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WinSCP match all your requirements.

• Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:

  1. Commander interface:

     

  2. Explorer interface:

  

• Feels like a Windows explorer window: Yes – One of the interfaces is explicitly designed after Windows File Explorer.
• Supports drag and drop: Yes – Both between file panels and between other applications.
  Uploading via drag&drop
  Downloading via drag&drop
• No nags/ads/spyware: Yes.
• Open source: Yes – GPL license
• Supports FTPS, SFTP: Yes
• All modern authentication mechanisms: Yes – SSH (for SFTP and SCP) is based on the up-to-date version of PuTTY. TLS/SSL (for FTPS, WebDAVS and Amazon S3) is based on up-to-date version of OpenSSL.
• Well-maintained: Yes – Over 1000 commits and 18 releases in the last year.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)

WinSCP matches all your requirements.

• Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:

  1. Commander interface:

     

  2. Explorer interface:

  

• Feels like a Windows explorer window: Yes – One of the interfaces is explicitly designed after Windows File Explorer.
• Supports drag and drop: Yes – Both between file panels and between other applications.
  Uploading via drag&drop
  Downloading via drag&drop
• No nags/ads/spyware: Yes.
• Open source: Yes – GPL license
• Supports FTPS, SFTP: Yes
• All modern authentication mechanisms: Yes – SSH (for SFTP and SCP) is based on the up-to-date version of PuTTY. TLS/SSL (for FTPS, WebDAVS and Amazon S3) is based on up-to-date version of OpenSSL.
• Well-maintained: Yes – Over 1000 commits and 18 releases in the last year.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)

WinSCP match all your requirements.

• Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:

  1. Commander interface:

     

  2. Explorer interface:

  

• Feels like a Windows explorer window: Yes – One of the interfaces is explicitly designed after Windows File Explorer.
• Supports drag and drop: Yes – Both between file panels and between other applications.
  Uploading via drag&drop
  Downloading via drag&drop
• No nags/ads/spyware: Yes.
• Open source: Yes – GPL license
• Supports FTPS, SFTP: Yes
• All modern authentication mechanisms: Yes – SFTP/SSH is based on the up-to-date version of PuTTY. FTPS (TLS/SSL) is based on up-to-date version of OpenSSL.
• Well-maintained: Yes – Over 1000 commits and 18 releases in the last year.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)

WinSCP match all your requirements.

• Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:

  1. Commander interface:

     

  2. Explorer interface:

  

• Feels like a Windows explorer window: Yes – One of the interfaces is explicitly designed after Windows File Explorer.
• Supports drag and drop: Yes – Both between file panels and between other applications.
  Uploading via drag&drop
  Downloading via drag&drop
• No nags/ads/spyware: Yes.
• Open source: Yes – GPL license
• Supports FTPS, SFTP: Yes
• All modern authentication mechanisms: Yes – SSH (for SFTP and SCP) is based on the up-to-date version of PuTTY. TLS/SSL (for FTPS, WebDAVS and Amazon S3) is based on up-to-date version of OpenSSL.
• Well-maintained: Yes – Over 1000 commits and 18 releases in the last year.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)

WinSCP match all your requirements.

• Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:

  1. Commander interface:

     

  2. Explorer interface:

  

• Feels like a Windows explorer window: Yes – One of the interfaces is explicitly designed after Windows File Explorer.
• Supports drag and drop: Yes – Both between file panels and between other applications.
  Uploading via drag&drop
  Downloading via drag&drop
• No nags/ads/spyware: Yes.
• Open source: Yes – GPL license
• Supports FTPS, SFTP: Yes
• All modern authentication mechanisms: Yes – SFTP/SSH is based on the up-to-date version of PuTTY. FTPS (TLS/SSL) is based on up-to-date version of OpenSSL.
• Well-maintained: Yes – Over 1000 commits and 18 releases in the last year.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)

WinSCP match all your requirements.

• Graphical: Yes – There are two alternative interfaces:

  1. Commander interface:

     

  2. Explorer interface:

  

• Feels like a Windows explorer window: Yes – One of the interfaces is explicitly designed after Windows File Explorer.
• Supports drag and drop: Yes – Both between file panels and between other applications.
  Uploading via drag&drop
  Downloading via drag&drop
• No nags/ads/spyware: Yes.
• Open source: Yes – GPL license
• Supports FTPS, SFTP: Yes
• All modern authentication mechanisms: Yes – SFTP/SSH is based on the up-to-date version of PuTTY. FTPS (TLS/SSL) is based on up-to-date version of OpenSSL.
• Well-maintained: Yes – Over 1000 commits and 18 releases in the last year.

(I'm the author of WinSCP)