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CryFS VS EncFS

Compare CryFS VS EncFS and see what are their differences

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CryFS logo CryFS

CryFS encrypts your files, so you can safely store them anywhere.

EncFS logo EncFS

EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space.
  • CryFS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-10-13
  • EncFS Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-07-24

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EncFS videos

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Securing my browser on Archlinux (EncFS versus LUKS)

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  • Review - EncFS - Cifrar directorios en Linux

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to CryFS and EncFS)

CryFS

EncFS

Security & Privacy
40 40%
Security & Privacy
60% 60
File Encryption
43 43%
File Encryption
57% 57
Encryption
43 43%
Encryption
57% 57
Data Encryption
100 100%
Data Encryption
0% 0

User comments

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    Olek
    · over 3 years ago
    · Reply

    EncFS is better, beacuse it's faster in loading.

    I recommend - EncFS.

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, CryFS seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

CryFS mentions (1)

  • Minimal File Storage and Access
    All I need now is just some really simple file sharing software that allows you to mount the remote file system to a folder to use CryFS with and that has a web interface for the smaller 10 GiB group of files that can be used to download and upload content. Source: about 2 years ago

EncFS mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of EncFS yet. Tracking of EncFS recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CryFS and EncFS, you can also consider the following products

Knox - Knox offers easy disk image encryption and comes with a built-in backup service.

VeraCrypt - VeraCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Advanced File Security Basic - Download Advanced File Security Basic. Protect files by encrypting them with a strong password, a series of questions, or even an USB key you can carry around with this powerful security solution

Kruptos - Lock and encrypt your photos, movies, files and folders using 256-bit file encryption.

Cryptomator - When it comes to saving your files on a cloud server, it is important to ensure the security of those files. Keeping your delicate files out of the wrong hands can save you a lot of time and hassle. Read more about Cryptomator.

Exocet - Exocet creates a Folder on your System.

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