice of browsers at all... – user1686 – 2020-02-24T06:41:11.993
That is true, we can use
WinSCPor any other client, however, that has a different UI, different footprint, and a different lifecycle management, a bit more bureaucracy than what I'd like to have. – user1173240 – 2020-02-24T07:17:35.180