In light of recent news about Truecrypt being no longer developed, I compiled a list of other encryption programs that are compatible with it.
If you have data that was archived with Truecrypt for long term storage, you should be able to decrypt it with any of the following programs.
tcplay: Fully featured Truecrypt implementation to open and create Truecrypt compatible hidden containers with cascade ciphers and keyfiles. This is a command line utility that works in Linux and DragonflyBSD, you can add a front end graphical interface with zulucrypt or Luksus.
Luksus: A terminal program for Linux and BSD that lets you encrypt and decrypt data using Geli, LUKS, GnuPG or Truecrypt. A wrapper around tcplay, Geli and cryptsetup, with a front end graphical interface for those who find the command line too difficult.
Luksus encryption front end
RealCrypt: An open source forked version of Truecrypt for Fedora Linux, it comes as a RPM package and it can be easily installed in Fedora using the repositories. It has a graphical interface and the same capabilities that Truecrypt has, with a different name and logo as requested by Truecrypt licensing terms. There are no significant code differences in between them.
Encrypted Data Storage (EDS): Android app that can create and open any Truecrypt container but there is no on the fly mode and data will be decrypted to a temporary file, this could be a security risk if you believe that your smartphone can be stolen as temporary data written to solid state disks is recoverable with forensic tools.
EDS Android Truecrypt
TruPax: A Java based program that can open and create Truecrypt compatible encrypted containers. I will work on any operating system that has Java installed, Windows, Mac OS, BSD and Linux. It can be used with a graphical interface or in command line mode to automate tasks.The software is open source, portable and it was coded independently from Truecrypt.
Truecrypt compatible software TruPax
Cryptonite: Open source app that brings EncFS and Truecrypt to your Android phone, the program is still in development and intended for advanced users. Cryptonite can decrypt any Truecrypt container using your smartphone. If you want to run Android in your desktop, there is an open source project that has ported it to PCs and can be installed as if it was a Linux distribution. This will give you a bigger screen when decrypting data.
Ad
Were can I find the source code for TrueCrypt? I tried on the site, but everything is blocked. It’s a valuable piece of code I didn’t have the wisdom to download before and now… look what happened. My bad. Any help?
hacker10
Hello Ad,
You can find an archive with all of Truecrypt versions and its source code at the link below:
https://github.com/AuditProject/truecrypt-verified-mirror
hacker10
ngu
TruPax http://www.coderslagoon.com/ java based free software, create TrueCrypt containers, without TrueCrypt or admin rights.
hacker10
Hello ngu,
Thank you for your input, I have now added TruePax to the list.
hacker10
Sudhir Khanger
Why isn’t EncFS on the list?
http://www.arg0.net/encfs
hacker10
Hello Sudhir,
EncFS is not capable of opening or creating Truecrypt containers. It could only be a good alternative to Truecrypt if you don’t have to work with .tc containers (Truecrypt file format).
hacker10
Keinstein
In some forum the DiskCryptor (https://diskcryptor.net/wiki/Main_Page) has been mentioned. Is it reliable?
Jake
The presumption is TrueCrypt has been hacked by the NSA. And if the NSA can do it, who else?
What are the alternatives to TrueCrypt?
Digital Defense
@Jake
I think it would be more correct to say that the presumption is that the Truecrypt developers (or single developer?) received a NSL.
dual storage
@ Digital Defense
jackpot!!!
Eddie P.
how about skycrypt? i got the free trial from skycrypt.com and have been using it for 3-4 months. it works fine for me
GT
There is an alternative to truecrypt that I have seen.
Veracrypt
https://veracrypt.codeplex.com/
me
TruPax gives a blocked message when I try to download.
I need a programme to open Trucrypt files under Kubuntu