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Security & encryption tools, ranked by value — not ad spend

File encryption, secret management, and vulnerability scanning — small, auditable tools that do one security job correctly.

No paid placement. Ranked by evidence against four principles: transparency, value density, privacy, efficiency. How we rank →
Our pick
age — Simple, modern file encryption 4.8
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1 age
Simple, modern file encryption
 4.8 self-host ~
2 SOPS
Encrypted secrets in git you can diff
 4.8 self-host ~
3 Trivy
All-in-one vulnerability & misconfig scanner
 4.5 self-host ~

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