Encryption made easier.
Xecrets is our suite of free zero-knowledge file encryption software with additional premium features based on the original AxCrypt 2.x open source software. Read more below. Try premium without cost, no credit card required! See the PCMag Xecrets Ez Premium Review for an independent opinion.
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The Windows desktop app. For free and premium personal or commercial use, securing files on the desktop or from the command line. No installer. Unzip and run the XecretsEz.exe executable.
The Windows command line tool. For personal free interactive and script use or organizations with a maintenance subscription. No installer. Unzip and run the XecretsCli.exe executable, or build it from source code.
The Linux desktop app. For free and premium personal or commercial use, securing files on the desktop or from the command line. No installer. Unpack and run the XecretsEz executable.
The Linux command line tool. For personal free interactive and script use or organizations with a maintenance subscription. No installer. Unpack and run the XecretsCli executable, or build it from source code.
The macOS desktop app. For free and premium personal or commercial use, securing files on the desktop or from the command line. No installer. Double-click to unpack, then again to run.
The macOS command line tool. For personal free interactive and script use or organizations with a maintenance subscription. No installer. Double-click to unpack, then again to run. Alternatively, build it from source code.
Xecrets Ez is a graphical desktop app for easy encryption and decryption of files by non-technical users. It's entirely free to use for basic encryption and decryption of files, but does require a paid subscription for premium functionality. Check out our low prices! You can try all premium features for a limited time trial without any cost, and thereafter it falls back to the free version if you cancel the subscription after the trial. You can always decrypt your encrypted files regardless of having a subscription or not, as long as you know the password. We will never lock you out of your files due to non-payment!
Xecrets Cli is the component doing all actual cryptography, i.e. encryption and decryption. It is a derived work from the well-known AxCrypt[2] but repurposed by the original author into a command line tool without any graphical user interface or dependency on a server or the Internet. It is licensed under GPL as open source free software. Our ready made tested pre-built binary is free to use for regular interactive and script use, except for some specific features targeting programmatic integration into business processes and other software. There is a limited time trial without any cost, and thereafter you can still use the binaries with the restriction that encrypting files larger than 1 MB is not allowed when using the features for programmatic integration, or you can download the source and build your own. It is perfect for scripting and development of applications, just like we did with Xecrets Ez.
We test our 64-bit pre-built binaries on Windows 11, Ubuntu 22.04 and macOS 12 Monterey. Your mileage may vary on other versions or other hardware. Please contact support if you are experiencing problems.
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We are looking for honest reviews of our products, and we will reward you with a years' free subscription to Xecrets Ez if you publish a review with a link to our site. The review must be honest, and technically correct, i.e. it cannot state something that is factually incorrect or directly misleading. It doesn't have to be positive, but it must be honest and not copied, and you must offer us the opportunity to comment on the same site.
While we have been doing this for a very long time, Xecrets Ez and Xecrets Cli as products with these names are fairly new, and the best way for us to improve is to get feedback from real users. We were reviewed by PCMag in Xecrets Ez Premium Review, and within a few weeks we had implemented two of the features they noted as missing; a password strength meter and plain text encryption.