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Tag: encryption
Gajim – feature-rich XMPP messaging client
Gajim is an XMPP messaging client with OMEMO encryption, group chats, voice messages, file sharing and multi-account support.
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gocryptfs – encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go
gocryptfs provides file-based encrypted storage through FUSE, with reverse mode, filename encryption, FIDO2 support and cloud-friendly sync.
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jrnl – command-line journal software
jrnl is a command-line journal with natural-language dates, multiple diaries, tagging, powerful searching and optional encrypted storage.
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Mailpile – privacy-focused email client with PGP encryption
Mailpile is a privacy-focused email client with PGP encryption, local mail indexing and tagging, but development has stopped.
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lrzip – long-range compression for large files
lrzip compresses large files using long-range redundancy reduction, multiple backends, multithreading, standard streams and encryption.
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Wire – encrypted messaging and conferencing
Wire offers encrypted messaging, file sharing and calls, with an experimental Linux desktop client and Messaging Layer Security.
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Figaro’s Password Manager 2 – encrypted credential storage
Figaro’s Password Manager 2 secures stored credentials using AES-256-GCM encryption, optional key-file protection and password generation.
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Rooster – simple password manager for geeks
Rooster stores usernames and passwords in one encrypted local file, with password generation, fuzzy search and CSV/JSON import and export.
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Seahorse – GNOME password and encryption key manager
Seahorse manages GNOME password keyrings and OpenPGP and SSH keys, with tools for editing saved secrets, signing keys and exporting keys.
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Password Safe – encrypted password database utility
Password Safe secures credentials in encrypted databases with password generation, searching, clipboard access and desktop applications.
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KeeWeb – browser and desktop KeePass password manager
KeeWeb opens KeePass-compatible encrypted databases in desktop and web interfaces, with cloud storage integration, search and TOTP codes.
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pass – standard Unix password manager
pass stores individual passwords in GPG-encrypted files, with Git synchronisation, password generation, clipboard support and extensions.
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GnuPG – implementation of the OpenPGP standard
GnuPG implements OpenPGP for encryption, signing and key management, with smartcard support, modern authenticated encryption and automation
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PeaZip – file archiver and compression utility
PeaZip is a graphical archive manager with encryption, archive conversion, file search, checksum verification and support for many formats.
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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: age
This article spotlights free and open source alternative tools to age, a popular utility to encrypt and decrypt.
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Excellent Utilities: AES Crypt – file encryption tool
AES Crypt is file encryption software that uses the industry standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to easily and securely encrypt files.
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Excellent Utilities: horcrux – file splitter with encryption and redundancy
horcrux is an open source tool that’s designed to split files and keep them secure with encryption.
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age – simple file encryption tool by Google
age is a simple, modern and secure command-line file encryption tool written in Go. Let’s check out this open source utility written by Google
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Essential System Tools: VeraCrypt – Strong disk encryption software
VeraCrypt is a free open source cross-platform disk encryption software that builds on the discontinued TrueCrypt.
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