Mounting a remote SCP or SFTP share on Mac

I use Fuse4X and ForkLift to mount a remote directory (a dev server). I use PHPStorm to open projects and source (/Volumes/dev/project_path), but sometimes it happens that Forklift freezes (in Activity Monitor 100 and more percent cpu). To solve this I have to kill Forklift, remount and reopen project.

Any idea or tip for better mounting?

Seems https://mountainduck.io is where it's at:

Mountain Duck lets you mount server and cloud storage as a local disk in the Finder.app on Mac and the File Explorer on Windows. Open remote files with any application and work like on a local volume.

If you find other alternatives, add them at https://alternativeto.net/software/mountain-duck/

Two good options, one paid, one free.

Transmit

Transmit is a long-standing and well-regarded Mac app that handles FTP, SFTP, S3 and WebDAV (possibly other protocols, I'm not sure). It can mount anything you can access as a local volume. $34, but it's the faster way, if you don't mind buying another app.

FUSE and Macfusion

Download and install FUSE for OS X and Macfusion. Make sure to check MacFUSE compatibility when installing FUSE for OS X. Open up Macfusion, add a new share with the + button, and you should be set. This is the free option, but it can be a bit fiddly, and I've heard it can be less stable, but I don't have enough experience with it to say for sure.

Try CyberDuck for free: http://cyberduck.ch/

And I found SSHFS: http://fuse.sourceforge.net/sshfs.html

Getting OSx for developer -ready, I have heard of the following below.

• Expanddrive here

• sshfs with brew (FREE)

• Cyberduck -- insecure Java -implementation, apparently free version here

• Transmit here

And lastly platform-independent -solution that looks most promising because you can export instances:

• Owncloud.com here