Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Let's Encrypt

Free SSL/TLS certificates.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Let's Encrypt launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted▲94
TLDR, Let's Seal gives the finger to Adobe and every doc signing tool (docusign, google, etc) who pay to play with the Adobe Approved Trust List and then charge you for something that should be free. Currently even the person checking if a document/contract is sealed or code is authentic has to also be inside the same Adobe walled garden too. Verification, the part that should be free is the part everyone charges for. Thats the shape Let's Encrypt fixed for TLS, and I wanted the same thing for documents and files. The core idea therefore needed to go a bit beyond e signatures and i…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
2AR
Anchor Relay – A faster, easier way to get Let's Encrypt certificates▲80
From the cryptic terminal commands to the innumerable ways to shoot yourself in the foot, I always struggled to use TLS certificates. I love how much easier (and cheaper) Let's Encrypt made it to get certificates, but there are still plenty of things to struggle with. That's why we built Relay: a free, browser-based tool that streamlines the ACME workflow, especially for tricky setups like homelabs. Relay acts as a secure intermediary between your ACME client and public certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt. Some ways Relay provides a better experience: - really fast, streamlined…
2025 · anchor.dev · its alternatives →
3FS
Free SSL Certificates▲27
2015 · sslforfree.com · its alternatives →
4
TinyCert▲237
Free SSL certificates for your startup.
2014 · its alternatives →
5FC
Free Certificate Monitoring via RSS▲120
2024 · raphting.dev · its alternatives →
6
Encrypto▲141
Encrypt the files you send.
2015 · its alternatives →
7CA
Certmaster – Automatically issue and install Let's Encrypt certificates▲11
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
8SO
Staticland – Open source static site hosting with SSL via Let's Encrypt▲180
2016 · static.land · its alternatives →
9
HTTPS Everywhere▲294
Chrome extension that encrypts and secures your browser
2017 · its alternatives →
10GE
Get encrypted data from people that don’t know how to encrypt▲275
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
11FS
Free SSL in 5 Minutes with Lets Encrypt▲11
2016 · youtube.com · its alternatives →
12LE
Lets Encrypt on Netlify – Static CDN Hosting with Free SSL▲9
2016 · netlify.com · its alternatives →
13AT
Acme-tiny, a tiny 200-line Let's Encrypt client▲280
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
14
Secret▲173
Send a message through a safe, private, and encrypted link
2017 · its alternatives →
15LA
Letsencrypt (and other) certificate dashboard▲6
2017 · keychest.net · its alternatives →
16LS
Lescript – Simple PHP client library for Let's encrypt▲96
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
17KC
Kubernetes Certificate Manager – Native Let's Encrypt Integration▲186
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
18UE
Use encrypted passwords in shell scripts signed with your SSH key▲117
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
MagicPad▲110
Free and open-source encryption suite
2019 · its alternatives →
20EW
Easy Webserver for Node.js, Python, PHP, with Free SSL▲123
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
21
EncryptLab▲63
A collection of free and comprehensive encryption tools
2020 · its alternatives →
22
dCrypt▲77
Secure encryption made easy
2019 · its alternatives →
23GC
GetHTTPSforFree.com, a no-install browers-based Let's Encrypt client▲18
2015 · gethttpsforfree.com · its alternatives →
24
SecureDB▲83
Encryption as a service for mobile, web and IoT applications
2015 · its alternatives →

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