Alternatives to Hideout

A minimal desktop app for encrypting and decrypting files, powered by GnuPG. Notes say what changes if you switch.

12 alternatives

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  • KGpg

    A KDE graphical front end for GnuPG that manages keys and encrypts files and text.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    KGpg is a KDE front end for GnuPG on Linux that adds key management with signatures, trust and expiry, alongside file and text encryption.

  • Kleopatra

    A KDE certificate manager and front end for OpenPGP and S/MIME encryption and signing.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Kleopatra handles both OpenPGP and S/MIME certificates with key server lookup, offering far more features than Hideout, though certificate concepts can be daunting.

  • GpgFrontend

    A cross-platform graphical OpenPGP tool for encrypting, signing and managing keys with GnuPG or rPGP.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    GpgFrontend runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, adds key management, text and email encryption, and lets you choose between GnuPG and the Rust rPGP engine.

  • GnuPG

    Complete free implementation of the OpenPGP standard.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    GnuPG is the engine Hideout is built on; using it directly gives the full OpenPGP feature set but through a command line that is famously unforgiving.

  • PGPTool

    A desktop application for encrypting and decrypting files with OpenPGP keys on Windows, macOS and Linux.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinux

  • age

    File encryption with one small key, no options to get wrong, and a command you can remember.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

    age replaces GnuPG keyrings with short keys and no options, works on Windows, macOS and Linux, but is command line only with no graphical front end.

  • Picocrypt NG

    A small, simple file encryption tool continued as a community fork of Picocrypt.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxAndroidCommand line

    Picocrypt NG drops GnuPG for its own small file encryption tool on Linux, with both a GUI and a command-line interface and signed releases.

  • rage

    A Rust implementation of the age file encryption format, with a command-line tool and library.

    FreeOpen sourceCommand line

  • hat.sh

    An open-source web app that encrypts and decrypts files locally inside your browser.

    FreeOpen sourceWeb

    hat.sh encrypts files locally in a modern web browser with nothing to install, but the research gives little detail on its algorithms or file size limits.

  • Passwords and Keys

    A GNOME app, also called Seahorse, for managing GNOME Keyring passwords, PGP keys and SSH keys.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

  • EncryptPad

    A text editor and file encryptor that uses OpenPGP-compatible symmetric encryption.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

  • Seahorse

    GNOME's password and encryption key manager for the system keyring, PGP keys and SSH keys.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux