Secure Media Folders

Overview

secure-media-folders is a GUI-based, cross-platform personal utility tool designed to help users encrypt and decrypt media folders (and nested subfolders) using password-based encryption. It is intended to secure your images and videos without compressing them. Users only need to remember the password used for encryption to decrypt the folders.

This project is perfect for general users seeking privacy, as well as for senior engineers and architects reviewing a lightweight, secure, personal utility.

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Key Features

• 🖥️ GUI-based Interface: User-friendly graphical interface for easy folder selection
• 🔒 Secure Folder Encryption: Protect your images and videos using strong encryption
• 📁 Recursive Nested Folder Support: Automatically encrypts/decrypts all subfolders
• 🔑 Password-only Decryption: No keys or files needed — just remember your password
• 🚫 Non-compression of Media: Media files remain in their original format and size
• 💻 Cross-Platform: Available builds for Windows (.exe), Debian (.deb), and RHEL (.rpm)
• 📦 Releases Available: Pre-built releases can be found here

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Installation & Setup

1. Download Pre-built Builds

• Windows: .exe file
• Debian: .deb package
• RHEL/CentOS: .rpm package

Releases available here: Releases Page

2. Optional: Install from Source

git clone https://github.com/bitactro/secure-media-folders.git
cd secure-media-folders

# Create virtual environment
python -m venv venv

# Activate virtual environment
# Windows
venv\Scripts\activate
# macOS/Linux
source venv/bin/activate

# Install dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt

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Usage

Launch GUI

• Windows: Double-click the .exe file from the release build
• Debian/RHEL/Linux: Launch the GUI from your applications menu or via terminal command (if installed from .deb/.rpm)

Encrypt a Folder

1. Open the application
2. Select the folder you want to encrypt
3. Enter a password
4. Click Encrypt

Decrypt a Folder

1. Open the application
2. Select the encrypted folder
3. Enter the password used for encryption
4. Click Decrypt

Notes

• Ensure you remember your password; encrypted folders cannot be recovered without it
• The tool does not compress media files, preserving original quality

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Architecture Diagram

[User Folder] --> [GUI Application Encryption] --> [Encrypted Folder]
[Encrypted Folder] --> [GUI Application Decryption] --> [Original Folder]

• Input Folder: Your media folder with images/videos
• GUI App: Handles encryption and decryption recursively
• Output Folder: Encrypted or decrypted version of the folder

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Roadmap / Future Improvements

• 🌐 Enhance GUI with drag-and-drop support
• 📱 Mobile app support for Android/iOS
• ☁️ Cloud storage integration (e.g., Google Drive, Dropbox)
• 🔐 Multi-user encryption support

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License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Ankit Mishra

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SOFTWARE.

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Author

Ankit Mishra Personal Utility App Developer • Open Source Contributor