Windows BitLocker Alternatives for Linux

Alternatives list

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   VeraCrypt

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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.

   81 VeraCrypt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Disk Encryption

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • PortableApps.com
   • Homebrew
   • Chocolatey

   

   

   

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   Nicolas

   Positive comment•Dec 7, 2020

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   Available for free on any Windows version (Windows Home or Family)

   yuriykaz

   Positive comment•Jul 6, 2021

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   BitLocker is great, but it is a part of the Windows Pro and above, so for Home users VeraCrypt is a super great option + it works on Mac and Linux. Easy to use!

   Guest

   Positive comment•Aug 24, 2016

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   Windows and Linux platform :)

   

   

   • VeraCrypt is Free and Open SourceWindows BitLocker is Paid and Proprietary
   • VeraCrypt is Privacy focusedWindows BitLocker is not according to our users
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   TrueCrypt

    877 likes

   [TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.]

   116 TrueCrypt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Disk Encryption

   Origin

   • United States

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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   Discontinued

   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. Such integrated support is also available on other platforms. You should migrate any data encrypted by TrueCrypt to encrypted disks or virtual disk images supported on your platform.

   TrueCrypt vs Windows BitLocker Comments

    

   Guest

   Positive comment•May 16, 2018

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   Extremely reliable under any condition even on Win XP SP2

   Guest

   Negative comment•Feb 1, 2016

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   Does not support a centralised/managed deployment administration.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Aug 19, 2018

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   True Crypt Is Awesome, until now in 2018

   

   

   • TrueCrypt is Free and ProprietaryWindows BitLocker is Paid and Proprietary
   • TrueCrypt is Security-focusedWindows BitLocker is not according to our users
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   LUKS

    54 likes

   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.

   54 LUKS alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Disk Encryption

   Origin

   • Austria
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Linux

   

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   AES Crypt

    61 likes

   Easily encrypt files with user-friendly software using the powerful AES standard for security on Windows, macOS, and Linux, featuring robust 256-bit encryption for safeguarding sensitive data from unauthorized access, ideal for secure data storage, email transmission, and internet uploads.

   89 AES Crypt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • File Encryption Software

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad

   

   

   

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   File Lock PEA

    14 likes

   Platform-independent password-based authenticated encryption of files & folders.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application types

   • File Encryption Software
   • Disk Encryption

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

   

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   Jetico BestCrypt

    12 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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   Hasleo BitLocker Anywhere

    1 like

   The World's First BitLocker Solution for Windows 10/8.1/8/7 Home, Windows 8 Core and Windows 7 Professional Editions!.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • China

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

   

   

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    GostCrypt

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    The Gostcrypt project has been launched at the end of 2013 as fork of the (late) Truecrypt project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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    Luksus

     6 likes

    LUKSUS is a tool that creates an encrypted volume and filesystem on a hardrive or other storage media as well as a filecontainer.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD
    • TrueCrypt

    

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    RealCrypt

     7 likes

    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:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Disk Encryption

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    eCryptfs

     16 likes

    The enterprise cryptographic filesystem for Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Disk Encryption

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux

    

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    Zed!

     3 likes

    Zed! protects your personal and sensitive data in encrypted archives on e-mail, on USB sticks and in backups.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • France
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    

    

    

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