gopass - stores, retrieves, generates, and synchronizes passwords
securely
gopass [ COMMAND ] [ OPTIONS ]... [
ARGS ]...
gopass is a very simple password store that keeps passwords
inside gpg2(1) encrypted files inside a simple directory tree
residing at ~/.password-store. The gopass utility provides a
series of commands for manipulating the password store, allowing the user to
add, remove, edit, synchronize, generate, and manipulate passwords.
If no COMMAND is specified, COMMAND defaults to either show
or ls, depending on the type of specifier in ARGS. Otherwise COMMAND
must be one of the valid commands listed below.
Several of the commands below rely on or provide additional
functionality if the password store directory is also a git repository. If
the password store directory is a git repository, all password store
modification commands will cause a corresponding git commit.
git(1).
The init command must be run before other commands in order
to initialize the password store with the correct gpg key id. Passwords are
encrypting using the gpg key set with init.
There is a corresponding bash completion script for use with tab
completing password names in bash(1).
- init [
--path=path, -p path ] gpg-id...
- Initialize new password storage and use gpg-id for encryption.
Multiple gpg-ids may be specified, in order to encrypt each password with
multiple ids. This command must be run first before a password store can
be used. If the specified gpg-id is different from the key used in
any existing files, these files will be reencrypted to use the new id.
Note that use of gpg-agent(1) is recommended so that the batch
decryption does not require as much user intervention.
- ls
subfolder
- List names of passwords inside the tree at subfolder by using the
tree(1) program. This command is alternatively named
list.
- grep
search-string
- Searches inside each decrypted password file for search-string, and
displays line containing matched string along with filename.
- find
pass-names...
- List names of passwords inside the tree that match pass-names by
using the tree(1) program. This command is alternatively named
search.
- show [ --clip,
-c ] [ --username, -u ] pass-name
- Decrypt and print a password named pass-name. If --username
or -u is specified, do not print the password but insteat attempt
to find the username. If --clip or -c is specified, do not
print the password but instead copy the first line to the clipboard using
xclip(1).
- insert [
--multiline, -m ] [ --force, -f ]
pass-name
- Insert a new password into the password store called pass-name.
This will read the new password from standard in. If --multiline or
-m is specified, an editor will be opened for you to type the
password. Otherwise, only a single line from standard in is read. Prompt
before overwriting an existing password, unless --force or
-f is specified. This command is alternatively named
add.
- edit
pass-name
- Insert a new password or edit an existing password using the default text
editor specified by the environment variable EDITOR or using
editor as a fallback. This mode makes use of temporary files for
editing.
- generate [
--no-symbols, -n ] [ --force, -f ] pass-name
pass-length
- Generate a new password of length pass-length and insert into
pass-name. If --no-symbols or -n is specified, do not
use any non-alphanumeric characters in the generated password. Prompt
before overwriting an existing password, unless --force or
-f is specified.
- rm [ --recursive,
-r ] [ --force, -f ] pass-name
- Remove the password named pass-name from the password store. This
command is alternatively named remove or delete. If
--recursive or -r is specified, delete pass-name recursively
if it is a directory. If --force or -f is specified, do not
interactively prompt before removal.
- mv [ --force,
-f ] old-path new-path
- Renames the password or directory named old-path to
new-path. This command is alternatively named rename. If
--force is specified, silently overwrite new-path if it
exists. If new-path ends in a trailing /, it is always
treated as a directory.
- cp [ --force,
-f ] old-path new-path
- Copies the password or directory named old-path to new-path.
This command is alternatively named copy. If --force is
specified, silently overwrite new-path if it exists. If
new-path ends in a trailing /, it is always treated as a
directory.
- git
git-command-args...
- If the password store is a git repository, pass git-command-args as
arguments to git(1) using the password store as the git repository.
If git-command-args is init, in addition to initializing the
git repository, add the current contents of the password store to the
repository in an initial commit.
- help
- Show usage message.
- version
- Show version information.
- ~/.password-store
- The default password storage directory.
- ~/.password-store/.gpg-id
- Contains the default gpg key identification used for encryption and
decryption. Multiple gpg keys may be specified in this file, one per line.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General
Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.