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Picocrypt vs AES Crypt: catalog facts
Picocrypt	AES Crypt
Free Free and open source, no longer developed.	Paid 30-day free trial, then a one-time perpetual license with future updates included.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line
XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with a design deliberately small enough to audit Standalone portable executable on Windows, with no installation	Simple password-based encryption of single files Available on several desktop systems plus a command-line version
Permanently archived and read-only since September 2025; there will be no more releases Encrypts individual files, not partitions, drives or cloud folders	Paid after the 30-day trial Encrypts individual files rather than whole disks or volumes
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Closed source
License: GPL-3.0	License not stated
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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