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age vs Picocrypt NG: catalog facts
age	Picocrypt NG
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Android, Command line
No options to choose, so there is no insecure configuration to fall into Keys are short strings that fit in a password manager	Small and simple to use Command-line interface as well as a GUI
Command line only; there is no official graphical front end No key server or web of trust, so you exchange keys yourself	A fork with a different maintainer team from the original Picocrypt Focused on files, not whole disks
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: GPL-3.0
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 October 1, 2026

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