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Vault Explorer

Encrypted container explorer: VeraCrypt, LUKS, BitLocker, Cryptomator, gocryptfs.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

Vault Explorer is a file encryption mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: Markdown support.

File formats mentioned: PDF, HTML, ZIP and RAR.

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
  • “Encrypted container explorer: VeraCrypt, LUKS, BitLocker, Cryptomator, gocryptfs” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Built-in viewers and editors for photos, video/audio, PDF, HTML, Markdown, and text/code, plus an image editor and archive browser (ZIP, 7-Zip, RAR, TAR and more)” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of Vault Explorer is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

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 advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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