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securefs vs gocryptfs: catalog facts
securefs	gocryptfs
Free The software is free under its open-source licence. Hosting, hardware and external…	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Files are encrypted and authenticated individually in the underlying directory, which makes it well suited to storing…	Per-file encryption, so cloud sync and incremental backups only transfer what changed Independently audited in March 2017 with a published security design document
It needs a FUSE layer, or WinFsp on Windows, and it is a command-line tool with no interface…	macOS support is described by the project as beta quality No native Windows support; that is a separate reimplementation
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026

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