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age vs Gpg4win: catalog facts
age	Gpg4win
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.	Free Free software, funded by donations and public contracts.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows
No options to choose, so there is no insecure configuration to fall into Keys are short strings that fit in a password manager	Kleopatra gives GnuPG a real key manager instead of a command line Integrates with Outlook through GpgOL and with Explorer through GpgEX
Command line only; there is no official graphical front end No key server or web of trust, so you exchange keys yourself	Windows only OpenPGP key management is genuinely hard, and the concepts do not hide well behind a GUI
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026

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