akv-tui 0.1.0

Simple TUI to search Azure KeyVault

🔐 AKV-TUI — Azure Key Vault Explorer

AKV-TUI is a fast and intuitive terminal-based UI (TUI) for browsing secrets, keys, and certificates in your Azure Key Vaults. Built with Textual, it lets you quickly search, preview, and copy values from your vaults — all from your terminal.

✨ Features

• 🔍 Browse secrets, keys, and certificates from any Azure subscription
• 📋 Copy values to clipboard with one click
• 🔐 Authenticate with az login or interactive browser login
• ⌨️ Keyboard navigation with intuitive shortcuts

🚀 Installation

We recommend using uv or pipx for isolated CLI apps.

Using pipx

pipx install akv-tui

With uv:

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate
uv pip install .

🧪 Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Azure CLI if you want to use az login for authentication
• Clipboard tool:
  • macOS: pbcopy & pbpaste (built-in)
  • Linux: xclip (recommended) or xsel

🛠️ Usage

Simply start the app in the terminal of your choice:

akv-tui

Or if you cloned the repository locally:

python -m akv_tui

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key	Action
q	Quit the application
d	Toggle dark/light theme
↑/↓	Navigate list items
←/→	Switch between input/list
Enter	Copy selected value
Tab	Navigate widgets clockwise
Shift + Tab	Navigate widgets anti-clockwise

🧩 How It Works

• Tries to authenticate using DefaultAzureCredential
• Falls back to InteractiveBrowserCredential if needed
• Fetches Key Vaults from all accessible subscriptions
• Loads and filters secrets, keys, or certificates based on selection
• Copies values to clipboard on selection

🛡️ Security

This tool does not store credentials or secrets locally. It uses Azure's official authentication flow and only accesses values that your identity has permission to read.

To use this app effectively, make sure your Azure account has at least:

• Reader or Key Vault Reader role on your subscriptions
• Secret Reader, Key Reader, or Certificate Reader permissions on the vault