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Commerce · June 18, 2017

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Passmgr – Securely store passphrases and retrieve them via commandline

Passmgr is a simple password manager which allows to securely store passphrases and retrieve them via commandline.

Passmgr – Securely store passphrases and retrieve them via commandline launched on June 18, 2017 with 94 votes, #494 of 3,107 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.

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In plain words

Passmgr is a command-line password manager that securely stores and retrieves passphrases. It is designed for users who prefer managing credentials through terminal commands. The tool includes an auto-timeout feature that closes the application after a specified period of inactivity, and supports changing the master key for added security.

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The Go module system was introduced in Go 1.11 and is the official dependency management solution for Go. Redistributable licenses place minimal restrictions on how software can be used, modified, and redistributed. Modules with tagged versions give importers more predictable builds. When a project reaches major version v1 it is considered stable. Passmgr is a simple password manager which allows to securely store passphrases and retrieve them via commandline. In its default mode (no arguments), passmgr allows to select stored passphrases which are then copied to the clipboard for a limited amount of time in order to be pasted into a passphrase field. After this time, the clipboard is…from godoc.org

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