What are the best free and open source cloud encryption tools?

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Best free and open source cloud encryption tools	Price	Platforms	Technology
-- Cryptomator	Free	Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android	Java
-- EncFS	-	-	-

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Cryptomator

Top Pro

Free and open source

Top Con

Android version is paid

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Cryptomator is open-source, multi-platform and offers client-side encryption of files in the cloud. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows, Linux, Mac, iOS, Android

Technology:Java

Open Source:Yes

Top Pro

Transparent encryption

Top Con

Bugs with deleting of files

Sometimes files cannot be deleted and there is no working solution/fix available yet See More

Top Pro

Works with any cloud platform

Works with any cloud-based services, including Dropbox and Google Drive. See More

Top Con

Current WebDAV is a buggy on Windows

The used WebDAV implemention shows wrong available capacity and has a limitation in the file size. The developers are aware of these problems and working on a better solution. See More

Top Pro

Fast encryption and decryption

Top Con

Compatible with Android versions 4.3 and up only

Top Pro

Virtual hard drive file access

Drag and drop. See More

Top Con

Slower speeds

Encypting speeds are slower then regular uploads, larger files particularly video files often cannot complete transfer without errors. See More

Top Pro

Client-side

No accounts. No backdoors. See More

Top Con

No camera upload functionality

Cannot automatically back up photos on mobile devices replacing the need for Google drive or iOS fully. User then has to go and either manually select photos for upload or use cloud service and then encrypt defeating the purpose on mobile clients. See More

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AES individual file encryption

Top Pro

Passphrase bruteforce protection (scrypt)

Top Pro

Multi-platform

Available for Windows, Mac and Linux on desktop and iOS, Android for mobile. See More

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EncFS

Top Pro

Cross-platform

Works on Linux, OS X and experimentally on Windows. See More

Top Con

Not up to speed with modern cryptography practices

From some audits in the past, EncFS has had some issues with being up-to-date as far as cryptography practices go. For example, it uses the same key for encryption and authentication or file holes not being authenticated. See More

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Encrypts on per-file basis

This makes it suitable for using with Dropbox or similar cloud storage platforms. See More

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Configuration is stored in the working directory

The configuration for EncFS is in the form of a dotfile (.encfs6.xml) and it's stored in the working directory. This way you only have to remember the passphrase because all the other metadata is stored in the configuration file. See More

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What are the best free and open source cloud encryption tools?

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Cryptomator

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My Recommendation for Cryptomator

Free and open source

Android version is paid

Transparent encryption

Bugs with deleting of files

Works with any cloud platform

Current WebDAV is a buggy on Windows

Fast encryption and decryption

Compatible with Android versions 4.3 and up only

Virtual hard drive file access

Slower speeds

Client-side

No camera upload functionality

AES individual file encryption

Passphrase bruteforce protection (scrypt)

Multi-platform

EncFS

My Recommendation for EncFS

My Recommendation for EncFS

Cross-platform

Not up to speed with modern cryptography practices

Encrypts on per-file basis

Configuration is stored in the working directory

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