Kitsmith / Utilities / SFTP Server
A secure (SSH-based) file transfer server for your Mac, with its own accounts and per-user home directories — $6.99.
Our take
The encrypted sibling to the same publisher’s FTP Server, and the pitch is the same: macOS dropped built-in SFTP hosting from macOS Server, and this restores it as a simple menu bar toggle, with per-user home directories and its own account system independent of macOS logins. Reviews spanning 2018 to the present are consistently positive — “the easiest to setup and the most stable” among several SFTP apps one reviewer tried — and the developer responds directly to support questions in the App Store review thread, including on port configuration and file-permission issues.
- Price
- $6.99
- License
- Proprietary
- Requires
- macOS 10.10 or later, per the Mac App Store listing.
- Get it via
- Mac App Store
- Developer
- 兰桂 吴 (Langui.net)
Do you use SFTP Server?
Who made this
Also makes 5 others — Simple SVN Server , Simple Git Server , FTP Server
Langui.net’s own site and Mac App Store listings show a portfolio wider than the six network-server utilities here — including New File Menu Lite (a Finder context-menu tool) and Java Runner (an in-browser Java code tool) — consistent with the multi-year, single-purpose-utility track record already documented on these listings.
What it does
Built-in accounts, per-user home directories
SFTP logins are separate from macOS accounts, each scoped to its own folder.
Works with standard SFTP clients
FileZilla, WinSCP, and any other SFTP-compatible client connect without special setup.
Ports below 1024 on Mojave and later
Including the standard port 22, once your Mac is on macOS 10.14+.
The deal
- $6.99 one-time purchase
SFTP Server — questions people ask
How much does SFTP Server cost?
$6.99, one-time purchase, per its Mac App Store listing.
What’s the difference between this and FTP Server?
SFTP Server encrypts the connection over SSH; FTP Server, from the same developer, uses the older unencrypted protocol. Both ship separately.
Who makes SFTP Server?
兰桂 吴, the solo developer behind Langui.net.
Is SFTP Server free?
SFTP Server costs $6.99.
Does SFTP Server work alongside a notch app like Alcove?
Yes — SFTP Server lives in the menu bar, so it runs happily alongside any Dynamic Island hub or notch app.
Where can I download SFTP Server?
SFTP Server is available via Mac App Store.
Reviews
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Listing hand-verified August 29, 2026 from the developer's site and public sources.
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