PW - A Password Manager

Pw is a command-line password manager program for GNU/Linux systems. Pw
is designed to be quick and simple to use and it is similar to pass
but with different command-line interface. Each password is stored as
separate encrypted file under user's home directory.

Requirements and Installation

Install the required programs (see below) and copy the pw executable
program somewhere in your system's $PATH, for example in
/usr/local/bin or ~/bin.

• A GNU/Linux system with Bash shell and GNU Coreutils. Normal
  GNU/Linux distributions install these by default.
• GnuPG (gpg): Should be installed by default on GNU/Linux
  systems.
• xsel and pwgen: You probably need to use your package
  manager to install these.

Usage

Usage: pw [options] [--] [arguments]
       pw PATTERN

  The default operation lists all password names that match the PATTERN
  that is given as argument. User is asked to choose one password and
  the first line of the chosen password is then copied to the clipboard
  (see also "-s"). The clipboard is cleared after 15 seconds. Shell
  wildcards *, ? and [] are supported in PATTERN.

Command options

  -l [PATTERN]
        List all password names that match PATTERN (or all passwords if
        PATTERN is not given).

  -a NAME
        Add new password NAME and edit it with the default text editor
        ($EDITOR).

  -e PATTERN
        Edit an existing password with the default text editor
        ($EDITOR). First list all password names that match PATTERN.
        Then ask user to choose one password to be edited.

  -g NAME [LENGTH]
        Generate and store a random password named NAME. The optional
        LENGTH argument sets the password length (default 16). The
        password is also copied to the clipboard for 15 seconds (see
        also "-s").

  -d NAME
        Delete password NAME.

  -r OLD NEW
        Rename password from OLD name to NEW name.

  -i KEY
        Initialize the password storage to be used with KEY. The KEY
        argument can be any valid reference to a gpg key in the default
        public keyring. You can use this option again later to change
        the KEY and reencrypt all password files for the new key.

  -h    Print this help text.

Other options

  -s    Show password. Instead of copying password to the clipboard
        print it to the stardard output.

  -f    Force overwrite existing password. Don't ask for confirmation.

The Source Code Repository

GitHub repository: https://github.com/tlikonen/pw

Copyright and License

Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi> (web,
PGP)

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.

The license text: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html