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File encryption for designers: sealing source files and client work
Designers hold source files clients paid for and unreleased work clients haven't seen yet. Elba is a one-file, offline fence around either.
Formats are agnostic
.psd, .ai, .sketch, .fig exports, .indd — Elba seals a folder, not a file type. Anything in the folder is sealed together.
Handover without cloud
Send a client the sealed folder and share the password through a separate channel. They open it with the same free Elba download you used to make it.
Questions people actually ask
- Does Elba integrate with Figma?
- No — Figma is cloud-native. Elba is for the offline artifacts you keep on your own machine.
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Elba is one HTML file. It runs locally in a Chromium browser, seals a folder with AES-256-GCM, never phones home, and becomes open source on 1 January 2030.
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