VeraCrypt
Disk encryption with strong security based on TrueCrypt (by veracrypt)
PeaZip
Free Zip / Unzip software and Rar file extractor. Cross-platform file and archive manager. Features volume spanning, compression, authenticated encryption. Supports 7Z, 7-Zip sfx, ACE, ARJ, Brotli, BZ2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, GZ, ISO, JAR, LHA/LZH, NSIS, OOo, PAQ/LPAQ, PEA, QUAD, RAR, RPM, split, TAR, Z, ZIP, ZIPX, Zstandard. (by peazip)
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| VeraCrypt | PeaZip | |
|---|---|---|
| 74 | 68 | |
| 6,187 | 3,572 | |
| 5.0% | - | |
| 9.3 | 8.8 | |
| 7 days ago | 14 days ago | |
| C | Pascal | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
VeraCrypt
Posts with mentions or reviews of VeraCrypt.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-10-01.
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VeraCrypt: Free, open source, disk encryption for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
[1] - https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt
- Help Wanted For Veracrypt as Flatpak Package (Linux)
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Help with USB drive encryption
Download and install VeraCrypt from the official website (https://www.veracrypt.fr/).
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Help with installing libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5 (Veracrypt dependency) on Debian 12
The issue is described there: https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/issues/1046 . Apparently newer libwxgtk works on Arch. Other option is to compile it yourself or you the Veracrypt package from nightly builds.
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Is NVMe still slow to encrypt?
It is still a problem, but there are some registry values you can tweak to improve the performance, check https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/issues/136 for discussion.
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Debian 12 "bookworm" released
Before I upgrade though, worried about veracrypt due to https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/issues/1046
- Why is This Software (and Linux) so Endlessly Broken?
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Is VeraCrypt .deb installing well in Debian Bookworm (currently Testing)?
Wait, is that the same as compiling it oneself, like is talked about here? https://github.com/veracrypt/VeraCrypt/issues/1046
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How to encrypt my files?
Veracrypt container if you want to have complete encryption without exposing any metadata to the cloud provider.
PeaZip
Posts with mentions or reviews of PeaZip.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-18.
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RAR 7.0 Released
Just saying that 7-Zip is great, both the compression (I use it for most of my data archival, because the higher compression ratio is worth the longer times to compress) and the software itself, pretty much what a good archival program on Windows should be like.
On other OSes, I guess I just use whatever is included with the distro, or something like PeaZip: https://peazip.github.io/
Curious to hear from RAR proponents.
- PeaZip: Cross-platform, Open Source file compression and encryption software
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A bold new look for the Gov.uk homepage
How about just the blue horizontal bars with white text trend?
https://peazip.github.io/
https://www.izarc.org/
What prompted this standardization of look? Im seeing it all over now. The fact that I could find two archive utility websites, as example should speak to its ubiquity.
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WinRAR sold 5,449 licenses in a day
Good for them! Lately I have been enjoying PeaZip[1] since it supports all platforms and a lot of formats. It also has some good UI and helpful functions.
[1] https://peazip.github.io
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File Manager like WinRar, WinZip, 7zip, etc., on iOS thats open source?
PeaZip is available for macOS.
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help me please
you need to unzip it, i recommend peazip, its free and fast. heres a link: https://peazip.github.io/
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shout-out to the best software out there .
PeaZip is similar to 7-Zip but with a better UI (both are free and open source).
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How do I find games where my favorite opening got played by a strong player vs a weak player?
An example. Download about 500 mb big archive from https://database.lichess.org/ You will need PeaZip to extract https://peazip.github.io/ Load database in SCID https://scid.sourceforge.net/ Make basic opening moves Search > Current board Database > Export all filter games > export filter to PGN Give it opening name and save Open that just saved database Search > Header and set filter how you like it Database > Export all filter games > export filter to PGN Give it a name and save Now if you want only games with mate, filter it with Scid vs Pc Search > General > End of game > checkmate Tools > Export all filter games > export filter to pgn
- I actually bought a license for WinRAR. AMA
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Linux equivalent for File Juicer?
the most advanced tool i know of is universal extractor for windows. Its Open Source and should run on Wine. You could also try PeaZip
What are some alternatives?
When comparing VeraCrypt and PeaZip you can also consider the following projects:
Cryptomator - Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud
NanaZip - The 7-Zip derivative intended for the modern Windows experience
EncFSMP - Mount EncFS folders - multiplatform style.
7z - Because 7-zip source code was in a 7z archive [mirror]
zuluCrypt - zuluCrypt is a front end to cryptsetup and tcplay and it allows easy management of encrypted block devices
7-Zip - 7-Zip source code repository
VeraCrypt-DCS - VeraCrypt EFI Bootloader for EFI Windows system encryption (LGPL)
libfuse - The reference implementation of the Linux FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) interface
UniExtract2 - Universal Extractor 2 is a tool to extract files from any type of archive or installer.
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