VeraCrypt - disk encryption software

VeraCrypt – free and open source, multi-platform disk encryption software

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Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and mounts it as a real disk;
Encrypts an entire partition or storage device such as USB flash drive or hard drive;
Encrypts a partition or drive where Windows is installed (pre-boot authentication);
Encryption is automatic, real-time(on-the-fly) and transparent;
Parallelization and pipelining allow data to be read and written as fast as if the drive was not encrypted;
Encryption can be hardware-accelerated on modern processors;
Provides plausible deniability, in case an adversary forces you to reveal the password: Hidden volume (steganography) and hidden operating system;
More information about the features of VeraCrypt may be found in the documentation.

The software VeraCrypt 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
RPM	openSUSE, Rosa Linux, Mageia, ALT Linux, Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and others
EXE	Windows
DMG	macOS

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

Install Software via PPA repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unit193/encryption
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install veracrypt

Install Software via Deb package

Install Software via RPM 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:	1.24
Developer:	IDRIX
Programming language:	C, C++, Assembler
License:	Apache License 2.0
Software website:	veracrypt.fr