Title: encfs is unmaintained
Author: Viorel Munteanu <ceamac@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2025-09-16
Revision: 2
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sys-fs/encfs is effectively unmaintained upstream.  Old archives are already
hard to read without it crashing [1], and no new bugfixes are expected.
Chances are data will become unreadable sooner than later.

Upstream recommends migrating to newer alternatives, like
app-crypt/gocryptfs [2].

Since migrating large quantities of data can take time, please consider
migrating everything while it's still possible.

Note: app-crypt/gocryptfs is better than encfs when used with local
storage, but it may be extremly slow over sshfs or CIFS [3].  A faster
alternative in such a case would be gocryptfs over rclone mount, or
using rclone crypt directly.

[1] https://github.com/vgough/encfs/issues/651
[2] https://github.com/vgough/encfs/?tab=readme-ov-file#status
[3] https://github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/issues/764