Open Source Cryptomator AlternativesFile Encryption Software & File Sync Tools like Cryptomator

The best open source alternative to Cryptomator is VeraCrypt. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Cryptomator and loads of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Cryptomator are Rclone, GnuPG, Picocrypt and GPG4Win.

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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.

    83 VeraCrypt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
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  2. Rclone icon
     193 likes

    Versatile command-line utility for syncing, copying, and verifying files across local disks and multiple cloud storage providers. Features include hash-based integrity checks, timestamp preservation, compression, encryption, and mounting storage as drives for backup and transfer tasks.

    113 Rclone alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Oracle Solaris
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
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    Rclone screenshot 1
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  3. GnuPG icon
     164 likes

    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.

    52 GnuPG alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • PortableApps.com
    • Xfce
    • OpenPGP
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  4. Picocrypt icon
     41 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
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  5. GPG4Win icon
     71 likes

    Gpg4win enables users to securely transport emails and files with the help of encryption and digital signatures. Encryption protects the contents against an unwanted party reading it. Digital signatures make sure that it was not modified and comes from a specific sender.

    31 GPG4Win alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Outlook
    • S/MIME
    • GnuPG
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  6. DroidFS icon
     30 likes

    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.

    42 DroidFS alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Obtainium
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  7. Internxt Drive icon
     70 likes

    Open-source, privacy-focused cloud storage using zero-knowledge encryption and blockchain technology, provides secure file transfer, end-to-end encryption, free 10 GB plan, desktop and mobile support, full user control, and no data tracking or ads.

    181 Internxt Drive alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  8. Round Sync icon
     10 likes

    Round Sync helps you to manage your files, everywhere you go, on your local device or on most cloud providers.

    72 Round Sync alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
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  9. Cryptsync icon
     21 likes

    CryptSync is a small utility that synchronizes two folders while encrypting the contents in one folder. That means one of the two folders has all files unencrypted (the files you work with) and the other folder has all the files encrypted.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. Picocrypt NG icon
     5 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
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  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).

    18 gocryptfs alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  12. SiriKali icon
     14 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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