pass

Standard Unix password manager

low risk

interactive breakdown — edit the command and press Explain

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⚠ Risks & cautions

Passwords in the clipboard can be read by other apps.
Back up your GPG key.

What it does

Password store backed by gpg and git. See the flags and examples below, and run `man pass` for the full reference.

Examples

pass show email/workShow a password · explain & risk-check →

pass -c email/workCopy to the clipboard (cleared after 45 s) · explain & risk-check →

Related

Open the full explainer →More in Users, Permissions & Security

Reference text is hand-written and may be incomplete — check man pass for your version. Test destructive commands on a non-production system first.