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Command-Line Password Safe 🔐︎
https://github.com/janlelis/pws

aes-256 cli-command encrypted-store password-generator password-manager pbkdf2 ruby ruby-cli

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Command-Line Password Safe 🔐︎

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**pws** is a command-line password safe/manager written in Ruby using [AES-256-CBC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard) and [PBKDF2](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2).



2023 Notice!

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Although the gem works well and as described, its cryptographic foundations have not been updated since 10 years ago and might not reflect current best practices.



Usage

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[![Screenshot](https://ruby.janlelis.de/pws-example.png)](https://ruby.janlelis.de/60-pws-the-ruby-powered-command-line-password-manager)



Setup

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Make sure your computer has Ruby installed.



You can then install *pws* with: `$ gem install pws`



Run `$ pws --help` for usage information.



If you use pws on Linux, you will need to have `xsel` or `xclip` installed (for the clipboard to work).



Tips & Troubleshooting

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### How to use a .pws file in the current working directory

Besides using the `--filename path/to/safe` option, you can shortly call `pws --cwd` for using a `.pws` file in the current directory.



Check the `.pws` into version control and you have a great way to share a project's passwords within your team.



### OpenSSL 1.0

You should use a Ruby that was built with bindings to an openssl version >= 1.0 or pws will fall back to a Ruby-only version of the PBKDF2 function, which is much slower. If using openssl 1.0 is not possible for you, you can work around that issue by using the `--iterations` option with a value below 75\_000 (see help). If you have problems using openssl 1.0 with your Ruby, please look for a solution in [this issue](https://github.com/janlelis/pws/issues/7).



### Updating from pws 0.9

The 0.9 password files are not compatible with the 1.0 version of pws, however, you can convert your safe with:

`$ pws resave --in 0.9 --out 1.0`



### Reading the source

Trust the code by reading the source! It's originally based on [this tutorial](https://ruby.janlelis.de/41-tutorial-build-your-own-password-safe-with-ruby). You might want to start reading in the [0.9.2 tag](https://github.com/janlelis/pws/tree/0.9.2), because it's got less features and therefore is less code.



Projects built on top of PWS

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* [pws-otp](https://github.com/janlelis/pws-otp) Experimental OTP support for 2FA

* [pwsqr](https://github.com/smileart/pwsqr) Simple QR interface to pws gem. Helps to use your passwords on a smartphone.

* [aws-pws](https://github.com/fancyremarker/aws-pws) A password-protected CredentialProvider for AWS

* [omnivault](https://github.com/aptible/omnivault) Multi-platform keychain functionality



Blog Articles

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* [Packaging ruby programs in NixOS](http://blog.arkency.com/2016/04/packaging-ruby-programs-in-nixos/) using PWS as example



Contributors

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* [namelessjon](https://github.com/namelessjon/)

* [brianewing](https://github.com/brianewing/)

* [dquimper](https://github.com/dquimper/)

* [grapz](https://github.com/grapz/)

* [thecatwasnot](https://github.com/thecatwasnot/) (cucumber specs loosely based on [these](https://github.com/thecatwasnot/passwordsafe/blob/master/features/))

* [terabyte](https://github.com/terabyte)

* [alex0112](https://github.com/alex0112)



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