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Picocrypt NG vs Neuron Encrypt: catalog facts
Picocrypt NG	Neuron Encrypt
Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under GPL-3.0.
Linux, Android, Command line	Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line
Small and simple to use Command-line interface as well as a GUI	Encrypts and decrypts files locally Includes batch processing and metadata scrubbing
A fork with a different maintainer team from the original Picocrypt Focused on files, not whole disks	Forgetting the passphrase means the encrypted files cannot be recovered Apple Silicon support is best-effort
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0-only
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 October 8, 2026

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