Picocrypt VS age

Compare Picocrypt vs age and see what are their differences.

age

A simple, modern and secure encryption tool (and Go library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability. (by FiloSottile)
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Picocrypt age
78 214
2,262 15,298
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6.5 4.9
3 days ago 9 days ago
Go Go
GNU General Public License v3.0 only BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Picocrypt

Posts with mentions or reviews of Picocrypt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-14.

age

Posts with mentions or reviews of age. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-28.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Picocrypt and age you can also consider the following projects:

Cryptomator - Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud

sops - Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets

Kryptor - A simple, modern, and secure encryption and signing tool that aims to be a better version of age and Minisign.

rage - A simple, secure and modern file encryption tool (and Rust library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

pycryptodome - A self-contained cryptographic library for Python

age-plugin-yubikey - YubiKey plugin for age

HomeBrew - šŸŗ The missing package manager for macOS (or Linux)

minisign - A dead simple tool to sign files and verify digital signatures.

edgetk - šŸ”’ EC Integrated Security Suite written in Go

OpenKeychain - OpenKeychain is an OpenPGP implementation for Android.

infectious - Reed-Solomon forward error correcting library

git-crypt - Transparent file encryption in git