socat alternatives

Looking for an alternative tool to replace socat? During the review of socat we looked at other open source tools. Based on their category, tags, and text, these are the ones that have the best match.

Top 3

  1. Cryptomator (client-side encryption for cloud services)
  2. OpenSSL (TLS and SSL toolkit)
  3. git-crypt (encrypt sensitive data in Git repositories)

These tools are ranked as the best alternatives to socat.

Alternatives (by score)

100

Cryptomator

Introduction

Cryptomator is a multi-platform tool for transparent client-side encryption of your files. It is used together with cloud services to ensure you are the only one who can access the data.

Project details

Cryptomator is written in Java.

Strengths and weaknesses

  • + More than 10 contributors
  • + More than 2000 GitHub stars
  • + Many releases available

    Typical usage

    • Data encryption

    Cryptomator review

    97

    OpenSSL

    Introduction

    This popular toolkit is used by many systems. It provides options like encryption and hashing of data, integrity testing, and digital certificates and signatures. Many software applications use the toolkit to provide support for these functions. OpenSSL also has a client utility that can be used on the command line to test, decrypt and encrypt data, and create certificates.

    Project details

    OpenSSL is written in C.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + The source code of this software is available
    • + Well-known library
    • - Major vulnerabilities in the past

    Typical usage

    • Certificate management
    • Data encryption

    OpenSSL review

    74

    git-crypt

    Introduction

    This tools allows you to store your secrets (such as keys or passwords) in the same repository as your code.

    Project details

    git-crypt is written in C++.

    Strengths and weaknesses

    • + More than 10 contributors
    • + More than 3000 GitHub stars
    • + The source code of this software is available

      Typical usage

      • Data encryption

      git-crypt review

      60

      jak

      Introduction

      Typically developers may want to store some secrets, like authentication details, in in their repository. With jak this can happen in a slightly more secure way, by encrypting the data.

      Project details

      jak is written in Python.

      Strengths and weaknesses

      • + The source code of this software is available

        Typical usage

        • Data encryption

        jak review

        78

        CIRCLean

        Introduction

        Malware regularly uses USB sticks to infect victims. This solution can convert documents with potentially harmful code into disarmed data formats. This converted data is then stored on a trusted device.

        Project details

        CIRCLean is written in shell script.

        Strengths and weaknesses

        • + The source code of this software is available

          Typical usage

          • Data sanitizing
          • Data transfers

          CIRCLean review

          76

          Bleach

          Introduction

          Bleach is a library for Django that can sanitize HTML by escaping and stripping harmful content. It provides a filter for untrusted content and disarms potential unwanted scripts from the input. This may be useful to apply to data that is transmitted via HTML forms or otherwise.

          Project details

          Bleach is written in Python.

          Strengths and weaknesses

          • + More than 25 contributors
          • + More than 1000 GitHub stars
          • + The source code of this software is available

            Typical usage

            • Data sanitizing

            Bleach review

            64

            CHIRON ELK

            Introduction

            CHIRON is a tool to provide network analytics based on the ELK stack. It is combined with Machine Learning threat detection using the Aktaion framework. Typical usage of the tool is home use and get the visibility of home internet devices. By leveraging the Aktaion framework, it helps with detection threats like ransomware, phishing, or other malicious traffic.

            Project details

            CHIRON ELK is written in Python.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + The source code of this software is available
            • - No releases on GitHub available

            Typical usage

            • Network analysis
            • Network security monitoring
            • Network traffic analysis
            • Threat discovery

            CHIRON ELK review

            64

            Trawler

            Introduction

            Trawler can simplify the work that is related to collecting phishing information like reports. It can process the information and use the information for follow-up steps.

            Project details

            Trawler is written in Python.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + The source code of this software is available
            • - No releases on GitHub available

            Typical usage

            • Data collection
            • Phishing attacks

            Trawler review

            70

            Xplico

            Introduction

            With Xplico analysis can be performed on captured internet traffic. The data stored in a pcap file can then be displayed and the related protocol data can be extracted from the capture file. This may include emails, HTTP sessions, VoIP calls, or anything that can be recognized and stored.

            Project details

            97

            OnionShare

            Introduction

            This tool is useful for sharing sensitive data, including information to be shared with journalists where you rather stay anonymously. It can also be helpful for sharing bigger amounts of data, without having to use a typical cloud service like Dropbox.

            Project details

            OnionShare is written in Python.

            Strengths and weaknesses

            • + More than 50 contributors
            • + More than 2000 GitHub stars
            • + Many releases available
            • + The source code of this software is available

              Typical usage

              • File sharing

              OnionShare review

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