The Best 42 USB Safeguard Alternatives

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    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

  • 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

    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

  • Cryptkeeper

    Cryptkeeper is a Linux system tray applet that manages EncFS encrypted folders.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • 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

    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

    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

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

    Free Open Source Linux

  • 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

    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

  • 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

    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

    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

  • Hide Files

    Hide your files and folders from prying eyes. Set your master password and lock your files. No one can access your files without your master password. Hide Files...

    Freemium

  • Crypter

    Crypter is a console utility to encode-decode, encrypt-decrypt, or digest any file with 64 bases, 35 ciphers, and 126 digester algorithms respectively.

    Free Open Source Windows