Very simple, requires just three lines of config! Very fast, finished in a blink.

• Remote explorer
• Multiple configs
• Switchable profiles
• Browser remote files
• Compare a local file with remote file
• Sync directory to remote
• Sync directory to local
• Download file/directory to local
• Upload file/directory to remote
• Upload to remote on save
• Dual authentication
• Watch project directory for external changes and automatically update remote

1. Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux open command palette, run SFTP: config command.
2. Enjoy.

Note ：Sync commands will only be available to a directory. Try not to bind shortcuts to those commands because there is no way to figure out the target directory.

{
  "host": "host",
  "username": "username",
  "remotePath": "/remote/workspace", 
}

{ 
  "context": "/workspace/a",
  "username": "username",
  "password": "password",
  "remotePath": "/remote/workspace/a", 
  "watcher": {
    "files": "dist/*.{js,css}",
    "autoUpload": false,
    "autoDelete": false,
  },
  "profiles" : {
    "dev" : {
      "host": "dev-host",
      "remotePath" : "/dev",
      "uploadOnSave": true
    },
    "prod" : {
      "host": "prod-host",
      "remotePath" : "/prod"
    }
  }
}

Note： context and watcher are only avaliable at root level.

Use SFTP: Set Profile to swtich profile.

[
  {
    "name": "server1",
    "context": "/workspace/a",
    "host": "host",
    "username": "username",
    "password": "password",
    "remotePath": "/remote/workspace/a", 
  },
  {
    "name": "server2",
    "context": "/workspace/b",
    "host": "host",
    "username": "username",
    "password": "password",
    "remotePath": "/remote/workspace/b", 
  }
]

Note： name is required in this mode.

You can see the full config here.

Remote Explorer let you explore files in remote. You can open Remote Explorer by:

1. View: Show SFTP.
2. Click SFTP view in Activity Bar.

You can only view files content with Remote Explorer. Run command SFTP: Edit in Local to edit it in local.

Note： You need manually refresh the parent folder after delete a file to make the explorer updated.

If this project help you reduce time to develop, you can give me a cup of coffee :)