[TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.]
Cost / License
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- Proprietary
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Platforms
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- Linux




SafeHouse Explorer is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is TrueCrypt, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to SafeHouse Explorer and 14 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to SafeHouse Explorer are LUKS, Seahorse, eCryptfs and EncFS.
[TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.]




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.

Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys and passwords in the GNOME Keyring.

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.
The Gnome Encfs Manager is an easy to use manager and mounter for encfs stashes. It allows you to create encrypted directories, any file that is placed in such a directory will be encrypted.




If your computer were ever to be stolen, are you certain that your personal information cannot be discovered? Jetico’s BestCrypt software automatically encrypts your files so that nobody can read the data unless they have the right password or keys.

The realcrypt application in the RPM Fusion repo is an encryption application based on truecrypt, freely available at http://www.truecrypt.org/. It differs from truecrypt in only the following ways:

SecurStick is a free portable application that lets you carry encrypted files on your USB drive. You can use the drive on any computer to access and modify those files WITHOUT needing any administrator privileges.




DCrypt is an encryption and decryption tool that combines in a smart way multiple algorithms. The combination of multiple strong algorithms makes it much more difficult for hackers to get the plain content of the encrypted file without the password.
Zed! protects your personal and sensitive data in encrypted archives on e-mail, on USB sticks and in backups.




Zed! Freemium is only a reader, not an encryption app. You must buy a Pro or Enterprise license to get an alternative app to SafeHouse Explorer.


It is not even closer to SafeHouse