Sidebar FTP

A minimal VS Code extension to upload and download files via FTP from the Explorer context menu.

Features

• Upload local file to FTP server
• Download FTP file to local workspace file

Configuration

Set these values in VS Code Settings:

• sidebarFtp.protocol (ftp or sftp)
• sidebarFtp.host
• sidebarFtp.port
• sidebarFtp.user
• sidebarFtp.password
• sidebarFtp.privateKeyPath (SFTP optional)
• sidebarFtp.passphrase (SFTP optional)
• sidebarFtp.secure
• sidebarFtp.remoteRoot

For servers you connect with ssh user@host, use:

• sidebarFtp.protocol = sftp
• sidebarFtp.port = 22
• sidebarFtp.user = your ssh user
• auth by sidebarFtp.password or sidebarFtp.privateKeyPath

Usage

In FTP Explorer title bar:

• Connect
• Test Connection (handshake and auth check only)
• Refresh
• Show Logs

In FTP Explorer file tree:

• Right click remote file: Download
• Right click remote directory: Upload File Here
• Right click remote directory: Upload Folder Here

Remote path is resolved as:

remoteRoot + relativePathFromWorkspace

Build

npm run compile

Press F5 in VS Code to run Extension Development Host.