pass is a command-line password manager that uses ordinary Unix tools to store and retrieve credentials. It avoids a conventional database, keeping passwords in a directory structure where each secret is encrypted separately using GnuPG.
The application is particularly attractive to users who want a simple, transparent approach to password management. A password store can be copied, backed up or synchronised using familiar tools, and users retain control over its contents.
Although pass has a small core, it can be extended for different workflows. There are community utilities for importing passwords, generating authentication codes and integrating password retrieval with other applications.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Stores individual credentials as GPG-encrypted files inside a directory tree, normally located at ~/.password-store.
- Allows entries to contain usernames, website addresses, PINs and other information alongside passwords.
- Supports encrypting passwords for multiple GPG recipients, allowing selected credentials to be shared.
- Generates random passwords, with controls for password length and the inclusion of special characters.
- Copies passwords to the clipboard and automatically clears them after a configurable interval.
- Provides commands for inserting, editing, renaming, copying and removing stored credentials.
- Integrates with Git for tracking changes, recovering earlier credentials and synchronising stores between computers.
- Supports shell completion for password paths and commands.
- Offers extensions for additional functionality, including one-time password generation through pass-otp.
- Can work with password import tools and menu-based frontends such as passfzf.
Website: www.passwordstore.org
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Developer: Jason A. Donenfeld
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
1gpg2 is the OpenPGP part of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG). It is a tool to provide digital encryption and signing services using the OpenPGP standard. GnuPG implements many of the optional parts of the standard, such as the SHA-512 hash, and the ZLIB and BZIP2 compression algorithms.
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|---|---|
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| passfzf | Simple fzf wrapper for pass |
| oxipass-tui | Terminal-based manager for securely storing encrypted passwords |
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