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Picocrypt NG vs age: catalog facts
Picocrypt NG	age
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.
Linux, Android, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
Small and simple to use Command-line interface as well as a GUI	No options to choose, so there is no insecure configuration to fall into Keys are short strings that fit in a password manager
A fork with a different maintainer team from the original Picocrypt Focused on files, not whole disks	Command line only; there is no official graphical front end No key server or web of trust, so you exchange keys yourself
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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