# dm-crypt

5 Hacker News commenters recommended dm-crypt and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend dm-crypt as free Linux disk encryption that keeps drives easy to move and mount on other systems.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy to move encrypted drives (2 comments): "my root is encrypted, I move encrypted disks all the time, and have a couple of encrypted external drives. It's trivial." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48169837)) "You are only a passphrase away from mounting that drive in any other system you plug it into." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48169121))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [VeraCrypt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/veracrypt.md): 45 recommend
- [Microsoft BitLocker](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitlocker.md): 45 recommend
- [LUKS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/luks.md): 32 recommend
- [TrueCrypt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/truecrypt.md): 9 recommend
- [FileVault](https://hackerapproved.com/p/filevault.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "dm-crypt", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dm-crypt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).