Kryptor is a free, open-source file encryption and signing CLI for Windows, Linux, and macOS. It uses modern primitives via libsodium (XChaCha20-Poly1305, Argon2id, Ed25519) with no configuration options and encrypts file names optionally.
Kryptor takes a principled stance on cryptographic agility by offering exactly one algorithm suite with no config knobs, which is how modern tools should work. The protocol is documented in enough detail to audit independently, and the encrypted output is indistinguishable from random, which limits metadata leakage. It is a solo-maintained project rather than a large community effort, so the pace of updates is unhurried. If you want a leaner, more modern alternative to GnuPG for file encryption and signing on the command line and you are not tied to the OpenPGP ecosystem, Kryptor is a thoughtful choice.
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Free to use and modify, but anything you distribute that is built on it must also be open under the same license.
Permits
- Commercial use
- Modification
- Distribution
- Patent use
- Private use
Requires
- Disclose source
- Same license
- State changes
- License and copyright notice
Does not provide
- Liability cover
- Warranty
Why it matters: Strong copyleft keeps every distributed version open. A vendor cannot fold this into a closed product and ship it without releasing their changes.
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