List of cryptographic file systems

This is a list of filesystems with support for filesystem-level encryption. Not to be confused with full-disk encryption.

General-purpose filesystems with encryption

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Cryptographic filesystems

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FUSE-based file systems

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File system Latest release
gocryptfs 2023[6]
CryFS 2023[7]
securefs 2024[8]
Rclone 2024[9]
Discontinued projects
EncFS 2018[10][11]
LessFS[12] 2013[13]
MetFS[14] 2012[14]
CryptoFS[15] 2007[16]
Magikfs[17] 2006[18]
PhoneBookFS[19] 2004[20]

Integrated into the Linux kernel

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Integrated into other UNIXes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ext4 encryption [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ^ "'[GIT PULL] f2fs updates for v4.2' - MARC".
  3. ^ "Linux_4.10 - Linux Kernel Newbies". kernelnewbies.org. December 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2024. UBIFS: Add support for file encryption using the fscrypt framework.
  4. ^ Jonathan Corbet (September 2023). "The rest of the 6.6 merge window [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 18 March 2024. The Ceph filesystem has gained fscrypt support.
  5. ^ "Linux_6.7 - Linux Kernel Newbies". kernelnewbies.org. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Release v2.4.0 · rfjakob/gocryptfs". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  7. ^ "Release 0.11.4 · cryfs/cryfs". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  8. ^ "Release 1.0.0 · netheril96/securefs". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
  9. ^ Craig-Wood, Nick (2024-03-10). "Rclone Changelog". rclone.org. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
  10. ^ "Release v1.9.5 · vgough/encfs". GitHub. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
  11. ^ "Update project status in README (#671) · vgough/encfs@aa106e6". GitHub. Retrieved 19 July 2024. This project is NOT maintained.
  12. ^ "Lessfs". Lessfs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  13. ^ "lessfs - data deduplication for less - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  14. ^ a b "Metin KAYA - MetFS Encrypted, Dynamic Sized, Single File, FUSE Based Filesystem in Userspace". www.enderunix.org. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  15. ^ "Reboot's personal page". reboot.github.io. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  16. ^ "Reboot's personal page". reboot.github.io. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  17. ^ "Magikfs – The Steganographic File System On Linux". magikfs.sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  18. ^ "magikfs-The steganographic filesystem - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  19. ^ "Phonebook - Software to Make Your PC 'Police-Ready'". freenet.mcnabhosting.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
  20. ^ "Changelog for phonebook". Archived from the original on 2016-01-17.
  21. ^ "eCryptfs in Launchpad". Launchpad.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
  22. ^ "Rubberhose disk encryption system". iq.org. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02.
  23. ^ "Understanding EFS". www.ibm.com. 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.