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24 alternatives to crype – diffable/syncable encryption for files or shell pipes

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. crype – diffable/syncable encryption for files or shell pipes launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AE
   Algebraic — Effortless macOS file encryption, integrated with Finder.▲7

   2022 · algebraic.cc · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Relic▲84

   A private, synced vault of everything you copy

   Sep 2026 · relic.space · its alternatives →

3. 3CA
   Certera – A central validation server for Let's Encrypt certificates▲8

   2019 · docs.certera.io · its alternatives →

4. 4MS
   Minimalistic secure open source paste bin service▲9

   2016 · bin.so · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Nullsec – server-blind encrypted paste▲6

   Sep 2026 · nullsec.pntr.dev · its alternatives →

6. 6OS
   Open-Source, End-to-End Encrypted, Anywhere-to-Anywhere, RPCs▲6

   2020 · telekinesis.cloud · its alternatives →

7. 7OT
   On the security of the Linux disk encryption LUKS▲31

   In the past few days, there have been uncertainties and concerns about the LUKS (“Linux Unified Key Setup”) disk encryption, which is widely used on Linux. We publish our assessment of this here.

   2023 · dys2p.com · its alternatives →

8. 8VD
   VyomVault – Dropbox alternative, encrypted fully locked cloud storage▲7

   2019 · vyomvault.com · its alternatives →

9. 9BI
   Bloop: Information-theoretically secure, expiring messages▲9

   2014 · bloop.mit.edu · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Encryps▲7

    Encrypt unlimited bits.

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    An interactive tutorial on symmetric encryption▲5

    symmetric encryption, speck, block modes, brute-force, nonce reuse

    2022 · easylang.online · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Tresorit▲20

    Encrypted cloud storage and sharing

    2014 · tresorit.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Let's Encrypt▲26

    A new Certificate Authority - free, automated, and open.

    2015 · letsencrypt.org · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Crypto data from multiple exchanges to multiple storage systems-Updated▲8

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15CF
    Conclave - free, encrypted collaboration for personal and business▲5

    2017 · conclave.global · its alternatives →

16. 16EF
    Encrypted Filedrop: Receive files protected by end-to-end encryption▲7

    2022 · encryptedfiledrop.com · its alternatives →

17. 17EO
    EMP – Open Source Encrypted Messaging▲7

    2014 · emp.jar.st · its alternatives →

18. 18
    S-Cache – a generic sudo-like key agent▲7

    Secure storage for cryptographic secrets, modeled after sudo - rongarret/scache

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hypervault – file encryption app in an HTML file▲8

    2015 · hypervault.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Openemacs – a tiny emacs clone, ≤ 1024 LOC (C), based on kilo (BSD)▲8

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    NuFHE: A GPU implementation of fully homomorphic encryption in Python▲8

    NuCypher fully homomorphic encryption (NuFHE) library implemented in Python - nucypher/nufhe

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22RT
    Real-time ephemeral file sharing▲9

    2015 · dewdrop.io · its alternatives →

23. 23EE
    E2E encrypted “multiplayer” text editor on the web in 6kb▲9

    2022 · picnic.lecaro.me · its alternatives →

24. 24CA
    Crsh – A JavaScript based command line shell▲9

    2020 · crwi.uk · its alternatives →

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