rcryptfs is an experimental encrypted filesystem project. It can read and write encrypted repositories using common gocryptfs settings.
The software provides FUSE-based mounting on Unix systems and includes a minimal command-line mode for browsing and interacting with the decrypted view.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Read and write support for common gocryptfs repositories.
- FUSE-based mounting on Unix systems.
- Minimal CLI mode for browsing and interacting with the decrypted view.
- Direct access to existing encrypted backends without re-encrypting data.
- Create new gocryptfs-compatible encrypted directories.
- Interactive or standard input passphrase entry.
- Foreground and background mounting modes.
- Configurable number of background threads.
- Modular architecture separating encryption, path and xattr translators, filesystem backends, and I/O wrappers.
Website: github.com/francois-nt/rcryptfs
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Developer: francois-nt
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
rcryptfs is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Encrypted FUSE-based file systems | |
|---|---|
| Cryptomator | Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of files in the cloud |
| gocryptfs | Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go |
| CryFS | Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud |
| securefs | Authenticated and probabilistic encryption with efficient cloud synchronization |
| EncFS | Encrypted filesystem in user-space |
| rcryptfs | Read and write encrypted repositories using common gocryptfs settings. |
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