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Say that Fractum splits the AES key, not the file (#49) (#36)
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# Fractum
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**Split any sensitive file into encrypted shares** and reconstruct it only when enough shares are pooled → fully offline, no cloud, no single point of failure.
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**Encrypt any sensitive file, then split its encryption key into shares** so the file only comes back when enough shares are pooled → fully offline, no cloud, no single point of failure.
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Designed for **long-term cold storage** of critical secrets: recovery credentials, exports of database & password managers, family photos, legal documents, crypto seed phrases.
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![Fractum splits a file into N encrypted shares, K of which reconstruct it](assets/images/encrypt-overview.png)
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![Fractum encrypts a file and splits its AES key into N shares, K of which recover the key](assets/images/encrypt-overview.png)
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**When to use it:**
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--threshold 3 --shares 5 --label "bitwarden-backup"
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![Fractum splits a file into N encrypted shares, K of which reconstruct it](assets/images/encrypt-example.png)
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![Fractum encrypts a file and splits its AES key into N shares, K of which recover the key](assets/images/encrypt-example.png)
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## Decrypt:
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fractum -i # interactive mode — guided menu, no flags needed
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fractum --version # print the version
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# Encrypt: split FILE into N shares, K of which are needed to recover it
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# Encrypt: encrypt FILE, split its key into N shares, K of which are needed to recover it
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fractum encrypt FILE -t <threshold> -n <shares> [OPTIONS]
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-t, --threshold <int> shares required to reconstruct (required)
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-n, --shares <int> total shares to generate (required)

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