Rooster is a command-line password manager that concentrates on doing a few things well. It provides a straightforward way to manage login credentials without the complexity of a large password management suite.
The application is designed for people who prefer working in a terminal. It operates entirely offline, avoiding the need for a remote account or external service. Rooster deliberately limits the information it maintains to usernames and passwords associated with individual applications or services.
Rooster uses established cryptographic algorithms to protect stored credentials. Its relatively small scope makes it an interesting option for users who want a conventional password vault without browser integration or additional services.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Stores credentials in a single encrypted local file, normally located at ~/.passwords.rooster.
- Uses AES-256-CBC for encryption, HMAC-SHA512 for authentication and scrypt for password-based key derivation.
- Allows users to adjust the scrypt parameters to increase the computational cost of deriving encryption keys.
- Provides commands for adding, retrieving, changing, renaming and deleting stored credentials.
- Generates random passwords with configurable lengths and an option to restrict characters to letters and numbers.
- Supports searching for credentials by application or service name, including fuzzy matching.
- Can copy passwords to the system clipboard rather than displaying them directly in the terminal.
- Supports importing and exporting credentials in JSON and CSV formats, together with importing a legacy 1Password CSV layout.
- Provides facilities for changing the master password protecting the encrypted vault.
- Includes functionality for identifying potentially weak passwords.
- Allows the password file location to be customised using the ROOSTER_FILE environment variable.
- Cross-platform support – runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Website: github.com/conradkleinespel/rooster
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Developer: Conrad Kleinespel
License: Apache License 2.0
Rooster is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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