List of cryptographic file systems

This is a list of filesystems with support for filesystem-level encryption. Not to be confused with full-disk encryption.

General-purpose filesystems with encryption

• AdvFS on Digital Tru64 UNIX
• Novell Storage Services on Novell NetWare and Linux
• NTFS with Encrypting File System (EFS) for Microsoft Windows
• OpenZFS open source, in illumos, and from 2020 unified on Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OSv
• ZFS proprietary, for Oracle Solaris, since Pool Version 30
• Ext4, added in Linux kernel 4.1 in June 2015
• F2FS, added in Linux kernel 4.2
• UBIFS, added in Linux kernel 4.10
• CephFS, added in Linux kernel 6.6
• bcachefs (experimental), added in Linux kernel 6.7
• APFS, macOS High Sierra (10.13) and later.

Cryptographic filesystems

FUSE-based file systems

Integrated into the Linux kernel

• eCryptfs
• Rubberhose filesystem (discontinued)
• StegFS (discontinued)

Integrated into other UNIXes

• geli on FreeBSD
• EFS (Encrypted File System) on AIX

See also

• Comparison of disk encryption software

References