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Neuron Encrypt vs Picocrypt NG: catalog facts
Neuron Encrypt	Picocrypt NG
Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line	Linux, Android, Command line
Encrypts and decrypts files locally Includes batch processing and metadata scrubbing	Small and simple to use Command-line interface as well as a GUI
Forgetting the passphrase means the encrypted files cannot be recovered Apple Silicon support is best-effort	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: GPL-3.0-only	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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