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 OpenZFS open source, in illumos, and from 2020 unified on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OSv ZFS proprietary, for Oracle Solaris, since Pool Version 30 Ext4, added in Linux kernel 4.1 in June 2015 F2FS, added in Linux kernel 4.2 UBIFS, added in Linux kernel 4.10 CephFS, added in Linux kernel 6.6 bcachefs (experimental), added in Linux kernel 6.7 APFS, macOS High Sierra (10.13) and later.

Cryptographic filesystems

FUSE-based file systems File systemLatest releasegocryptfs2025CryFS2025securefs2024Rclone2024Discontinued projectsEncFS2018LessFS2013MetFS2012CryptoFS2007Magikfs2006PhoneBookFS2004

Integrated into the Linux kernel eCryptfs Rubberhose filesystem (discontinued) StegFS (discontinued)

Integrated into other UNIXes geli on FreeBSD EFS (Encrypted File System) on AIX

See also Comparison of disk encryption software

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