EDS (Encrypted Data Store) Alternatives
EDS (Encrypted Data Store) is described as 'With EDS (Encrypted Data Store) you can store your files in the encrypted container to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information' and is an app in the Security & Privacy category. There are more than 25 alternatives to EDS (Encrypted Data Store) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone. The best alternative is TrueCrypt, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like EDS (Encrypted Data Store) are Windows BitLocker (Paid), LUKS (Free, Open Source), EncFS (Free, Open Source) and CipherShed (Free, Open Source).
- [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
- BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned computers. View 87 alternatives to Windows BitLocker
- LUKS is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. View 39 alternatives to LUKS
- 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
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- CipherShed is a program that can be used to create encrypted files or encrypt entire drives (including USB flash drives and external HDDs). View 36 alternatives to CipherShed
Discontinued
No releases since Sep 6, 2017. See https://www.ciphershed.org/news/
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- DiskCryptor is the only truly free solution, provided under GNU General Public License (GPLv3), which offers encryption of all disk partitions, including the system partition. View 54 alternatives to DiskCryptor
- DroidFS allows you to create encrypted virtual volumes on which you can safely store and access files. View 20 alternatives to DroidFS
- A program to mount EncFS folders on Windows and OS X. Works good with LibreOffice documents on Windows 7. View 28 alternatives to EncFSMP
- The enterprise cryptographic filesystem for Linux View 39 alternatives to eCryptfs
- 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