Remote FTP/SFTP for VS Code
Easily browse, open, edit and download files or folders from remote FTP or SFTP servers directly in the VS Code sidebar.
✨ Features
- 📂 Full tree view of remote files and directories
- 🔒 Support for both FTP and SFTP
- 📄 Open remote files for editing
- 💾 Automatic upload on save
- 📥 Download individual files or entire folders (change
workers in config to increase the threads, i.e. to increase the loading speed)
- 📦 Local auto backup (changed files in
rsftpbackups folder)
🚀 Getting Started
- Open a workspace folder in VS Code.
- Create a config file (
rsftpconfig.json) in the root of your project
{
"hosts": {
"host_1": {
"protocol": "ftp",
"host": "ftp.demo.ca",
"port": 21,
"username": "demo@demo.ca",
"password": "pwd",
"remote_path": "/",
"workers": 1
},
"somesftphost": {
"protocol": "sftp",
"host": "111.245.177.28",
"port": 22,
"username": "user",
"password": "pwd",
"remote_path": "/",
"workers": 1
},
}
}
- Open the Remote FTP panel in the Explorer view.
- Click to expand a host, browse files, and start editing or downloading!
Right-click any file or folder in the tree to:
- Download – downloads selected item to workspace folder (HOSTNAME/externalfolder/file.txt)
- Delete – external and local file or folder
- Copy remote Path
- Run chmod
- Rename
- Upload file(s)/folder
- New folder/file
🧩 Requirements
- VS Code ≥ 1.80
- Internet connection to access remote servers
📃 License
MIT © 2025 andriy063
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