pass
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The facts
Each one read from pass's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Clients
- The community list includes Android and iOS apps, a Windows client, browser plugins, and GUI clients.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Clipboard
- It can copy a password to the clipboard and restore the clipboard after 45 seconds by default.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Community clients
- The site lists community clients for Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS, plus Firefox and Chrome extensions.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The site lists packages for Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora/RHEL, openSUSE, Gentoo, Arch, macOS via Homebrew, and FreeBSD.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Extensions
- Community extensions include password importing, password updating, OTP tokens, and a Windows clipboard plugin.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Flexible data
- Entries are plain text after decryption and can contain arbitrary data, including usernames, URLs, PINs, and metadata.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Git synchronization
- When the password store is a Git repository, changes are committed and users can synchronize with Git push and pull.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- The project is licensed under GPLv2+.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License and author
- The site credits Jason A. Donenfeld as the author and states that pass is licensed under GPLv2 or later.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Maintainer
- The site credits Jason A. Donenfeld as the author and says contributions can be sent as Git-formatted patches via the mailing list.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Organization
- Entries are flat text files that can contain arbitrary data, and users choose their own organization scheme.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Other downloads
- The site also lists installation through Homebrew on Macintosh, FreeBSD packages, a tarball, and the Git repository.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Password actions
- The command provides operations to add, remove, edit, generate, and retrieve passwords.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Password generation
- It generates passwords using /dev/urandom and can omit non-alphanumeric characters.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Password management
- The command-line tool can add, edit, generate, retrieve, and remove passwords.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Password storage
- Each password is stored in a GPG-encrypted file under ~/.password-store, organized in folders named for websites or resources.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release
- The site identifies version 1.7.4 as the latest version.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Secure sharing
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
- Support and community
- The site recommends contributing through the mailing list with Git-formatted patches and says discussion is available on Libera.Chat in #pass.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Synchronization
- When the store is a Git repository, pass can synchronize it using git push and git pull.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Linux availability
- The download page lists installation instructions for Ubuntu/Debian, Fedora/RHEL, openSUSE, Gentoo, and Arch.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOSchecked 16 Sep 2026
The company
- Team keys
- Multiple GPG keys can be specified, and different folders can use different keys.checked 12 Oct 2026
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