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Reviewed by Gabriel Bachmann
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Threat level
Covered
A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels
Our take
Estonia-based with client-side encryption, so Cryptee genuinely can’t read your documents, and it handles photos as well as notes, which most rivals don’t. The constraints are real: the free tier is a tight 100MB and the project is small with no public code to inspect, so you’re trusting a closed-ish service more than an audited open one. Good for people who want encrypted documents and private photo storage in one place and are willing to pay past the free tier. Heavy note-takers wanting open code should look at Standard Notes.
GitHub at a glance
cryptee/web-client documentsencryptedencrypted-dataencryptionnotesphotosprivacyprivacy-tools
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Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
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1 contributor since Jun 2018
Languages
- JavaScript 71.3%
- CSS 15.4%
- Kit 12.6%
- Other 0.7%
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Website at a glance
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B+ score 80
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