EncryptPad - secure text editor and binary encryptor

EncryptPad – free and open source, multi-platform minimalist secure text editor and tool for encrypting and decrypting binary files on disk

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Support for symmetric encryption;
You can protect a text file in two ways: using a password and a file key: both individually and together: a combination of a passphrase and a key file;
There is a random file key and password generator;
Key repository in a hidden directory in the user’s home folder;
Path to a key file can be stored in an encrypted file. If enabled, you do not need to specify the key file every time you open files;
You can encrypt binary files (images, videos, archives, etc.);
It is possible to set the “read mode” to prevent accidental modification of the file;
Support for UTF 8 text encoding;
Windows/Unix configurable line endings;
Customisable passphrase generator helps create strong random passphrases;
File format compatible with OpenPGP;
Iterated and salted S2K;
Passphrases are not kept in the memory for reuse, only S2K results;
Supported encryption algorithms: TripleDES, CAST5, AES, AES192, AES256, Camellia128, Camellia192, Camellia256, Twofish;
Supported hashing algorithms: SHA-1, SHA-256, SHA-384, SHA-512, SHA-224;
Integrity protection: SHA-1;
Compression: ZLIB, ZIP, Bzip2;
ASCII armor;
Large multi-gigabyte files are supported;
There is a search and replace;
There is scaling;
You can change the font family, font size, font style, effects (underlined, strikethrough), and writing system;
You can enable/disable word wrap;
Support for keyboard shortcuts.

The software EncryptPad is available for installation on Linux, Windows and macOS.

Installation method	OS
PPA	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
Deb	Ubuntu* 16.04/18.04/19.04/20.04, Linux Mint 18/19, Debian
AppImage	Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, CentOS, elementaryOS, Linux Mint and others
EXE	Windows
DMG	macOS

*Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE), Xubuntu (XFCE), Lubuntu (LXDE)

Install Software via PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install encryptpad encryptcli

Install Software via Deb package

Install Software via AppImage package

Install Software via EXE package on Windows

Install Software via DMG package for macOS

Language Interface:	English, Russian, Deutsch, Spanish, French and others
Description version:	0.5.0.0 Beta
Developer:	Team EncryptPad
Programming language:	C++, Python, Qt
License:	GPL v2
Software website:	evpo.net/encryptpad/default.aspx