Out of the ones you listed: I would be cautious with sshfs as the underlying driver (Dokan) has not been updated for quite a while, and even though it supports Windows 7, it has known issues with Windows 8.x (and probably with Windows 10).ĮxpanDrive works like a charm, and I don't see the need for a 'slimmer solution', you can simply not use the protocols you don't need. Update: I've added answers below with the ones I've actually had some success with. I'd obviously like a free solution, but if none exists, I'll happily pay money for something. I wouldn't mind a slimmer solution (it supports N different cloud providers as well as SFTP), but it DOES work.

ExpanDrive - Seems to be working in my initial tests.

Given that the 'server' is a VM running locally, this isn't a network issue, and it DOESN'T happen with sshfs.

SFTP Net Drive - The free version works, but I get frequent 20 second pauses in open dialogs.

Also has some bugs in the UI (you have to save the password to get it to work), and the developer appears to be absent.

sshfs - This mostly works, but for some reason when you use Notepad++ to access files over an sshfs connection, Notepad++ can't properly determine line endings.

(optional) More than one simultaneous connection possible.

The remote directory should show up as a drive letter on Windows.

I'm looking for a solution that lets me 'mount' a remote server via ssh or sftp protocols.

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