zuluCrypt
A Linux GUI and command-line tool for creating, opening and managing encrypted volumes and files.
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About zuluCrypt
zuluCrypt manages encrypted volumes on Linux. It handles plain dm-crypt, LUKS, TrueCrypt, VeraCrypt and BitLocker volumes stored on hard drives, USB sticks, LVM, mdraid or image files. It can also encrypt standalone files.
It comes with zuluMount, a general tool for mounting and unmounting encrypted and unencrypted volumes that can replace udisks or pmount. zuluMount-gui also works as a front end to encfs, gocryptfs, securefs, ecryptfs and cryfs, and does not depend on a particular desktop environment or file manager.
Strengths
- Opens LUKS, VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt, BitLocker and plain dm-crypt volumes
- Bundled zuluMount mounts encrypted and unencrypted drives
- Front end for encfs, gocryptfs, securefs, ecryptfs and cryfs
- Works independently of the desktop environment
Limitations
- Linux only
- Some zuluMount-gui options sit in a tray icon, which GNOME needs an extension to show
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree to download, with source code published on GitHub.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- mhogomchungu
- Platforms
- Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Linux users who work with encrypted volumes in several formats
- Categories
- Disk tools, Encryption tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to zuluCrypt
Compare allSoftware that can replace zuluCrypt for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
VeraCrypt
Disk encryption that creates encrypted containers, encrypts whole partitions, and can encrypt the drive Windows boots from.
VeraCrypt creates and opens its own containers and encrypted partitions on Windows, macOS and Linux, but does not manage LUKS or folder-encryption backends.
cryptsetup and LUKS
The standard Linux full-disk encryption layer.
cryptsetup is the standard Linux LUKS layer used from the command line, without zuluCrypt's graphical interface or support for other volume formats.
Tomb
A minimalist Linux command-line tool that creates and manages encrypted LUKS volumes called tombs.
Tomb manages LUKS containers on Linux with short commands and separate key files, but has no graphical interface and handles only its own tombs.
SiriKali
Graphical manager for encrypted folders created by gocryptfs, securefs and similar tools.
SiriKali manages gocryptfs, securefs and similar encrypted folders through a GUI on Windows, macOS and Linux, but does not handle LUKS or VeraCrypt volumes.
zuluCrypt as an alternative
Listings that name zuluCrypt as an alternative.
BestCrypt
Commercial encryption software from Jetico for protecting hard drives, files and folders.
zuluCrypt is free and open source with a GUI that opens LUKS, VeraCrypt, TrueCrypt and BitLocker volumes, but it runs only on Linux.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily 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.
CryFS
An encrypted filesystem that protects files stored in cloud storage, including their metadata and folder structure.
Shufflecake
A Linux tool for creating multiple hidden encrypted volumes that offer plausible deniability.
