Password managers protect credentials.
But your sensitive files live elsewhere — unprotected.
Work secrets, personal documents, and shared family files can each live in a separate encrypted folder — each with its own independent password. One compromised password exposes one folder, not everything. A password manager has a single master password: one breach, total exposure.
gocryptfs encrypts each file independently. When you update one document, only that file's ciphertext changes — your cloud client syncs kilobytes, not megabytes. Password managers store everything in a single encrypted binary blob: edit one password and the whole vault re-uploads.
Password managers are designed around credentials — file attachments are a bolted-on feature, capped in size, locked behind their app, and treated as second-class citizens. An encrypted folder is a native filesystem: PDFs, tax returns, certificates, SSH keys, archives — open in any app directly, no import or export required.
1Password and Dashlane charge monthly. Bitwarden's self-hosted path requires a server. MyCryptFS is free forever — a one-time download with no paywalls, no premium tiers, and no feature gates.
iCloud, Dropbox, Synology NAS, S3, or a plain rsync target — you choose where ciphertext lives. Password managers dictate the sync infrastructure. MyCryptFS is agnostic: if your cloud can store a folder, it works.
Password manager vaults are high-value targets — LastPass, Norton, and others have been breached. Your encrypted folder is an independent, low-profile blob of ciphertext with no centralised attack surface.
100 MB scan results, nested project folders, binary blobs, multi-gigabyte archives — no field length limits, no attachment caps, no per-file size restrictions. The folder is as large as your disk allows.
gocryptfs is MIT-licensed and underwent an independent security audit in 2017 — no critical vulnerabilities found. There is no proprietary black box protecting your data, and the cryptography is peer-reviewed and documented.
MyCryptFS encrypts folders on macOS
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