Revelation – password manager for the GNOME desktop

Last Updated on July 12, 2021

Revelation is a password manager for the GNOME desktop. It organizes accounts in a tree structure, and stores them as AES-encrypted XML.

This application aims to be user-friendly and HIG-compliant, and is tightly integrated with GNOME. It has several account types which can be grouped in folders, searched, and opened in external applications. It can both test and generate passwords.

Accounts are stored in an encrypted file which can be accessed remotely via SSH, FTP, HTTP, WebDAV, and more. Development of Revelation ceased in 2007.

Features include:

• User-friendly: Drag/drop of entries, unlimited undo/redo, good clipboard usage, HIG-compliant user interface.
• Account search.
• Folders.
• Different account types: credit card, crypto key, database, door lock, email, ftp, generic, phone, shell, and website.
• Built-in password generator.
• Built-in password checker.
• Access remote files via gnome-vfs.
• Export to Figaro’s Password Manager, GPass 0.4.x, GPass 0.5.x, MyPasswordSage, netrc, Password Gorilla, Password Safe 1.x, Password Safe 2.x, Plain text, Revelation LUKS, XHTML / CSS, and XML.
• Import from Figaro’s Password Manager, GPass, MyPasswordSage, netrc, Password Gorilla, Password Safe 1.x, Password Sage 2.x, Revelation LUKS, SplashID CSV, and XML.
• GNOME integrated.

Website: revelation.olasagasti.info
Support: GitHub
Developer: Erik Grinaker
License: GNU GPL v2

Revelation is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.

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