The Best 40 dsCrypt Alternatives

  • TrueCrypt icon

    TrueCrypt

    [TrueCrypt is not exactly "Open Source", but the source is available. See the reviews to get more information.] TrueCrypt is a disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP, Mac OS X, and Linux.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

    Portable Drive Encryption
  • DiskCryptor icon

    DiskCryptor

    DiskCryptor is the only truly free solution, provided under GNU General Public License (GPLv3), which offers encryption of all disk partitions, including the system partition.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • EncFS icon

    EncFS

    EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. You can find links to source and binary releases below.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux BSD

  • Seahorse icon

    Seahorse

    seahorse is a front end for gnupg, that integrates to the gnome desktop. it is a tool for secure communications and data storage.

    Free Open Source Linux GnuPG

  • FreeOTFE icon

    FreeOTFE

    FreeOTFE is a free, open source, "on-the-fly" (OTFE) disk encryption program for PCs running MS Windows and Windows Mobile PDAs (FreeOTFE4PDA).

    Free Open Source Windows Windows Mobile

  • My Lockbox icon

    My Lockbox

    My Lockbox is a security software enabling you to password protect any folder on your computer. The protected folder is hidden from any user and application of your system, including Administrator and System itself.

    Freemium Windows

  • LibreCrypt icon

    LibreCrypt

    LibreCrypt (formerly DoxBox) is an open-source disk encryption for Windows and the successor of FreeOTFE Change of name to 'LibreCrypt' in version 6.

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Jetico BestCrypt icon

    Jetico BestCrypt

    If your computer were ever to be stolen, are you certain that your personal information cannot be discovered? Jetico’s BestCrypt software automatically encrypts your files so that nobody can read the data unless they have the right...

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • DCrypt icon

    DCrypt

    DCrypt is an encryption and decryption tool that combines in a smart way multiple algorithms.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Luksus icon

    Luksus

    LUKSUS is a tool that creates an encrypted volume and filesystem on a hardrive or other storage media as well as a filecontainer. It can use the following encryption facilities: LUKS, Truecrypt and GELI.

    Free Open Source Linux BSD TrueCrypt dialog

  • SecurStick icon

    SecurStick

    SecurStick is a free portable application that lets you carry encrypted files on your USB drive. You can use the drive on any computer to access and modify those files WITHOUT needing any administrator privileges.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

    Portable USB drives
  • ProxyCrypt icon

    ProxyCrypt

    ProxyCrypt is a command line tool that creates encrypted volumes within a file or a hard drive.

    Free Open Source Windows ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver

  • Encrypto icon

    Encrypto

    Encrypto lets you encrypt files before sending them to friends or coworkers. Just drop a file into Encrypto, set a password, and then send it however you normally would — but this time with added security.

    Free Mac OS X Windows

  • Challenger icon

    Challenger

    Challenger is a software for the encoding of files, folders and drives. For the installation and for the execution simple user rights suffice. Thereby the program is mobil usable on an USB flash drive too.

    Free Personal Windows

  • Knox icon

    Knox

    Knox offers easy disk image encryption and comes with a built-in backup service. Knox can automatically back up any or all vaults to a local hard drive, an iPod, an iDisk, or a network volume.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • WinGuard Pro icon

    WinGuard Pro

    With WinGuard Pro you can password protect your programs and encrypt your files, folders and drives. Users can add password protection to any Windows program.

    Commercial Windows