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Products that do what Encryption Toolbox for Linux, Windows and macOS – AxCrypt Compatible does
I am the original author of file encryption app AxCrypt. Since then I founded and left a company commercializing it. Now I have published a back-to-basics fully compatible version, with a free GPL command line, an optional proprietary cross platform GUI built on top of the command line, as well as a SDK for .NET developers.
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Enc is a CLI tool for encryption, a modern and friendly alternative to GnuPG. It is easy to use, secure by default and can encrypt and decrypt files using password or encryption keys, manage and download keys, and sign data. Our goal was to make encryption available to all engineers without the need to learn a lot of new words, concepts, and commands. It is the most beginner-friendly CLI tool for encryption, and keeping it that way is our top priority.
2023 · github.com
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Finally open sourced an internal tool we've been using for managing secrets. It's similar to SOPS, but more opinionated, easier to configure/use correctly, and produces nicer git diffs. It also supports one-way encryption, so you don't have to know the private key to add secrets.
2023 · github.com
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2016 · static.land
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2024 · codeberg.org
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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
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2023 · github.com
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A curated list of free OSS developer-first security tools
2022
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I built GRSH because I wanted a modern, memory-safe shell that feels native to FreeBSD but works seamlessly on macOS. While there are many shells out there, GRSH is my take on a minimal, fast, and secure command interpreter written entirely in Rust. It's designed for users who want the safety guarantees of Rust without the overhead of more bloated alternatives. I'm currently working on the official FreeBSD port. I’d love to get feedback on the shell's behavior and performance from the community. Github: https://github.com/antoniomalara301289/grsh
Jan 2026 · grimreaper.icu
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ibex is a cross-platform tool designed for decrypting and extracting iOS backups. It provides forensic investigators, security researchers, and power users with the ability to access and analyze encrypted iOS backup data. It can be built and used on macOS, Linux, and Windows and is permitted to be used only with the explicit and informed consent of the backup data owner. Ibex was written in Go for straightforward compilation and to circumvent dependency issues and with the goal of enabling researchers and defenders assisting civil society victims of spyware and stalkerware Key Features -…
2025 · github.com
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2016 · blog.alexellis.io
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Author of gocryptfs and co-maintainer of EncFS here. gocryptfs is a FUSE overlay filesystem for Linux like EncFS. But it is written from scratch in Go, uses modern crypto and fixes the security issues of EncFS while providing equivalent speed. Some of the key differences to EncFS are: * Just one security level roughly equivalent to EncFS "paranoia" mode, at the speed of "default" mode. * A design so simple it fits on one page ( this one: https://nuetzlich.net/gocryptfs/security/ ) * Explicit filesystem creation using "gocryptfs -init". No configuration prompts. *…
2016
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2015 · github.com
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Hi HN! I wrote a tool that partially encrypts files based on the presence of a HEREDOC. Check it out: https://github.com/higgins/privatize When added to a git repo, it will automatically transparently encrypt/decrypt files you want privatized. For example if you configured your repo to privatize the file `example.txt`, you could write: ``` Today I a burrito. <<PRIVATE I was on the toilet for hours. PRIVATE I got a lot of reading done. ``` but when git-commit'ed would become: ``` Today I a burrito. <<PRIVATE xuJ0fld2vmNWaVLogTIufmWsiFso PRIVATE I got a lot of reading…
2022
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2012 · journeyformac.com
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2015 · github.com
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I built this toolkit with my colleague to dive deep into OS internals and automate the identification of privilege escalation vectors. Written in pure C without external dependencies, it explores everything from Linux capabilities and Docker escapes to Windows token manipulation and service permissions. We believe that the constant struggle between breaking and securing systems is the ultimate driver of software evolution. This tool is our contribution to that cycle, designed for researchers who want to understand how low-level misconfigurations can be discovered and audited across different…
Jan 2026
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2022 · algebraic.cc
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2021 · github.com
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