pago is a Go-based command-line password manager for Linux and other Unix-like systems.
It uses a password store format compatible with Passage, keeps changes under Git, and is aimed at users who want a text-based secret manager built around age rather than GPG. The author currently describes the project as beta software.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Encrypts password entries with age using age recipients or SSH public keys.
- Stores identities in an encrypted file and includes an agent to cache them in memory during a session.
- Integrates Git version control for password store changes.
- Includes interactive entry selection with a fuzzy finder.
- Provides an in-terminal multiline editor for editing encrypted data without writing it to disk.
- Supports TOML-formatted entries for storing structured secrets such as usernames, passwords, tokens, and URLs.
- Can generate TOTP codes from
otpauth://data stored in TOML entries. - Supports showing secrets, copying them to the clipboard with automatic timeout clearing, and generating passwords.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Android, and macOS.
Website: github.com/dbohdan/pago
Support:
Developer: D. Bohdan
License: MIT License
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