The Gostcrypt project has been launched at the end of 2013 as fork of the (late) Truecrypt project.

Snowden's leaks have made clear more than ever that the massive use of encryption by citizens must become a reality. This is possible only if there is a vast, rich offer of trusted, open source products like Truecrypt, with the strong support of the hacker community. However, at that time we did not foresee the unprecedented upheaval of terrible shock with the recent Truecrypt disappearance.

More than ever we all need more and more projects to replace it. Gostcrypt is one among (we hope) many others.

The variety and richness of encryption solutions is THE solution.