veracrypt/VeraCrypt
Disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt
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Where it stands
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2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 8 days ago, with 128 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides disk encryption software with enhanced security based on the TrueCrypt codebase.
- Offers strong, open-source encryption with cross-platform support and security improvements over TrueCrypt.
- Use for securing sensitive data on Windows, Linux, or macOS with encrypted volumes or partitions.
- Use for creating hidden encrypted containers to protect data from unauthorized access or plausible deniability.
- Use for integrating disk encryption in FreeBSD or OpenBSD environments requiring robust cryptographic protection.
Should you depend on it?
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License
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- README: present
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From the README
This archive contains the source code of VeraCrypt. It is based on the original TrueCrypt 7.1a with security enhancements and modifications.
You may use the source code contained in this archive only if you accept and agree to the license terms contained in the file 'License.txt', which is included in this archive.
Note that the license specifies, for example, that a derived work must not be called 'TrueCrypt' or 'VeraCrypt'
Daily snapshots
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Forks
1.4K+83
Open issues
507+42
Compared with peers in Cryptography
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| MHSanaei/3x-ui | 49.6K | +448 | 52 | 137 days ago |
| XTLS/Xray-core | 42.8K | +205 | 75 | 1 day ago |
| rclone/rclone | 60.9K | +149 | 75 | 4 days ago |
| mitmproxy/mitmproxy | 46.6K | — | 65 | 8 days ago |
| hummingbot/hummingbot | 21.1K | — | 62 | 48 days ago |
| veracrypt/VeraCrypt | 12.1K | — | 75 | 8 days ago |
| Category median | 46.6K | +205 | 65 | — |
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