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# Enchive : encrypted personal archives # Enchive : encrypted personal archives
Enchive is a tool encrypts files to yourself for long-term archival. Enchive is a tool to encrypt files to yourself for long-term archival.
It's intended as a focused, simple alternative to more complex It's a focused, simple alternative to more complex solutions such as
solutions such as GnuPG. This program has no external dependencies and GnuPG or encrypted filesystems. Enchive has no external dependencies
is very easy to build for local use. Portability is emphasized over and is trivial to build for local use. Portability is emphasized over
performance. performance.
Supported platforms: Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows Supported platforms: Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows
The name is a portmanteau of "encrypt" and "archive," pronounced
en'kīv.
Files are secured with ChaCha20, Curve25519, and HMAC-SHA256. Files are secured with ChaCha20, Curve25519, and HMAC-SHA256.
## Usage ## Usage