Secs-man, a secrets manager you can (not) rely on
This is a tool to manage encrypted local backups of secrets. The core idea is that it aims to be usable without depending on it, meaning that even if the software disappeared from the face of Earth tomorrow, your data would still be recoverable. It also integrates nicely with NixOS (which is what I use, though it does not require NixOS to be used). I have summed up a bit of explanation and some answers to reasonable questions in a blog post: https://baldino.dev/blog/secs-man/
Secs-man, a secrets manager you can (not) rely on launched on June 25, 2026 with 31 votes, #734 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Secs-man is a secrets manager that stores encrypted backups locally and prioritizes user independence. Unlike traditional secrets managers, it's designed so users can recover their data even if the software is no longer maintained. It works on any system and offers special integration with NixOS. The tool emphasizes avoiding vendor lock-in through accessible data formats and recovery methods.
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From the sources
A command-line tool for securely backing up, restoring, and verifying secrets using interoperable standards like age encryption and coreutils, ensuring long-term accessibility without vendor lock-in - Fran314/secrets-manager-rs
secs-man is a tool for managing backups of secrets with tool-independence in mind: if you encrypt your secrets with this software, you should be able to decrypt and restore them without this software. Even if secs-man disappears from the face of the Earth, your data is still accessible. secs-man can be used to manage secrets of local and remote machines, and is ideal for creating local-only backups for data that is too sensitive to be backed up somewhere in the cloud. You should not depend on any specific software for backing-up your extremely important data. Any software that forces you to remain in its ecosystem after use (such as: "if you encrypt it with this software, you can only…from github.com
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