An SFTP Server Built for On-Premises Security Controls

The easiest / instant way to deploy an SFTP Server to transfer your partners’ files securely using well-proven, industry-standard protocols

Ideal for students, developers, testers, or personal and one-time business use to transfer files securely

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This edition of Porta SFTP Server is powered by Apache Mina, the best open-source and matured Java Application Network Framework under Apache License 2.0. To develop and get started with this framework, please read this blog. Or are you an Engineering Technologist, .NET Engineer / Developer? Check out our open-source ApacheMinaSSHD.NET wrapper.

Multi-Protocol Transfers: SFTP, SCP, and FTP/SImplicit / Explicit SSL/TLS

FREE EDITION

Portable: Yes
Migratable Settings: Yes
Verifying Method: 7zip CRC-64/SHA-256
Supported OS Currently: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 or Windows Server 2016/2019 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Other Debian Distros)
Runtime: Java Runtime Environment (JRE)/OpenJDK

Warning: When updating your existing Porta SFTP Server, please create a backup of the file “config.properties” and the Server’s Private Keys, RSA Keys, & Users’ folders. The latter is due to the fact that some of your settings are within those files.

Minimum System Requirements
RAM 500MB-2GB
Processor 1GHz

No More JRE Installation

EASY TO DEPLOY & USE

A SELF – EXPLANATORY SETUP

FREE EDITION

BASIC BIZ. USE / PERSONAL

No Ads  ·  No Telemetry  ·  No Activation
NO MACHINE USAGE LIMIT

No Feedback Request / No Outside Communication

Application Settings & Storage Data Encryption

Secure RSA Private Key Password w/ e.g Data Protection API (DPAPI)

Windows & Ubuntu (Debian-Based Distros)

Easily migrate from Windows to Linux (and vice versa)

Putty SFTP (PSFTP) & OpenSSH Client Compatible

SFTP File Transfer (SSH File Transfer Protocol)

Encrypted transfers over SSH with virtual users and public key authentication

SCP File Transfer Support

Secure Copy Protocol transfers handled natively by the built-in server

Built-in FTP / FTPS (FTP over TLS) Server

Full-featured FTP service sharing the same virtual users and IP filtering as SFTP

Unlimited Virtual Users – With 8 Sessions/Connections for each user

Increase security by limiting users to the Virtual Account only

WITH COMPLETE EVENTS LOGGING (TRACKING)

Bulk IP Address Filtering/Firewall

Brute-Force Attack Prevention
Augmentation with Fail2Ban Intrusion Prevention for Ubuntu 20.04+
Customized FWSBan for Windows Operating System
Please read this blog on how to configure Fail2Ban or FWSBan

Transfer Data File(s) Size Up To 9,223,372 TB

Note. Size limitation will also occur based on the underlying filesystem

Username & Password or Public Key Authentication

Read this blog on how to use public key

PBKDF2 Password Hashing Algorithm

Retain User Credentials Integrity & Authenticity

Easy Deploy On Azure & AWS Virtual Machine

Latest version: 5.6.4
Release date: 08/24/2026

Who can use it?

This version can be used either for personal or basic one-time business use to transfer files securely.

Is It HIPAA Compliant?

While HIPAA compliance is not required for this software, the creators are aware of HIPAA transaction best practices as the founder who works as Civil Engineer e.g Critical Infrastructure and the Software Lead worked in the Healthcare Industry for several years. That is why SERALYNX LLC focus more on implementing the best security practices rather than having a fancy user interface.

Note that to determine HIPAA compliance, a rigorous audit will need to be performed to see how your organization is set up in terms of security implementation of different security control attributes. If you have strong security controls that can pass the HIPAA compliance audits, then using this software is a good complementation for your organization’s security.

Is this transferable to other editions?

No, this is due to the fact that the other edition is in different settings for security purposes. Note that recreating such settings, username and password is easy if you decided to use a higher edition.

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