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trzsz

File transfer over SSH with progress and resume

Remote Access & VPN ★ 1.5k stars Easy setup MIT

trzsz is an open-source file transfer tool that works over SSH connections, supporting drag-and-drop transfers with progress bars. It is self-hosted alongside SSH servers to ease moving files to remote machines.

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Key features

  • File transfer over SSH
  • Progress bars and resume
  • Drag-and-drop support
  • Cross-platform

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • Active community (1.5k GitHub stars)
  • Written in Python

Is trzsz secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for trzsz's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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