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

Filesystem in UserspaceFUSE-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