PassTUI

The TUI for pass — the standard Unix password manager.

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About

PassTUI is a terminal UI for pass, the standard Unix password manager. Browse and manage your GPG-encrypted password store without leaving the terminal.

Built With

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Features

• Tree view for browsing your password store
• Real-time search and filter
• Built-in editor to view and edit entries
• Copy password, username, or any line to clipboard
• Create a GPG key and password store from scratch
• Add new password entries
• Sync with a remote Git repository
• Export and import GPG keys

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Getting Started

Installation

Linux

This script handles detection of your distro's package manager and the full setup. If it doesn't cover your case, see the manual steps below.

curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fjmoralesp/passtui/main/scripts/install-linux.sh | sh

Manual installation

Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt install gnupg

CentOS / Fedora

sudo dnf install gnupg2

openSUSE

sudo zypper install gpg2

Gentoo

emerge --ask app-crypt/gnupg

Arch

sudo pacman -Syu gnupg

Configure gpg

1. Create the keyring folder: gpg -k
2. Add GPG terminal detection to your shell config (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc): export GPG_TTY=$(tty)

macOS

macOS doesn't ship with GPG. The following script handles the common setup, but if it doesn't work for your case, see the manual steps below.

curl -LsSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fjmoralesp/passtui/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

Manual installation

1. Install gnupg and pinentry-mac: brew install gnupg pinentry-mac
2. Create the keyring folder: gpg -k
3. Configure pinentry: echo "pinentry-program $(brew --prefix)/bin/pinentry-mac" > "$HOME/.gnupg/gpg-agent.conf"
4. Add GPG terminal detection to your shell config (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc): export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
5. Create a gpg2 binary symlink: ln -s "$(which gpg)" "$(brew --prefix)/bin/gpg2"
6. Restart the GPG agent: gpgconf --kill gpg-agent

Installation without GPG

If you prefer to handle GPG yourself and only install PassTUI, make sure you have the following in place first:

• gpg2
• A pinentry program (e.g., pinentry-curses, pinentry-gtk2, pinentry-mac)

Then install via uv:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
uv tool install --python 3.14 passtui
passtui

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Usage

Create a GPG Store

No password store yet? PassTUI can generate the GPG key and set everything up in one go.

1. Launch PassTUI: passtui
2. Press g to open the Create GPG Store dialog
3. Fill in your name and email
4. Press Enter

A 4096-bit RSA key is generated and the store is initialised at ~/.password-store (or wherever PASSWORD_STORE_DIR points).

Tip: Set PASSWORD_STORE_DIR before launching if you want the store somewhere else.

Add a New Password

1. Press n to open a blank entry in the editor

2. Fill in your details following this format:

   (your password)
   Username: your-username
   Url: https://example.com
   

3. Press Ctrl+S to save

4. Enter the path for the entry when prompted (e.g., email/gmail)

Tip: The first line is always treated as the password — that's what c copies.

View an Existing Password

1. Navigate the tree with j / k (or arrow keys)
2. Expand a folder or decrypt an entry with Enter
3. The decrypted contents appear in the editor panel on the right
4. From there:
   • c — copy password
   • b — copy username
   • y — copy current line
   • i — enter edit mode
   • Ctrl+S — save

Sync with a Git Repository

First time (new store)

1. Press s
2. Enter the remote URL (e.g., git@github.com:user/passwords.git)
3. PassTUI initialises a Git repo, adds the remote, and pushes

Already has Git

1. Press s
2. PassTUI pulls with rebase, then pushes

Note: If your store was cloned from an existing remote, manage the initial Git setup outside PassTUI.

Export a GPG Key

1. Press x to open the Export GPG Key dialog
2. Optionally enter an output path (defaults to ~/passtui/gpg-export.asc)
3. Press Enter

The key is saved as an ASCII-armored .asc file.

Note: The GPG key passphrase will be requested using pinentry. Warning: Keep this file safe — anyone with it and your passphrase can decrypt your passwords.

Import a GPG Key

1. Press z to open the Import GPG Key dialog
2. Enter the path to the .asc file (e.g., ~/passtui/gpg-export.asc)
3. Press Enter

PassTUI imports the key and then locally signs it as fully trusted using one of your existing private keys. If you don't have one yet, PassTUI will create a new key first (you'll be asked for a passphrase using pinentry for it) and use that to sign the imported key.

The trust is local-only (a local signature), so it has no effect outside your machine. Once signed, PassTUI updates .gpg-id and re-encrypts all entries with the imported key.

Note: The local signature is what tells GPG the key is trusted for encryption on this machine. It doesn't certify the key for anyone else.

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Keybindings

Global

Key	Action
/	Focus the search bar
n	Add a new password entry
e	Focus the editor panel
t	Focus the password tree
s	Sync with Git
g	Create a new GPG Store
x	Export GPG key
z	Import GPG key

Password Tree (T panel)

Key	Action
j / ↓	Move cursor down
k / ↑	Move cursor up
h	Scroll left
l	Scroll right
Enter	Expand folder / select entry
c	Copy password to clipboard
b	Copy username to clipboard

Editor (E panel)

Key	Action
i	Enter edit mode
Escape	Cancel / exit edit mode
j	Move cursor down
k	Move cursor up
h	Move cursor left
l	Move cursor right
c	Copy password to clipboard
b	Copy username to clipboard
y	Copy current line to clipboard
Ctrl+S	Save changes

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Roadmap

• Route all passphrase prompts through pinentry for better security
• Config file
• Vi motions for password editor
• Custom keybindings
• Imports
  • 1Password txt or 1pif data
  • KeePass KeepassX XML / CSV data
  • Figaro's Password Manager XML data
  • LastPass CSV data
  • Ked Password Manager data
  • Revelation Password Manager data
  • Password Gorilla data
  • PWSafe data
  • KWallet data
  • Roboform data
  • password-exporter data
  • pwsafe data

See the open issues for a full list of proposed features and known bugs.

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Contributing

Contributions, issues, and pull requests are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup instructions.

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License

Distributed under the GNU General Public License v3. See LICENSE for more information.

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Contact

Francisco Morales — fjmoralesp@outlook.com

Project Link: https://github.com/fjmoralesp/passtui

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