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Sometimes you don't want minimalist- you want to quickly find and visualise things. What I'd love is a Tui "curses" interface to keepassdb with quick vim like

Sometimes you don't want minimalist- you want to quickly find and visualise things. What I'd love is a Tui "curses" interface to keepassdb with quick vim like navigation. GUI is both too heavy and not too keyboard friendly. In fact, unless there's a specific (and specified) reason, all password managers should be based on the somewhat de facto standard of keepassdb

blackfawn 7y ago
It's not a TUI but I have used kpcli (http://kpcli.sourceforge.net/ http://kpcli.sourceforge.net/) as a method to access keepass databases over SSH and text interfaces. I've thought about building a more TUI-based option but have yet to get around to it.
- nerdponx 7y ago
  Is this still being maintained? It's a great idea but the Keepass database format has been evolving (we're on version 4.x now) and I don't want to use unmaintained software to manage my passwords.
ultrafilter 7y ago
If I have a keyboard, then for a relatively small dataset, such as my saved passwords, I prefer a text file over any database. Lookup workflow: decrypt file (with, say, gpg), find what I want (with, say, grep), delete decrypted file. (Not safe if you don't use disk encryption!) Update workflow: decrypt file, edit file, encrypt file, commit encrypted file to local git repo, git push to backup storage.
- cortesoft 7y ago
  That sounds like a lot of work... I am entering passwords on websites 10-30 times a day... that would add up.
  - KingMachiavelli 7y ago
    The 'Pass' password manager is just bash wrapper for this. It comes with 'passmenu' which is a very simple script that pipes the list of passwords to dmenu & handles the decryption using gpg. I just have a keybinding to launch it so I can copy & insert a password into any application in seconds. [1] https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://www.passwordstore.org/
- karlicoss 7y ago
  Perhaps of you pipe it into vim (i.e. | vim - ), it'd be somewhat safer and less manual work.
- megous 7y ago
  There's a vim extension that automatically decrypts files with gpg extension on open and encrypts them on save. If you use gpg agent, this is pretty painless. Just be careful about leaking to .viminfo file. :)
- jmcphers 7y ago
  You're describing the behavior of https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://www.passwordstore.org/ almost exactly! Give it a try.

blackfawn 7y ago

It's not a TUI but I have used kpcli (http://kpcli.sourceforge.net/ http://kpcli.sourceforge.net/) as a method to access keepass databases over SSH and text interfaces. I've thought about building a more TUI-based option but have yet to get around to it.

nerdponx 7y ago
Is this still being maintained? It's a great idea but the Keepass database format has been evolving (we're on version 4.x now) and I don't want to use unmaintained software to manage my passwords.

ultrafilter 7y ago

If I have a keyboard, then for a relatively small dataset, such as my saved passwords, I prefer a text file over any database. Lookup workflow: decrypt file (with, say, gpg), find what I want (with, say, grep), delete decrypted file. (Not safe if you don't use disk encryption!) Update workflow: decrypt file, edit file, encrypt file, commit encrypted file to local git repo, git push to backup storage.

cortesoft 7y ago
That sounds like a lot of work... I am entering passwords on websites 10-30 times a day... that would add up.
- KingMachiavelli 7y ago
  The 'Pass' password manager is just bash wrapper for this. It comes with 'passmenu' which is a very simple script that pipes the list of passwords to dmenu & handles the decryption using gpg. I just have a keybinding to launch it so I can copy & insert a password into any application in seconds. [1] https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://www.passwordstore.org/
karlicoss 7y ago
Perhaps of you pipe it into vim (i.e. | vim - ), it'd be somewhat safer and less manual work.
megous 7y ago
There's a vim extension that automatically decrypts files with gpg extension on open and encrypts them on save. If you use gpg agent, this is pretty painless. Just be careful about leaking to .viminfo file. :)
jmcphers 7y ago
You're describing the behavior of https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://www.passwordstore.org/ almost exactly! Give it a try.