Open Source TrueCrypt Alternatives for Android

TrueCrypt is not available for Android but there are plenty of alternatives with similar functionality. The best open source Android alternative is Cryptomator. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to TrueCrypt and 11 are open source and available for Android so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Android alternatives to TrueCrypt are DroidFS, EDS (Encrypted Data Store), Arcanum and Tella.

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  1. Cryptomator icon
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    Cryptomator provides transparent, client-side encryption for your cloud. Protect your documents from unauthorized access. Cryptomator is free and open source software, so you can rest assured there are no backdoors.

    93 Cryptomator alternatives

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    • Flathub
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    • Chocolatey
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  2. 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.

    42 DroidFS alternatives

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    • F-Droid
    • Obtainium
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  3. With EDS (Encrypted Data Store) you can store your files in the encrypted container to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information.

    46 EDS (Encrypted Data Store) alternatives

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  4. 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.

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  5. Tella icon
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    Tella is a mobile app designed to protect human rights defenders, advocates, and journalists by encrypting and hiding their sensitive data and safely uploading it to their organization's server.

    59 Tella alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • iPhone
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    • F-Droid
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  6. Luks manager icon
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    LUKS Manager provides on-the-fly encryption (AES by default) to virtual folders on Android devices.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Discontinued

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

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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  8. S.S.E. File Encryptor is a cross-platform encrypter/decrypter of files and folders.

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    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • iPhone
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  9. Open-source backup software using client-side zero-knowledge encryption ensures data privacy, supports multiple object storage providers, preserves folders, detects duplicates locally, enables direct-to-cloud uploads, avoids tracking, and exposes only encrypted metadata.

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  10. AgePony icon
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    Post-quantum file encryption built on the age protocol. Seal a file to a quantum-safe ML-KEM-768 hybrid key, sign it with a YubiKey over NFC, and hand it to anyone with the age CLI. Any size you like: a 1 GB file encrypts like a small one.

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