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Kryptor vs Picocrypt: catalog facts
KryptorPicocrypt
Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Free

Free and open source, no longer developed.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux
  • Modern primitives with a small, hard-to-misuse option set
  • Short public keys that are practical to share
  • XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with a design deliberately small enough to audit
  • Standalone portable executable on Windows, with no installation
  • Its file format is its own, so interoperability is limited
  • Small project compared with GPG or age
  • 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: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed No account needed
Not stated if it works offline Works offline

Checked September 22, 2026

Checked September 20, 2026

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