Vim is available for many different systems and there are several versions.This page will help you decide what to download.Most popular:
- Download FileZilla Client for Mac OS X. The latest stable version of FileZilla Client is 3.55.1. Please select the file appropriate for your platform below.
- If you downloaded WinSCP from the link provided above, another application called PuTTYgen will be included with the download. Go ahead an install WinSCP to your computer; this will install PuTTYgen as well. Once completed, find the PuTTYgen application. If you're on Windows 7 or Vista, you can simply open the Start menu and type Puttygen.
- Starting with certain models introduced in late 2020, Apple began the transition from Intel processors to Apple silicon in Mac computers. Mac computers with Apple silicon: iMac (24-inch, M1, 2021) MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020) MacBook Air (M1, 2020) Mac mini (M1, 2020) Learn about the Apple M1 chip. On Mac computers with Apple silicon, About.
- Freemium. Open Source.
| MS-Windows: | Recent and signed MS-Windows files are available on thevim-win32-installer site The current stable version is gvim_8.2.2825.exe. An alternative is the standard self-installing executable, currently version 8.2.2824. |
| Unix: | See the GitHub page, or Mercurial, if you prefer that.There is also anAppimagewhich is build daily and runs on many Linux systems. |
| Mac: | See the MacVim project for a GUI version and Homebrew for a terminal version |
WinSCP is a free SFTP, SCP, S3, WebDAV, and FTP client for Windows.
Details and options for:
| Mirrors | Alternative sites to download Vim files from. |
| Sources | Build Vim yourself and/or make changes. |
| GitHub | Obtain Vim sources with a git client (recommended). |
| Mercurial | Obtain Vim sources with a Mercurial client(recommended if you don't like git). |
| Patches | Include the latest improvements (requires sources and rebuilding). |
| Runtime | Get the latest syntax files, documentation, etc.. |
| Script links | Links to individual syntax, indent, color, compiler and ftplugin scripts. |
| Translations | Non-English documentation packages. |
Versions before 7.3 can also be obtained withSubversionandCVS.Vim 8.2 is the latest stable version. It is highly recommended, many bugs have been fixed since previous versions.If you have a problem with it (e.g.,when it's too big for your system), you could try version 6.4 or 5.8 instead.
To avoid having to update this page for every new version, there arelinks to the directories. From there select the files you want to download.In the file names ## stands for the version number. For example,vim##src.zipwith version 8.2 is vim82src.zip andvim-##-src.tar.gz for version 8.2is vim-8.2-src.tar.gz.Links are provided for quick access to the latest version.
Note that the links point to the latest version (currently 8.2) to avoidthat caching causes you to get an older version.
You need to download at the sources and the runtime files.And apply all the latest patches.For Vim 6 up to 7.2 you can optionally get the 'lang' archive, which adds translated messages and menus. For 7.3 and later this is included with the runtime files.
The explanations are on the GitHub page.
Summary:
The explanations are on this page:Mercurial
Summary:
| The runtime and source files together: | vim-##.tar.bz2 | vim-8.2.tar.bz2 (ftp) |
The files ending in '.tar.gz' are tar archives that are compressed with gzip.Unpack them with tar -xzf filename.The single big file ending in '.tar.bz2' is a tar archive compressed withbzip2. Uncompress and unpack it withbunzip2 -c filename | tar -xf -.
All archives should be unpacked in the same directory.
If you can't compile yourself or don't want to, look at the site of thesupplier of your Unix version for a packaged Vim executable. For Linuxdistributions and FreeBSD these are often available shortly after a new Vimversion has been released. But you can't change the features then.
- Debian packages are available at:http://packages.debian.org/vim.
- Sun Solaris Vim is included in the Companion Software:http://wwws.sun.com/software/solaris/freeware/.
Vim for other Sun systems can be found athttp://sunfreeware.com/. - HPUX with GTK GUI for various HPUX versions:http://hpux.its.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.2/ orhttp://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/Editors/vim-6.2/ (note that the remark about the GNU GPL is wrong)
For modern MS-Windows systems (starting with XP) you can simply use the executable installer:gvim82.exe (ftp)
It includes GUI and console versions, for 32 bit and 64 bit systems.You can select what you want to install and includes an uninstaller.
If you want a signed version you can get a build from
vim-win32-installer
It supports many interfaces, such as Perl, Tcl, Lua, Python and Ruby.There are also 64bit versions which only run on 64 bit MS-Windows and use alot more memory, but is compatible with 64 bit plugins.
