CipherShed Alternatives for Linux

There are many alternatives to CipherShed for Linux and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is VeraCrypt, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to CipherShed and 16 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to CipherShed are Picocrypt, LUKS, Picocrypt NG and zuluCrypt.

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  1. VeraCrypt icon
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    Ensure your data's security by encrypting entire partitions, storage devices, or system drives with VeraCrypt. Benefit from transparent and automatic real-time encryption, hardware acceleration on modern processors, and robust security algorithms that are resistant to brute-force attacks.

    69 VeraCrypt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  2. Picocrypt icon
     40 likes

    Picocrypt is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files. It's designed to be the go-to tool for encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. LUKS icon
     54 likes

    LUKS is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a standard on-disk-format, it does not only facilitate compatibility among distributions, but also provides secure management of multiple user passwords.

    45 LUKS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. Picocrypt NG icon
     3 likes

    Picocrypt NG (new generation) is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files. It's designed to be the go-to tool for file encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  5. EncFS icon
     25 likes

    EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below.

    78 EncFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. RealCrypt icon
     7 likes

    The realcrypt application in the RPM Fusion repo is an encryption application based on truecrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/. It differs from truecrypt in only the following ways:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. FinalCrypt icon
     4 likes

    FinalCrypt uses the most unbreakable encryption: "One Time Pad" Encryption and has a well designed graphical user interface and an equally advanced command line interface for large automations.

    46 FinalCrypt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8.  6 likes

    LUKSUS is a tool that creates an encrypted volume and filesystem on a hardrive or other storage media as well as a filecontainer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TrueCrypt
     
  9. Zed! icon
     3 likes

    Zed! protects your personal and sensitive data in encrypted archives on e-mail, on USB sticks and in backups.

    37 Zed! alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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