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24 alternatives to StartEncrypt
Get and install an https certificate for free
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. StartEncrypt launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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A new Certificate Authority - free, automated, and open.
2015 · letsencrypt.org · its alternatives →
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StartSSL▲6Free to affordable SSL certificates for your website & apps
2015 · startssl.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · blog.filippo.io · its alternatives →
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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 →
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Crypto 101▲126Free Intro course on cryptography available for programmers
2014 · crypto101.io · its alternatives →
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Free SSL Certificates and Free SSL Tools for your website.
2017 · zerossl.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · keychest.net · its alternatives →
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2013 · getssl.me · its alternatives →
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SecureDB▲83Encryption as a service for mobile, web and IoT applications
2015 · securedb.co · its alternatives →
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A pain-free service to add SSL to your site, for non-geeks
2018 · sharphue.com · its alternatives →
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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 →
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2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2024 · raphting.dev · its alternatives →
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A community site to help site owners migrate to HTTPS
2017 · movingtohttps.com · its alternatives →
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EncryptLab▲63A collection of free and comprehensive encryption tools
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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