You can also get a nightly build from there with the most recent improvements,with a small risk that something is broken.
Since there are so many different versions of MS operating systems, there areseveral versions of Vim for them.
For Vim 5.x, Vim 6.x and Vim 7 look inthe pc directory (ftp).
- Self-installing executable gvim##.exe gvim82.exe (ftp)
- For Vim 6 and later. This includes a GUI versionof Vim - with many features and OLE support - and all the runtime files.It works well on MS-Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7.Use this if you have enough disk space and memory. It's the simplest way tostart using Vim on the PC. The installer allows you to skip the parts youdon't want.
For Vim 6.3 and later it also includes a console version, both for MS-Windows 95/98/ME and MS-Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. The installer automatically selects the right one.
- Runtime files vim##rt.zip vim82rt.zip (ftp)
- For all the following binary versions you need this runtime archive, whichincludes the documentation, syntax files, etc. Always get this, unless youuse the self-installing executable.
There are three versions that run as an MS-Windows application. These providemenus, scrollbars and a toolbar.
- GUI executable gvim##.zip gvim82.zip (ftp)
- This is the 'normal' GUI version.
- OLE GUI executable gvim##ole.zip gvim82ole.zip (ftp)
- A GUI version with OLE support. This offers a few extra features,such as integration with Visual Developer Studio. But it uses quite a bitmore memory.
- Win32 console executable vim##w32.zip vim82w32.zip (ftp)
- The Win32 console version works well on MS-Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. It supports long file names and is compiled with 'big' features. It does not runperfectly well on MS-Windows 95/98/ME, especially when resizing the consolewindow (this may crash MS-Windows...).
- 32 bit DOS executable vim##d32.zip vim73_46d32.zip (ftp)
- The 32 bit DOS version works well on MS-Windows 95/98/ME. It requires a DPMImanager, which needs to be installed on MS-DOS. MS-Windows already has one.It supports long file names, but NOT on MS-Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7. It is compiled with 'big' features.
Not available for 7.4 and later. - 16 bit DOS executable vim##d16.zip vim71d16.zip (ftp)
- The 16 bit DOS version is the only one that runs on old MS-DOS systems. Onlyuse this if you are really desparate, because it excludes many useful features(such as syntax highlighting and long file names) and quickly runs out ofmemory.
The last version available is 7.1. Version 7.2 and later are too big to fit in the DOS memory model.
- iconv librarylibiconv
- A library used for converting character sets.Put 'iconv.dll' in the same directory as gvim.exe to be able to edit files inmany encodings. You can find the dll file in the bin directory of the'libiconv-win32' archive.
- newer intl librarylibintl
- The included libintl.dll does not support encoding conversion.If you have installed the iconv library, as mentioned above, you can install agettext library that uses it.Get 'intl.dll' from the bin directory in the gettext-win32 archive and store itas 'libintl.dll' in the same directory as gvim.exe, overwriting the filethat may already be there.
- PC sources vim##src.zip vim82src.zip (ftp)
- The source files, packed for the PC. This only includes the files needed onthe PC, not for other systems. The files are in dos format CR-LF.
- PC debug files gvim##.pdb gvim82.pdb (ftp) gvim##ole.pdb gvim82ole.pdb (ftp) vim##w32.pdb vim80w32.pdb (ftp)
- When you notice a bug or a crash in Vim these files can be used to help tracing down the problem. In Vim 7 do ':help debug-win32' to see how.
- PC translations vim##lang.zip vim72lang.zip (ftp)
- Only for 7.2 and earlier, for 7.3 and later these are included in the 'rt' archive.Translated messages and menu files, packed for the PC. Use this to seenon-English menus. The messages are only translated when the libintl.dlllibrary is installed.
- Windows 3.1 GUI executable gvim##w16.zip and gvim##m16.zip
- These are GUI versions for 16 bit windows (Windows 3.1). The 'w16' has manyfeatures, 'm16' has few features (for when you're short on memory).
Alternate distributions
- Yongwei's build
- You may also try Yongwei's build,executables with slightly different interfaces supported.
- Cream
- For an unofficial version that used to include all the latest patches andoptionally a bitmore: Cream.The 'one-click installer' mentioned includes the Cream changes.For the 'real Vim' use the 'without Cream' version listed further down.
Unfortunately, it stopped updating since Vim 8.0.
- Cygwin
- For a Cygwin binary look at others.
For Vim 5.x and Vim 6 look inthe amiga directory (ftp).
Vim 7 files can be found atos4depot.net. This is for AmigaOS 4. Made by Peter Bengtsson.
