Alternatives to cppcryptfs
Mounts a gocryptfs-encrypted folder as a Windows drive letter, encrypting file contents and names transparently. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
cppcryptfs
Mounts a gocryptfs-encrypted folder as a Windows drive letter, encrypting file contents and names transparently.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as cppcryptfs.
Cryptomator
Encrypts a folder inside your existing cloud storage, so Dropbox or OneDrive holds files it cannot read.
Cryptomator also encrypts file names and contents in a cloud folder, runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and mobile, but uses its own vault format rather than gocryptfs compatibility.
securefs
Mounts an encrypted directory as a normal filesystem.
securefs encrypts and authenticates files individually for cloud sync folders and runs on Windows through WinFsp instead of Dokany, but it is command-line only and not gocryptfs compatible.
gocryptfs
An encrypted overlay filesystem for Linux that encrypts each file individually, so cloud sync and backups only move what changed.
gocryptfs is the original Linux tool whose folder format cppcryptfs reimplements, with an independent audit, but it has no native Windows support and its macOS support is beta.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
SiriKali
Graphical manager for encrypted folders created by gocryptfs, securefs and similar tools.
VeraCrypt
Disk encryption that creates encrypted containers, encrypts whole partitions, and can encrypt the drive Windows boots from.
Arq
Encrypted backup software for Mac and Windows that stores backups in your own cloud account or disk.
