cpass 0.9.1

A TUI for pass, the standard Unix password manager

cpass: another console UI for pass

!DISCLAIMER!: Before the version 1.0.0, I do not guarantee that this program will always run as intended. So it is recommended to back up your passwords or use git (by pass git init) to manage the password store, so that the changes can be reverted. On my side, I only use pass commands to interact with the password store to minimize any possible damages. So simply do pass git reset --hard <some commit> to revert any changes.

cpass is an urwid based terminal user interface (TUI) for the standard unix password manager, pass. cpass tries to achieve a minimal, clean interface and utilizes vim-like keybinding. Also, thanks to the urwid module, mouse is supported quite well.

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Features:

• Browse the local password store
• Preview the folder and password content in a preview window
• Colors, key bindings and other customizations through a configuration file
• Password file operations, e.g., add, generate, edit, remove
• Copy password in various ways, e.g., first line, all lines, specific field (also customizable)
• Search patterns within the current window, the general vim-like operation

Features to-be:

• Find passwords globally in the password store, the pass find operation
• Basic pass git operations and status indicator
• Password file operations, e.g., copy, move, rename (low priority, since can be done with file managers, but it is worth implementing since pass commands will create git commits which protect the data)

Requirement

• pass
• urwid

Make sure you are using a local password store created/compatible with pass, which cpass will look for in $PASSWORD_STORE_DIR, otherwise in ~/.password_store/. pass is also required, although theoretically a pass compatible client does not need pass command (e.g., qtpass can work with git and gpg). However, pass does a lot of things to assure the robustness and security of password management, there is no need to reinvent the wheels.

Install

• As python package:

  pip install --user cpass
  

• Clone the repo or download the single script file.

Usage:

Start cpass

For now, just run cpass.

Keybindings

Basic common keybindings just work as you would use in a lot of other programs:

h, j, k, l, g, G, ctrl+d, ctrl+u, ctrl+f, ctrl+b, ctrl+n, ctrl+p

For pass related operations:

• i add a new password in current directory
• a generate a new password in current directory
• d delete current password file or directory after user confirms
• e edit current password
• z toggle preview
• y + y/a/[0-9] copy contents in password
• / or ? will start a search (forward/backward)
• n or N go to next or previous search result

To-do ones

• I to add multiline password
• A to generate with more options
• r rename the file
• D, Y, P remove, copy and paste item

Mouse

This is very intuitive.

• Scroll to navigate up and down in the current list.
• Left-click on the current highlighted item will open it, while left click on other items will highlight it.
• Right-click will go to the parent folder.

Configuration

Some appearances or behaviors in the program can be customized through a configuration file located at $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/cpass/cpass.cfg or $HOME/.config/cpass/cpass.cfg. Most importantly, the key bindings and colors can be changed.

There is an example configuration file cpass.cfg with all available options set to the default value, with detailed comments. You don't have to copy the whole file, because it does not change the default behavior of cpass. The different sections in the configuration file corresponds to different types of options, as listed below.

• ui: UI layout.

  Control the preview window layout, either vertical or horizontal split.

  [ui]
  preview_layout = side/bottom/horizontal/vertical
  

• pass: pass related options.

  Whether to use --no-symbols option in pass generate.

  [pass]
  no_symbols = true/false
  

• keys: Key bindings.

  For all actions available, see the example configuration file. For the format to specify keys, see the urwid documentation.

  [keys]
  down = j, down, ctrl n
  up = k, up, ctrl p
  

• copy_fields: Copy key bindings.

  The copy behavior can be customized by specifying a key for any field. So at the copy prompt, pressing that key will copy the corresponding field.

  [copy_fields]
  login = l
  

• color: Colors.

  See urwid documentation for definition, a palette example and available color names

  [color]
  normal   = default, default
  dir      = light blue, default
  

• icon: Icons for folder and files.

  You can specify fancy icons like (below is the Material Design Icons I use, they are not default)

  [icon]
  dir     = "󰉋 "
  file    = "󰈤 "