WinSCP offers numerous basic and advanced features, including:

• Command-line interface
• Scripting/automation
• Selectable user interfaces
• Portable use
• Connection tunneling (port forwarding)
• Integration to Windows, PuTTY and other applications
• Workspaces
• Master password
• Transfer queue/background transfers
• Transfer resuming

• Binary and text transfer modes
• Timestamp conversions
• Directory caching
• Separate shell session for executing remote commands
• Custom commands
• File masks for selecting files
• Operation masks for changing filenames
• Functions for working with file names and paths
• Checking for application updates
• Advanced transfer settings
• Logging including XML logging
• Selectable configuration storage
• Administrative restrictions