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24 alternatives to Creds – manage API keys with GPG on the command line

[DEPRECATED] Simple local encrypted credential management with GPG 🔐 - joemiller/creds

Creds is a deprecated command-line tool for managing API keys and credentials using GPG encryption. It provides local encrypted storage of sensitive information on a user's machine. The tool is designed for developers… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Creds – manage API keys with GPG on the command line launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Manage passwords with GPG▲93

   Manage secrets with Bash and GnuPG symmetric encryption - drduh/pwd.sh

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   GPG on macOS and YubiKey▲150

   ## Auto-archived due to inactivity. ## YubiKey at Datadog - DataDog/yubikey

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Passbox – Another password manager using Bash and GPG▲41

   Simple command line password manager using a flat file as a database and GPG encryption - mrbalihai/passbox

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Cred▲97

   OAuth credential delegation for AI agents

   Apr 2026 · cred.ninja · its alternatives →

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   EnvKey – securely manage API keys, credentials, and config▲116

   2017 · envkey.com · its alternatives →

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   Credstash – A tiny python utility for managing secrets in EC2▲69

   Taken Over By Shad0w For Responsible Disclosure [No Malicious Content Here] - LuminalOSS/credstash

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Securely Handle Encryption Keys in Go▲119

   Software sandbox for storage of sensitive information in memory. - awnumar/memguard

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Send encrypted secrets from the command line▲117

   2019 · fluidkeys.com · its alternatives →

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   1Password Developer Tools▲105

   Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets

   2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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    GpgFrontend▲87

    Take the initiative to protect privacy in your own hands

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Crypt – Secure Configuration Storage in Etcd or Consul▲69

    Crypt : Store and retrieve encrypted configuration parameters from etcd or consul

    2014 · xordataexchange.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Encrypted end-to-end file transfer▲33

    Encrypted end to end file transfer. Contribute to abemassry/wsend-gpg development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cryptic – A sensible secret management toolkit and Go library▲93

    A sensible secret management toolkit (and Go library) for admins and programmers - domodwyer/cryptic

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    gpgsend.com - encrypted emails from your browser.▲26

    2011 · gpgsend.com · its alternatives →

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    1Password CLI 2.0▲90

    Manage secrets in your terminal with biometric unlock.

    2022 · 1password.dev · its alternatives →

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    Encrypt your home-lab server disks using AWS Key Management Service▲39

    Encrypt your on-premise server disks and save the keys in the cloud securely - randomvariable/kms-cryptsetup

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A password manager using Keybase for encryption and storage▲172

    A secret manager backed by Keybase and KBFS. Contribute to kbsecret/kbsecret development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Go Library for Better Access Control▲158

    A SDK for access control policies: authorization for the microservice and IoT age. Inspired by AWS IAM policies. Written for Go. - ory/ladon

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GPG emails for everyone, from everywhere – open sourced▲84

    2014 · kinko.me · its alternatives →

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    Enc – A modern and friendly CLI alternative to GnuPG▲90

    Enc is a CLI tool for encryption, a modern and friendly alternative to GnuPG. It is easy to use, secure by default and can encrypt and decrypt files using password or encryption keys, manage and download keys, and sign data. Our goal was to make encryption available to all engineers without the need to learn a lot of new words, concepts, and commands. It is the most beginner-friendly CLI tool for encryption, and keeping it that way is our top priority.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    EnvKey▲79

    Protect api keys and credentials. Keep config in sync.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    masterkey – secure interactive password manager using Go and NACL▲47

    Contribute to johnathanhowell/masterkey development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Git credential helper using OAuth in browser▲73

    I authenticate to many Git hosts from many machines and got tired of generating and copying personal access tokens. With credential helper git-credential-oauth, there are no personal access tokens or SSH keys to configure. Instead you authenticate in browser using OAuth. Git Credential Manager (included with Git for Windows) has a similar feature but it's awkward for Linux users to install. git-credential-oauth is cross platform and packaged in many Linux distributions.

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    SecretCrypt – Keeping secrets in plain sight▲75

    2016 · zemanta.github.io · its alternatives →

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