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contribute, it is moving a new home on Github. So if you're interested in
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EncFS, please dive in!
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EncFS still has a few unique features that may be interesing to you:
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## Unique Features
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* `--reverse` mode: Provides an encrypted view of an unencrypted folder.
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This enables encrypted remote backups using standard tools like
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rsync.
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* EncFS is typically faster than ecryptfs for stat()-heavy workloads
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when the backing device is a classical hard disk.
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This is because ecryptfs has to to read each file header to determine
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the file size - EncFS does not. This is one additional seek for each
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stat. On SSDs that have virtually no seek time, that difference may
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disappear.
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* EncFS works on network file systems (NFS, CIFS...), while ecryptfs
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is known to still have [problems][1].
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EncFS has a few features still not found anywhere else (as of Dec 2014)
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that may be interesing to you:
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### Reverse mode
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`encfs --reverse` provides an encrypted view of an unencrypted folder.
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This enables encrypted remote backups using standard tools like rsync.
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### Fast on classical HDDs
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EncFS is typically *much* faster than ecryptfs for stat()-heavy workloads
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when the backing device is a classical hard disk.
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This is because ecryptfs has to to read each file header to determine
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the file size - EncFS does not. This is one additional seek for each
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stat.
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See [PERFORMANCE.md](PERFORMANCE.md) for detailed benchmarks on
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HDD, SSD and ramdisk.
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### Works on top of network filesystems
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EncFS works on network file systems (NFS, CIFS...), while ecryptfs
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is known to still have [problems][1].
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## GitHub Transition
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