zuluCrypt is a simple, feature rich and powerful solution for hard drive encryption.
zuluCrypt is made up of two components: The back end, CLI is called “zuluCrypt-cli”. It is built using C, has required dependencies on libblkid, libcryptsetup and an optional dependency on libtcplay. The front end is a Qt GUI application called “zuluCrypt-gui”. It is built using C++/Qt.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Manages PLAIN dm-crypt volumes, LUKS encrypted volumes, TrueCrypt encrypted volumes, VeraCrypt encrypted volumes and Microsoft’s BitLocker volumes.
- Manages encrypted volumes that are hosted in image files, lvm, mdraid, hard drives, usb sticks or any other block device.
- Encrypt stand alone files (zuluCrypt menu -> zC -> encrypt a file).
Website: mhogomchungu.github.io/zuluCrypt
Support: FAQ, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Francis Banyikwa
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
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Related Software
| Disk Encryption Tools | |
|---|---|
| VeraCrypt | Strong disk encryption software |
| loop-AES | Encrypt disk partitions, removable media, swap space and other devices |
| dm-crypt | Transparent disk encryption subsystem |
| GnuPG | GNU Privacy Guard - implementation of the OpenPGP standard |
| GocryptFS | Encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go |
| cryptsetup | Configures encrypted block devices |
| Tomb | System for file encryption |
| Shufflecake | Create multiple hidden volumes |
| zuluCrypt | Feature rich solution for hard drive encryption |
| cryptmount | Managing encrypted file systems |
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