Alternatives to cryptsetup and LUKS
The standard Linux full-disk encryption layer. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
cryptsetup and LUKS
The standard Linux full-disk encryption layer.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as cryptsetup and LUKS.
VeraCrypt
Disk encryption that creates encrypted containers, encrypts whole partitions, and can encrypt the drive Windows boots from.
VeraCrypt encrypts partitions, containers and the Windows system drive on Windows, macOS and Linux, adds hidden volumes, but needs administrator rights and a driver to mount volumes.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
gocryptfs
An encrypted overlay filesystem for Linux that encrypts each file individually, so cloud sync and backups only move what changed.
securefs
Mounts an encrypted directory as a normal filesystem.
Cryptomator
Encrypts a folder inside your existing cloud storage, so Dropbox or OneDrive holds files it cannot read.
