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Picocrypt vs Paranoia File & Text Encryption: catalog facts
Picocrypt	Paranoia File & Text Encryption
Free Free and open source, no longer developed.	Freemium Free version available; a Pro version adds more ciphers.
Windows, macOS, Linux	Windows, macOS, Linux
XChaCha20 and Argon2id, with a design deliberately small enough to audit Standalone portable executable on Windows, with no installation	Choice of several strong ciphers JPEG steganography with F5 or J-UNIWARD
Permanently archived and read-only since September 2025; there will be no more releases Encrypts individual files, not partitions, drives or cloud folders	Extra ciphers require the Pro version Windows build requires 64-bit Windows 10 or later
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 October 2, 2026

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