# Cryptic > [!CAUTION] > 1.0.0 is a breaking change and will not decrypt your existing files A simple encryption/decryption application. You can use this to encrypt and decrypt files using a password ## Installation Simply install cryptic through cargo ``` cargo install cryptic ``` ## Usage What better way to get usage information for the application than running ``` cryptic help ``` The main functionality of the application is ```cryptic encrypt``` and ```cryptic decrypt```. Through these, you can encrypt and decrypt files using a password.