WinSCP
E845118
WinSCP is a popular open-source Windows client for secure file transfer and file management over protocols like SFTP, SCP, and FTP.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Secure Copy Client | 1 |
| WinSCP canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10158636 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WinSCP Context triple: [SFTP, commonlyImplementedIn, WinSCP]
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A.
PuTTY
PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
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B.
SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is a network protocol that provides encrypted file transfer and management over a secure SSH connection.
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C.
FTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used to transfer files between a client and server over a TCP/IP network.
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D.
FTP
FTP, in this context, refers to the Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal program that funded and produced theatrical performances across the United States during the 1930s.
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E.
SSH Tectia
SSH Tectia is a commercial enterprise-grade secure shell solution providing encrypted remote access, file transfer, and tunneling for mission-critical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: WinSCP Target entity description: WinSCP is a popular open-source Windows client for secure file transfer and file management over protocols like SFTP, SCP, and FTP.
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A.
PuTTY
PuTTY is a widely used free and open-source terminal emulator and network client for Windows and other platforms, supporting protocols like SSH, Telnet, and serial connections.
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B.
SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) is a network protocol that provides encrypted file transfer and management over a secure SSH connection.
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C.
FTP
FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a standard network protocol used to transfer files between a client and server over a TCP/IP network.
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D.
FTP
FTP, in this context, refers to the Federal Theatre Project, a New Deal program that funded and produced theatrical performances across the United States during the 1930s.
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E.
SSH Tectia
SSH Tectia is a commercial enterprise-grade secure shell solution providing encrypted remote access, file transfer, and tunneling for mission-critical systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FTP client
ⓘ
SCP client ⓘ SFTP client ⓘ file transfer client ⓘ open-source software ⓘ |
| developer | Martin Prikryl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
FTP client
ⓘ
SCP client ⓘ SFTP client ⓘ file manager ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SSH key authentication
ⓘ
command-line interface ⓘ drag and drop file transfer ⓘ dual-pane interface ⓘ graphical user interface ⓘ integrated text editor ⓘ portable version ⓘ scripting support ⓘ session management ⓘ synchronization of directories ⓘ |
| initialReleaseDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| license |
GNU General Public License
ⓘ
GPL-3.0-or-later NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Windows
ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Windows
|
| platform |
IA-32
ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C#
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/winscp/winscp ⓘ |
| stableReleaseDate | 2024 ⓘ |
| supportsAuthentication |
keyboard-interactive authentication
ⓘ
password authentication ⓘ public key authentication ⓘ |
| supportsEncryption |
SSH
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SSL NERFINISHED ⓘ TLS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsIntegrationWith |
FileZilla
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pageant NERFINISHED ⓘ PuTTY NERFINISHED ⓘ Windows Explorer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
Amazon S3
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
FTP ⓘ FTPS ⓘ SCP NERFINISHED ⓘ SFTP NERFINISHED ⓘ WebDAV NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsUserInterface |
Commander interface
ⓘ
Explorer interface ⓘ |
| website | https://winscp.net/ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: WinSCP Description of subject: WinSCP is a popular open-source Windows client for secure file transfer and file management over protocols like SFTP, SCP, and FTP.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
SFTP