CipherShed Alternatives
CipherShed is described as 'program that can be used to create encrypted files or encrypt entire drives (including USB flash drives and external HDDs)' and is an app in the Security & Privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CipherShed for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and BSD. The best alternative is VeraCrypt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CipherShed are TrueCrypt (Free, Open Source), LUKS (Free, Open Source), Boxcryptor (Freemium) and EncFS (Free, Open Source).
- VeraCrypt is a free disk encryption software brought to you by IDRIX and that is based on TrueCrypt . View 44 alternatives to VeraCrypt
- Free • Open Source
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- [TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information. View 97 alternatives to TrueCrypt
Discontinued
Currently unmaintained. Last version, TrueCrypt 7.1a, is still available for download and development has continued via the forks VeraCrypt and CipherShed. "The development of TrueCrypt was ended in 5/2014 after Microsoft terminated support of Windows XP. Windows 8/7/Vista and later offer integrated support for encrypted disks and virtual disk images."
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- LUKS is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. View 39 alternatives to LUKS
- Boxcryptor is an easy-to-use encryption software optimized for the cloud. It allows the secure use of cloud storage services without sacrificing comfort. View 52 alternatives to Boxcryptor
- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
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- Blackberry 10
- 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. View 77 alternatives to EncFS
Warning
The author has agreed that EncFS in its current form is dangerous (to security) for several reasons. Wikipedia has a brief summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncFS#General_Security_Concerns
The actual audit, which the author participated in, is here: https://defuse.ca/audits/encfs.htm
No screenshots yet- Free • Open Source
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- Platform-independent password-based authenticated encryption of files & folders. View 84 alternatives to File Lock PEA
- Free • Open Source
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- Linux
- BSD
- With EDS (Encrypted Data Store) you can store your files in the encrypted container to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.... View 42 alternatives to EDS (Encrypted Data Store)
- FinalCrypt uses the most unbreakable encryption: "One Time Pad" Encryption and has a well designed graphical user interface and an equally advanced command line... View 38 alternatives to FinalCrypt
- LibreCrypt (formerly DoxBox) is an open-source disk encryption for Windows and the successor of FreeOTFE Change of name to 'LibreCrypt' in version 6. View 84 alternatives to LibreCrypt
Discontinued
Last release Nov 24, 2015
https://github.com/t-d-k/LibreCrypt/releases- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- FileVault is a method of using encryption with volumes on Mac computers. Encryption and decryption are performed on the fly. View 38 alternatives to FileVault