CryFS Alternatives

CryFS is described as 'Encrypts your files, so you can safely store them anywhere. It works well together with cloud services like Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive and others' and is an app in the security & privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CryFS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best CryFS alternative is VeraCrypt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CryFS are TrueCrypt, LUKS, DroidFS and Arcanum.

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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.

    77 VeraCrypt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
     
  2. TrueCrypt icon
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    [TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.]

    115 TrueCrypt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. LUKS icon
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    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.

    52 LUKS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. DroidFS icon
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    DroidFS is an alternative way to use encrypted overlay filesystems on Android that uses its own internal file explorer instead of mounting virtual volumes. It currently works with gocryptfs and CryFS.

    40 DroidFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Obtainium
     
  5. Arcanum icon
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    Arcanum is built directly on VeraCrypt's cryptographic C sources — the same AES, XTS, PBKDF2, and cascade cipher implementations used in the desktop application. Containers created in Arcanum open in VeraCrypt on desktop and vice versa, with no conversion or export needed.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. Seaborg Vault is a desktop application for Windows and Linux that lets you encrypt and decrypt files using multiple algorithms including AES-256 and ChaCha20, scan files for hidden metadata, securely delete files so they cannot be recovered, generate strong passwords, and create...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. A simple right-click, you can encrypt files in seconds - without any prior technical knowledge.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. ZenCrypt icon
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    Welcome to ZenCrypt. With this app, you can safely encrypt files, using a secure and efficient library.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  9. eCryptfs icon
     16 likes

    The enterprise cryptographic filesystem for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Well-maintained, with long history of usage/checking for security.

    • eCryptfs is Free and Open SourceCryFS is also Free and Open Source
  10. 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.

    85 EncFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  11. gocryptfs icon
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    gocryptfs uses file-based encryption that is implemented as a mountable FUSE filesystem. Each file in gocryptfs is stored one corresponding encrypted file on the hard disk. The screenshot below shows a mounted gocryptfs filesystem (left) and the encrypted files (right).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  12. encfs4win icon
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    This is an experimental project of porting EncFS to the Windows world.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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