Gopass: Open-source command-line password manager for teams
Gopass is an open-source command-line password manager that stores GPG-encrypted secrets in git.
Gopass is a free, open-source command-line password manager positioned as a drop-in replacement for pass. By default it encrypts each secret with GPG and keeps the store in a git repository so teams can track changes and sync across machines. Users can switch encryption to age, storage to fossil, or disable versioning with a filesystem store. Private keys stay on the local machine, and the tool needs no network unless the user chooses to sync.
- Gopass is a free command-line replacement for the Unix pass manager.
- Secrets are encrypted with GPG by default and stored in git.
- Encryption can switch to age, and storage to fossil or a plain filesystem.
- It runs offline, including air-gapped machines, on Linux, macOS, Windows, and BSDs.
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Gopass is a free, open-source password manager that stores credentials in an encrypted store and runs from the command line. Its maintainers built it as a drop-in replacement for pass, the standard Unix password manager.
Out of the box, Gopass encrypts each secret with GPG and keeps the store in a git repository. Git gives a team a record of every change and a way to sync one store across laptops and servers. Users who want different tools can switch encryption to age, switch storage to fossil, or drop versioning with the --storage=fs flag.
The tool needs no network connection unless the user wants one, so it also runs on an air-gapped machine, a computer kept off every network.
Private keys never leave your machine. The encryption comes from GnuPG, so a store is only as safe as each user’s handling of their GPG key.
The maintainers point users to Homebrew, MacPorts, Fedora, Arch Linux, Alpine Linux, WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop, and the FreeBSD and OpenBSD ports. Fedora users may first need to enable the daftaupe/gopass Copr repository.
The tool runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and the BSDs, and the maintainers aim for the same user experience on each.
Gopass is available for free on GitHub.
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