Axcrypt Alternatives for Linux

Axcrypt is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is Cryptomator, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Axcrypt and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Axcrypt are GnuPG, Picocrypt, File Lock PEA and AES Crypt.

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  1. Cryptomator icon
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    Cryptomator provides transparent, client-side encryption for your cloud. Protect your documents from unauthorized access. Cryptomator is free and open source software, so you can rest assured there are no backdoors.

    77 Cryptomator alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Flathub
    • F-Droid
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • AppImage
     
  2. 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.

    45 GnuPG alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
    • OpenPGP
     
  3. Picocrypt icon
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    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.

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. File Lock PEA icon
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    Platform-independent password-based authenticated encryption of files & folders.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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  5. AES Crypt icon
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    Easily encrypt files with user-friendly software using the powerful AES standard for security on Windows, macOS, and Linux, featuring robust 256-bit encryption for safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access, ideal for secure data storage, email transmission, and internet uploads.

    87 AES Crypt alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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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.

    37 Age alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
     
  7. Picocrypt NG icon
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    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.

    33 Picocrypt NG alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. 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
     
  9. GoAnywhere OpenPGP Studio™ is a free desktop tool that makes it easy to protect sensitive files using the popular OpenPGP encryption standard. Documents can be encrypted, decrypted, signed and verified from your PC or workstation using this...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • OpenPGP
     
  10. OpaqueFiles icon
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    A free and open-source file encryption software for Linux, Windows and Mac that encrypts/decrypts files so they can be stored securely, utilizing compression, Reed–Solomon Error Correction, encryption and keys derived from the user's password with Argon2id.

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  11. zuluCrypt icon
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    zuluCrypt is a free hard drives encryption, supports PLAIN dm-crypt, LUKS, TrueCrypt, VeraCrypt, and Microsoft’s BitLocker volumes. Currently Linux only.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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