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ccrypt vs Picocrypt: catalog facts
ccrypt	Picocrypt
Free Free to download, with source code and prebuilt binaries.	Free Free and open source, no longer developed.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux
Simple ccencrypt, ccdecrypt and ccat commands ccat decrypts to the terminal without leaving plaintext files	XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with a design deliberately small enough to audit Standalone portable executable on Windows, with no installation
Command line only, no graphical interface Windows builds rely on Cygwin	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
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0
No account 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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