Software · Security & privacy
NiceVault
Portable encrypted volumes in a single file. Carry them on a USB stick, open them on Linux, Windows or macOS.
- Completely free
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS
- Open source
- No account
Overview
NiceVault is a file encryption program, available on Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS.
Features described in its GitHub repository and on its official website: data encryption, data import and export, two-factor authentication, KeePass format compatibility.
Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.
Excerpts that establish this information
- “Free, open source encrypted vault: your files in one .nvault file you can copy, back up or carry on a USB stick.” — official website, 10 November 2026
- “Free, open source encrypted vault: your files in one .nvault file you can copy, back up or carry on a USB stick.” — official website, 10 November 2026
- “Import and export run as background jobs with progress and cancel.” — official website, 10 November 2026
- “Logins with notes and custom fields, TOTP codes, a generator, and a clipboard that clears itself.” — official website, 10 November 2026
- “Import from Bitwarden, KeePass and CSV exports.” — official website, 10 November 2026
At a glance
NiceVault is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.
Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.
Strengths
- Open source code
- No account needed
- Commercial use allowed
Sources and checks
- Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) —
- Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
- Last technical check: 6 November 2026
- Description from github.com — Dépôt GitHub maxib0n/NiceVault (GPL-3.0-only)
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