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[]

AdvFS on Digital Tru64 UNIX
Novell Storage Services on Novell NetWare and Linux
NTFS with Encrypting File System (EFS) for Microsoft Windows
ZFS since Pool Version 30
Ext4, added in Linux kernel 4.1^[1] in June 2015
F2FS, added in Linux 4.2^[2]
APFS, macOS High Sierra (10.13) and later.

Cryptographic filesystems[]

FUSE-based file systems[]

File system	Latest release
gocryptfs	2021^[3]
CryFS	2021^[4]
securefs	2021^[5]
EncFS	2018^[6]
LessFS^[7]	2013^[8]
MetFS^[9]	2012^[9]
Rclone	2021^[10]
Discontinued projects
CryptoFS^[11]	2007^[12]
Magikfs^[13]	2006^[14]
PhoneBookFS^[15]	2004^[16]

Integrated into the Linux kernel[]

eCryptfs^[17]
Rubberhose filesystem (discontinued)^[18]
StegFS (discontinued)

Integrated into other UNIXes[]

PEFS (Private Encrypted File System) on FreeBSD^[19]
geli on FreeBSD
EFS (Encrypted File System) on AIX^[20]

References[]

^ "Ext4 encryption [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=143517753413580 ^{[non-primary source needed]}
^ "Release v2.2.1 · rfjakob/gocryptfs". GitHub.
^ "Release 0.11.0 · cryfs/cryfs". GitHub.
^ "Release 0.12.0 · netheril96/securefs". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
^ "Release v1.9.5 · vgough/encfs". GitHub.
^ "Lessfs". Lessfs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ "lessfs - data deduplication for less - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^ ^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.
^ Craig-Wood, Nick (2021-01-20). "Rclone Changelog". rclone.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ "Reboot's personal page". reboot.github.io. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^ "Reboot's personal page". reboot.github.io. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^ "Magikfs – The Steganographic File System On Linux". magikfs.sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^ "magikfs-The steganographic filesystem - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^ "Phonebook - Software to Make Your PC 'Police-Ready'". freenet.mcnabhosting.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
^ "Changelog for phonebook". Archived from the original on 2016-01-17.
^ "eCryptfs in Launchpad". Launchpad.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ [1] Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ "glk/pefs 路 GitHub". Github.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-02-03.
^ "Understanding EFS". www.ibm.com. 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[1] "Ext4 encryption [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Archived from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[2] ttps://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=143517753413580 ^{[non-primary source needed]}

[3] "Release v2.2.1 · rfjakob/gocryptfs". GitHub.

[4] "Release 0.11.0 · cryfs/cryfs". GitHub.

[5] "Release 0.12.0 · netheril96/securefs". GitHub. Retrieved 2021-10-24.

[6] "Release v1.9.5 · vgough/encfs". GitHub.

[7] "Lessfs". Lessfs.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

[8] "lessfs - data deduplication for less - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

[:0-9] "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.

[10] Craig-Wood, Nick (2021-01-20). "Rclone Changelog". rclone.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[11] "Reboot's personal page". reboot.github.io. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

[12] "Reboot's personal page". reboot.github.io. Archived from the original on 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

[13] "Magikfs – The Steganographic File System On Linux". magikfs.sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

[14] "magikfs-The steganographic filesystem - Browse Files at SourceForge.net". sourceforge.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

[15] "Phonebook - Software to Make Your PC 'Police-Ready'". freenet.mcnabhosting.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

[16] "Changelog for phonebook". Archived from the original on 2016-01-17.

[17] "eCryptfs in Launchpad". Launchpad.net. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

[18] [1] Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[19] "glk/pefs 路 GitHub". Github.com. Archived from the original on 2014-07-22. Retrieved 2014-02-03.

[20] "Understanding EFS". www.ibm.com. 29 January 2008. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

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List of cryptographic file systems

Contents

General-purpose filesystems with encryption[]

Cryptographic filesystems[]

FUSE-based file systems[]

Integrated into the Linux kernel[]

Integrated into other UNIXes[]

See also[]

References[]