Software · Security & privacy

VeraCrypt

Open source disk encryption: encrypted containers, partitions and system drives.

Completely free
Windows, macOS and Linux
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Automatic reading of the official pages
License: Apache-2.0 — Open source (permissive)confirmed by Comptoir du Libre
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms)
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: not documented
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Unspecified source · macOS: Unspecified source · Windows: Unspecified source
Source code: veracrypt.fr/code/VeraCrypt

Overview

VeraCrypt is a file encryption program, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

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

“VeraCrypt is free open-source disk encryption software for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

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

Its licence (Apache-2.0) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

Strengths

Open source code
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Unspecified source (platforms) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 8 November 2026
Facts collected from Automatic reading of the official pages (free status) — 6 November 2026
Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from veracrypt.fr — Résumé éditorial LicitPro

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