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Git Extensions vs gocryptfs

A side-by-side look at Git Extensions and gocryptfs. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Git Extensions

Git Extensions

Development

Git Extensions is a graphical user interface for managing Git repositories. It helps visualize commits, manage branches, push/pull, resolve merge conflicts, and more through an easy-to-use interface rather than command line.

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gocryptfs

gocryptfs

Security & Privacy

gocryptfs is an open source encrypted overlay filesystem written in Go. It uses AES-256 in ciphertext stealing mode for file encryption,HMAC-SHA512 for integrity checking, and scrypt for password encryption to keep data secured on disk.

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