- Runtime files vim##rt.tgz vim64rt.tgz (ftp)
- Documentation, syntax files, etc. You always need this.
- Executable vim##bin.tgz vim64bin.tgz (ftp)
- The executables for Vim and Xxd.For Vim 6 it includes 'big' features, for Vim 5.x itincludes the normal features.For Vim 6.2 it is not available (my Amiga had harddisk problems then, this miraculously healed later).
- Big executable vim##big.tgz
- Vim with 'big' features and Xxd. Only for Vim 5.x.
- Sources vim##src.tgz vim64src.tgz (ftp)
- The source files for the Amiga.Only needed when you want to compile Vim yourself.
For Vim 5.x and Vim 6 look inthe os2 directory (ftp).Version 6.2 is not available.Versions 6.3 and 6.4 were compiled by David Sanders.
Version 7.0 was compiled by David Sanders.
- Runtime files vim##rt.zip vim70rt.zip (ftp)
- Documentation, syntax files, etc. You always need this.
- Executables vim##os2.zip vim70os2.zip (ftp)
- Vim, Xxd, Tee and EMX libraries.
If you want to compile the OS/2 version, you need the EMX compiler. Use theUnix source archive, runtime files and the extra archive. After unpacking theruntime archive, move all the files and directories in the 'runtime'directory one level up.
The terminal version of Vim is included as 'vi', you already have it. It'slagging behind a bit though and has limited features, thus you may want toadditionally install a recent version or one with more features.MacVim
There most popular version is MacVim. This is being actively developed. Thisbehaves like a Mac application, using a GUI.MacVim has more a Mac look and feel, is developed actively and most peopleprefer this version. Most of MacVim was made by Björn Winckler.
MacVim can be downloaded here: https://github.com/macvim-dev/macvim
New versions are made quite often.Subscribe to thevim-mac maillistto be informed about bugs and updates.
Homebrew
This is a terminal version installed with the 'brew' command.It is updated frequently.It can be downloaded here: formulae.brew.sh/formula/vim.Older
Older binaries for Mac OS/X can be found on thisSourceForge project.Maintained by Nicholas Stallard.
Here is a multi-byte version of Vim 5.7 (for Japanese, possibly also forKorean and Chinese; not for Unicode):
http://www-imai.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~asai/macvim-e.html
Background
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Most of the work forthe Macintosh port (Classic and Carbon) was done by Dany St-Amant.
If you have OSX and a setup for compiling programs, you can use the source codeand compile yourself. See the Unix section above. The development tools can bedownloaded from Apple's developer web site.
Turn to the vim-mac maillist to meet otherVim-Mac users.
This is a list of links to sites where various versions of Vim can be obtained.These are supported by individuals, use at your own risk.| Android | Search for 'Vim Touch' by Momodalo in the Play Store. |
| i/OS | Run Vim on your iPhone or Ipad. |
| QNX (ftp) | Provided by Yakov Zaytsev. Requires QNX 6.3.0/6.3.2 with service pack 2. |
| Agenda | http://pi7.fernuni-hagen.de/hartrumpf/agenda/vim/vim.vr3 |
| Cygwin (with GTK GUI) | http://lassauge.free.fr/cygwin/ |
| Open VMS | http://www.polarhome.com/vim/ |
| MorphOS | http://www.akcaagac.com/index_vim.html |
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WinSCP for Mac is not available officially, so you cannot use it until it is officially released for the platform. However, there are other tools, each better than the other, that you can use for the same functionality as WinSCP! In this article, we have mentioned all these WinSCP alternatives for Mac that you can use as FTP clients and File Managers.
Let’s get started!
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- 2 8 Best Alternatives to WinSCP for Mac
What is WinSCP?
WinSCP is one of the most popular open source SFTP clients and File Managers out there. Because of its simple interface, text editor, and most operations with files and their transfer, it is beloved by many users. Everyone wants their files to be managed efficiently and a client like WinSCP does it perfectly. It supports tons of transfer protocols, such as FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV or S3. Copying files and transferring them between a remote server and a local computer efficiently is the highlight of WinSCP.
With such high popularity for the application, it is only understandable that one may want to use it even on their Mac. But how do you use WinSCP for Mac? Don’t worry, you’ve come to the right place. This article is all about WinSCP and how to use WinSCP for Mac. Let’s get started!
8 Best Alternatives to WinSCP for Mac
So here are the Best alternatives that you can use on your Macbook.
