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AES Crypt vs Picocrypt: catalog facts
AES Crypt	Picocrypt
Paid 30-day free trial, then a one-time perpetual license with future updates included.	Free Free and open source, no longer developed.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Simple password-based encryption of single files Available on several desktop systems plus a command-line version	XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with a design deliberately small enough to audit Standalone portable executable on Windows, with no installation
Paid after the 30-day trial Encrypts individual files rather than whole disks or volumes	Permanently archived and read-only since September 2025; there will be no more releases Encrypts individual files, not partitions, drives or cloud folders
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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