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title: "SFTP client for Mac with your SSH keys"
description: "A native SFTP client for Mac that uses your own ~/.ssh keys, agent and config, jump hosts included, and checks host keys like Terminal."
url: https://anybucket.app/features/sftp
lang: en
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# SFTP that works like Terminal

AnyBucket runs the `ssh` that comes with macOS. Whatever works with `ssh user@host` in Terminal works here: your keys, your agent, your config, your jump hosts, your security keys.

[Open the full demo](https://anybucket.app/try?mode=sftp)

- **Your keys and config:** Password, keys, agent and `~/.ssh/config` with `Host`, `IdentityFile` and `ProxyJump`, as you set them up for Terminal.
- **Host keys checked:** Every server's key is checked against your own `~/.ssh/known_hosts`. A new or changed key asks you first.
- **Copies on the server:** When the account has a shell, copies on the same server run there with `cp`, so nothing comes down to your Mac.
- **Passwords in your keychain:** Passwords go to your login keychain, one item per bookmark.

## The keys

| | |
| --- | --- |
| `⇧⌘K` | Connect to a server |
| `⌘K` | Go to… bookmarks, recent folders, open tabs or a server address |
| `⇧⌘C` | Copy the URL |
| `F4` | Edit with… (changes upload when you save) |

[All keyboard shortcuts](https://anybucket.app/shortcuts)

## Questions, answered

### Does it work with jump hosts?

Yes. Set `ProxyJump` in `~/.ssh/config` as you would for Terminal, and connect to the host's name. See [SSH keys and jump hosts](https://anybucket.app/guides/ssh-keys-and-jump-hosts).

### Does it work with 1Password or a hardware key?

AnyBucket uses `/usr/bin/ssh`, so an SSH agent or a security key that works with `ssh` in Terminal works in AnyBucket too.

### Which servers does it work with?

OpenSSH servers, with password, key and agent logins. See [compatibility](https://anybucket.app/support/compatibility).

### Can I edit a file on the server?

Press F4 to open it in any app. When you save, AnyBucket uploads the change.

## Guides and help

- [SFTP on a Mac](https://anybucket.app/guides/sftp-client-mac): What macOS offers for SFTP, what a good SFTP client for Mac should do, and how to connect, step by step.
- [SSH keys and jump hosts](https://anybucket.app/guides/ssh-keys-and-jump-hosts): Set up keys, ~/.ssh/config and ProxyJump once, and use them for SFTP in Terminal and AnyBucket alike.
- [Troubleshooting](https://anybucket.app/support/troubleshooting): Step-by-step fixes for host keys, SSH keys and jump hosts, FTPS, S3 endpoints, stopped transfers, notifications and the license.
- [AnyBucket vs FileZilla](https://anybucket.app/compare/filezilla): A native Mac app with S3 and WebDAV included, next to the free, cross-platform FileZilla.

## Keep exploring

- [FTP and FTPS](https://anybucket.app/features/ftp-ftps)
- [Amazon S3 and compatible](https://anybucket.app/features/s3)
- [WebDAV](https://anybucket.app/features/webdav)
- [Bookmarks](https://anybucket.app/features/bookmarks)
- [All features](https://anybucket.app/features)

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