Open Source AES Crypt Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to AES Crypt for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Mac alternative is GnuPG. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to AES Crypt and ten of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to AES Crypt are File Lock PEA, Age, Kryptor and SiriKali.

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  1. GnuPG icon
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    GnuPG allows to encrypt and sign your data and communication, features a versatile key management system as well as access modules for all kinds of public key directories. GnuPG, also known as GPG, is a command line tool with features for easy integration with other applications.

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
    • OpenPGP
     
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    A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. SiriKali icon
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    SiriKali is a Qt/C++ GUI application that manages ecryptfs,cryfs,encfs,gocryptfs and securefs based encrypted folders. These projects are compared here.SiriKali can also connect to ssh servers using sshfs.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. EncFS icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Xecrets Ez is an easy to use personal desktop application available for Windows, Mac and Linux. It is 100% compatible with AxCrypt, but is less complex without the bells and whistles.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. Steadycrypt icon
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    This is a Java-based application that allows the user to important files that are on that operating system to encrypt easy and secure and organize.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  7. OneTime icon
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    OneTime is an open source encryption program that uses the one-time pad algorithm to allow two parties to communicate privately. It has features to assist with the bureaucracy of pad management, and comes with built-in help. OneTime requires Python 2.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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