Password protect files with strong encryption on macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android.
Xecrets Ez desktop is our zero-knowledge desktop and mobile file and text encryption app with just the right features to password protect and lock your local or cloud service files and messages from prying eyes.
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Encrypt with maximum strength AES-256 open source software, optionally with a YubiKey. View and edit with ease.
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100% compatible with AxCrypt[2], it's a great free or low-cost Premium alternative. Try Premium without cost, no credit card required!
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We have been doing this for over 20 years, in open source and without any known vulnerabilities.
It's perfect for the non-technical user who prefers an easy and simple graphical user interface to professional and secure cryptography as well as for developers looking to integrate file encryption into their own software or their organizations' automated processes using the command line or a software development kit for .NET.
Password protect files on Android, iOS.
The new mobile apps let you encrypt, decrypt, view, open and share compatible encrypted files on your phone or tablet. Keep frequently used locations handy with persistent work folders, and move the same protected files between mobile and Xecrets Ez desktop desktop.
Mobile is entirely free and open source, with no subscription, advertising, server or paid features. It is currently in open beta and we are looking for testers on Android, iOS.
Our file encryption works by taking your files, one by one at your discretion, transforming them into new password protected files using strong encryption to a new file with a .axx extension and securely wiping and deleting the original. Once encrypted, the files can be safely moved, copied, sent and stored anywhere for example cloud storage, backup, email, local etc. The encryption and protection always follows the file regardless of its location.
Many other encryption solutions creates a special encrypted container or folder, and when you move or copy a file out of the container or folder, it is no longer encrypted. Operating system built in encryption such as Windows Encrypting Filesystem (EFS), macOS FileVault or Linux LUKS also have similar limitations.
With our additional Premium features it remains easy to work with encrypted files, automatically temporarily decrypting them to edit, read, listen or view them with the default application and securely re-encrypting them and wiping the temporary afterwards.
The software works entirely locally on your own device. It never uses an Internet connection, not even for update checks! This may mean a little more work for you, but you know it's for a good cause!
There are absolutely no servers used by the software that may be unavailable, taken down or hacked. You are always working offline with Xecrets, and that's how we think it should be.
If you're familiar with AxCrypt[2], you'll know that it has a long history of success in it's field. You'll find that our version is a great alternative to AxCrypt. It's based on the original code from AxCrypt[2] but has been repurposed, optimized for speed and rebuilt by the original author, with modern tooling in a new cross platform package for macOS, Windows and now also Linux!
Sleeker, slimmer, faster and more streamlined for free, or with additional desktop Premium features at a low cost, as well as a brand new fully featured Free open source command line tool for script and software integration by developers and advanced users! All 100% compatible with AxCrypt.
In addition to the file encryption software, Axantum is available for independent IT contracting, specializing in cryptography, performance optimization, high availability high transaction systems, advanced troubleshooting and all things hard and difficult within the .NET technology stack.
For historical reasons we also keep available a modern pre-built binary of the legacy version 1.7.x AxCrypt[2] software, recompiled with updated tooling and renamed to Xecrets File Classic. Finally, there's some other legacy but still useful software and documents.
Check out our AxCrypt[2] compatible software for macOS, Linux and Windows!
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