julynx / pswm

A simple command line password manager written in Python.

pswm

A simple command line password manager written in Python.

Built to be secure, it encrypts your passwords with a key that only you know.

Its intuitive syntax and its reduced set of commands make it easy to use.

It looks better than you might expect for a command-line application thanks to prettytable.

Dependencies

pswm uses cryptocode & prettytable which can be installed through pip:

pip3 install cryptocode prettytable

It has been tested with Python 3.8.10, results may vary if other versions are used.

Installation

The following commands will download the latest version of pswm from this repository and install it in your /usr/bin/ directory:

git clone https://github.com/Julynx/pswm
cd pswm

sudo chmod +x pswm
sudo cp pswm /usr/bin/

The program can now be ran from a terminal with the command pswm.

Usage

When running pswm for the first time, you will be prompted to define a master password that will be used to encrypt your other passwords.

If you forget your master password, pswm will give you the option to reset it after three failed attempts. This would delete all your saved passwords since they would be encrypted with your old master password and impossible to decrypt without it. You should store your master password somewhere safe or choose something you will always remember.

After choosing a master password, a password vault will be created as an encrypted file named pswm inside ~/.local/share/pswm/. You can use any of the following commands to access your password vault:

pswm <alias> <user> <password>   - Store a username and a password.
pswm <alias> <user> -g=<length>  - Store a random password for a username.
pswm <alias> -d                  - Delete user and password for an alias.
pswm <alias>                     - Print user and password for an alias.
pswm -a                          - Print all stored users and passwords.

Importing from CSV

You can use the included python script from_csv.py to import passwords from your browser into pswm:

• In Chrome, navigate to Settings > Autofill > Passwords.

• Click on the three dotted menu to the right of Saved Passwords and select Export passwords.

• You can now execute the script to import all your passwords into pswm with the following command:

python3 from_csv.py <file.csv> <master_password>

License

This software comes without any warranty as distributed under the GNU GPL 2.0 license.

You should receive a copy of the license with your download of pswm.