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agecrypt

A GUI for age encryption

Published30 Oct 2024

Direct dependencies2

Transitive dependenciesNot calculated

README

Version 1.0.0 documentation

The age logo, an wireframe of St. Peters dome in Rome, with the text: age, file encryption

This is a cross-platform GUI for the file encryption tool age. This program wraps the age , and uses python's Subprocess library functions to securely call age commands. The UI is built on top of Flet.

The format specification is at age-encryption.org/v1. To discuss the spec or other age related topics, please email the mailing list at age-dev@googlegroups.com. age was designed by @Benjojo12 and @FiloSottile. .

Installation & Compilation

Option 1: Install from PyPI (Recommended)

pip install agecrypt

After installation, you can run the program by typing:

agecrypt

Option 2: Run from source

Download and extract the archive or clone the repository
Install the required dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

Run the program

python -m agecrypt

Option 3: Compile from source

Download and extract the source archive
Install build requirements:

pip install build wheel

Build the package:

python -m build

Install the resulting wheel file:

pip install dist/agecrypt-1.0.0-py3-none-any.whl

After installation, run the program by typing:

agecrypt

Use

To generate a new identity, click the Generate X25519 key pair radio option, and Select Output File

To encrypt a file, click the Encrypt radio option, choose to armor the output or not. Select the input + output files, recipient keys or recipient file(s) or identity file(s) and hit Execute

To decrypt an .age file after selection Decrypt, select input file using Select Input and specify the passphrase or identity file.

To encrypt to multiple recipients, specify a recipient text file with one recipient on each line. To encrypt to a single recipient, you can paste it directly in the Recipient Keys text field.

Compilation instructions

Install Rust, open winage, and run cargo build --release.
Install and open Visual Studio 2019. Go to Extensions > Manage Extensions and install Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Projects. Open the winage\winage\age.sln Solution, select Release, x64, and build.

Restrictions

All features supported by age work (No restrictions)

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Declared dependencies 2

Native requirements

2 direct targetsNot calculated transitive count

Package / target	Requirement	Relationship
flet Environment { "extras": "", "marker": null, "requires_python": ">=3.7", "evaluation": "NOT_EVALUATED" }	`flet>=0.21.0`	runtime
pexpect Environment { "extras": "", "marker": null, "requires_python": ">=3.7", "evaluation": "NOT_EVALUATED" }	`pexpect>=4.8.0`	runtime