1. FileZilla
FileZilla is an open source software that is fast and efficient and works extremely well as an FTP client, among other things. It is regularly updated and is extremely secure when it comes to file transfers. FileZilla is especially advisable for you to get if you wish to have large file transfers over your network, which it is able to handle better than other FTP clients.
It does not support the feature of scheduling your transfers, so you have to do it in real time. The interface isn’t that great. However, if you don’t mind a mundane interface, you should go for it. One of its highlights is the QuickConnect feature, that just proves how fast FileZilla can connect to the servers.
We highly recommend FileZilla for replacing WinSCP for your Mac, as it will satisfy pretty much all your file transfer needs. Get it here.
2. Transmit
Transmit is again a fan favorite when it comes to FTP clients for Mac. This popular FTP client and File Manager has been designed specifically for Mac and is super elegant and smooth. Where FileZilla lacks in the interface, Transmit makes up for it with an aesthetic and user-friendly interface. Transmit also has a pretty fast and satisfactory speed of transfers. It can also be integrated with Spotlight and Finder in your Mac, making file transfers even easier.
It has a drag and drop design for files to make transfers simpler and easier, supports transfers across multiple tabs, and is packed a lot more features. However, users have complained Transmit to be unstable sometimes, so we would not advise you to use it to transfer sensitive files unless you have a backup.
Get Transmit here.
3. Cyberduck
Cyberduck is highly popular among users who want a fast and efficient transfer of files to and from a server on a regular basis. It has a decent interface, can perform pretty all FTP tasks you may require it to do and can handle FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and S3 transfers.
One of the highlights of this free tool is that it can be linked conveniently with editors and Dropbox. However, it is also worth noting that users have reported problems when transferring on SSL connections. And yet, users find Cyberduck extremely simple to use, especially while creating a new connection.
You can try your hands on Cyberduck here.
4. ForkLift
Yet another beast of an FTP client, ForkLift makes a good replacement for WinSCP for Mac. It makes transferring your files a simple and fast task. Powered by a solid and good interface, ForkLift has a unique dual pane view for added convenience. It supports FTP, SFTP, WebDAV and Amazon S3 transfers just like any good FTP client and file manager. Connecting using ForkLift is easy and it supports features like Batch editing that saves a lot of time on your part. The only downside is that you cannot schedule your transfers, if that is a requirement.
Otherwise, you should definitely try out ForkLift here.
5. AnyClient
AnyClient is a pretty decent FTP Client that supports SFTP and WebDAV transfers. It’s a free platform, and even though it is a bit limited, it is simple and easy to use. Stability is another characteristic of this FTP Client and it has a quick transfer, so you don’t need to worry about the speed of your transfer.
However, if security is an issue for you, then you might want to be careful while using this FTP Client as file transfers may not always be secure. But you should definitely try it out once, so get AnyClient.
6. Interachy
Interachy is a trending FTP client that is used for fast and efficient transfers, With constant updates coming every now and then, Interachy developers you get a good File Manager that supports a fast transfer of files and support all major Transfer modes. Users love using it as WinSCP for Mac.
You can check out Interachy here.
7. Fetch
Fetch is a simple and intuitive FTP client that supports multi transfers and you can easily view the status and progress of each transfer. Packed with a user-friendly interface and ability to connect to the servers quickly, this File Manager supports all major transfer modes. You should definitely get your hands dirty with Fetch.
8. Captain FTP
A smart FTP client is pretty hard to find, that is a title that can be given to Captain FTP. Loaded with a feature the developers call Sync Browsing, tons of options and simple design but powerful performance, Captain FTP pretty much checks all the boxes while looking for a stable and efficient FTP client. It provides presets for certain protocols, supports schedule transfers, accelerated transfers, and so much more! However, nothing is perfect, and Captain FTP here does not support transfers over 2GB. If however, that is not a problem for you, it will serve as a really good FTP client and File Manager. It’s worth being a good alternative for WinSCP for Mac.
We will definitely recommend using Captain FTP, you can try it here.
Other FTP Clients like WinSCP
But that’s not all! There are many other FTP clients and alternatives for WinSCP that you can get your hands on:
- muCommander
- Fugu
- CuteFTP
- Flow
- Total Manager
- Cross FTP
- Yummy FTP
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Final Verdict
We hope that by reading this article you were able to go through some of the best alternatives to WinSCP for Mac. Even though WinSCP isn’t officially available for Mac, these FTP clients are worthy replacements and at par with WinSCP’s functionality and utility. We hope that you were able to select your favorite FTP client and that you are able to use it without any hassles.