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Picocrypt vs Kryptor: catalog facts
PicocryptKryptor
Free

Free and open source, no longer developed.

Free

Free and open source under the GPL.

Windows, macOS, Linux Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with a design deliberately small enough to audit
  • Standalone portable executable on Windows, with no installation
  • Modern primitives with a small, hard-to-misuse option set
  • Short public keys that are practical to share
  • Permanently archived and read-only since September 2025; there will be no more releases
  • Encrypts individual files, not partitions, drives or cloud folders
  • Its file format is its own, so interoperability is limited
  • Small project compared with GPG or age
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: GPL-3.0 License: GPL-3.0
No account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 20, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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