Documentation & support

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The primary source of usage information for EncFS is in the form of basic man pages. However, you’ll also find detailed tutorials littered across the web. AES Crypt is a little better in that the project’s website has basic usage information for both the graphical and the CLI versions of the program. There’s also a link to download the more detailed User Guide in PDF format.

KGpg has a detailed user manual and you’ll also find some tips and tricks in its page on the KDE UserBase wiki. You can ask for help on the KDE Community forums as well as on the kde-utils IRC channel. You can also post version-specific queries in your distribution’s support infrastructure.

zuluCrypt’s help infrastructure covers all the basics. The Help menu informs users about the importance of backing up volume headers. It also has a user guide that covers usage and also explains the pros and cons of the various supported volume types. The wiki on the project’s Github has howtos on the CLI versions of the zuluCrypt and the zuluMount tools as well as a FAQ. Although it doesn’t have a forum board of its own, its developer is quite vocal and active on other popular forum boards. VeraCrypt wins by featuring an illustrated tutorial for beginners as well as a detailed user guide that explains various things about the program’s functionalities. There’s also an in-depth FAQ and you can seek help on the official forums.