Passline

Password manager for the command line

Description

Passline is a command line-based password management system. Thanks to its simple and minimal usage syntax, Passline enables users to effectively manage various passwords across multiple devices within the terminal. All Passwords are stored AES-256 encrypted and can only be encrypted with a global password. Currently data can be stored localy on your computer or in your own firebase database.

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Highlights

• Multiple storage modules (local, firestore)
• Passwords and recovery codes are AES-256 encryped
• Intuitive and fast command line interface
• Filtering allows fast selection of credentials
• Built-in update functionality

Contents

• Description
• Highlights
• Contents
• Install
• Usage
• Configuration
• Before Flight
• Development
• Team
• License

Install

Binary

1. Download the latest release for your platform.
2. Copy the binary to your /bin folder or point the path environment variable to it.

Snapcraft

snap install passline
snap alias passline pl # set alias

Note: Due to the Snapcraft's strictly confined nature, both storage & configuration files will be saved under the $SNAP_USER_DATA environment variable instead of the generic $HOME one.

Usage

> passline --help
NAME:
   Passline - Password manager

USAGE:
   passline [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   1.5.4

DESCRIPTION:
   Password manager for the command line

COMMANDS:
   add, a       Adds an existing password for a website
   backup, b    Creates a backup
   delete, d    Deletes an item
   edit, e      Edits an item
   generate, g  Generates a password for an website
   list, ls     Lists all websites/passwords
   password, p  Changes master password
   restore, r   Restores a backup
   update, u    Updates to the latest release
   help, h      Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --print, -p   Displays password on the terminal (default: false)
   --help, -h     Shows help (default: false)
   --version, -v  Prints the version (default: false)

WEBSITE:
   https://github.com/perryrh0dan/passline

Configuration

To configure passline open to the ~/.passline/config.json file and modify any of the options to match your own preferences. To reset to the default values, simply delete the config file.

The following illustrates all the available options with their respective default values.

{
 "Storage": "firestore",
 "AutoClip": true,
 "Notifications": true,
 "QuickSelect": true,
 "DefaultUsername": "[email protected]",
 "DefaultCategory": "*"
}

Storage

Storage module. Currently there are two modules local and firestore

AutoClip

Always copy the password to the clipboard

Notifications

Display notifications

QuickSelect

Copy username to clipboard

DefaultUsername

Default username to suggest

DefaultCategory

If this is set to something else then "*" only this category will be used to suggest items. This can be overwritten by the --category option.

Before flight

When you want to use the local storage module there is no further configuration need. When you want to use the firestore module follow this steps:

Setup Firestore

1. Create a new Project on the google cloud platform.
2. Create a new service account for this project.
3. Download the authorization.json file and insert it in the ~/.passline directory with the name firestore.json.

or follow this instruction page.

Development

Linter

golangci-lint VS-Code settings

"go.lintTool":"golangci-lint",
"go.lintFlags": [
  "--fast"
]

Build

GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build

Test

go test ./...

Icon

Icon is stored under notify/icon.go in dec. Use this tool to easy convert file to hex and then to dec.

Team

• Thomas Pöhlmann (@perryrh0dan)

License

MIT

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