Vault is a simple Python password manager. It allows you to securely save secrets with a simple CLI interface.
- Secrets are stored in an encrypted SQLite database with SQLCipher
- Within the database, each password and notes are encrypted with a unique salt using AES-256 encryption with pycryptodome
- Master key is hashed with a unique salt
- Possibility to create an unlimited number of vaults
- Clipboard cleared automatically
- Automatic vault locking after inactivity
- Password suggestions with password-generator-py
- Import / Export in Json
Vault 2.x requires sqlcipher
to be installed on your machine.
On MacOS, you can install it with brew:
brew install sqlcipher
# Install sqlcipher3
pip3 install sqlcipher3==0.4.5
# If you are getting an error "Failed to build sqlcipher3", you would need to fix the build flags:
SQLCIPHER_PATH="$(brew --cellar sqlcipher)/$(brew list --versions sqlcipher | tr ' ' '\n' | tail -1)"
C_INCLUDE_PATH=$SQLCIPHER_PATH/include LIBRARY_PATH=$SQLCIPHER_PATH/lib pip3 install sqlcipher3==0.4.5
On Ubuntu/Debian, you can install it with apt-get:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --yes gcc python3-dev libsqlcipher-dev
pip3 install pyvault
# Run setup
vault
# Clone project
git clone https://github.com/gabfl/vault && cd vault
# Installation
python3 setup.py install
# Run setup
vault
usage: vault [-h] [-t [CLIPBOARD_TTL]] [-p [HIDE_SECRET_TTL]]
[-a [AUTO_LOCK_TTL]] [-v VAULT_LOCATION] [-c CONFIG_LOCATION]
[-k] [-i IMPORT_ITEMS] [-x EXPORT] [-f [{json}]] [-e]
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-t [CLIPBOARD_TTL], --clipboard_TTL [CLIPBOARD_TTL]
Set clipboard TTL (in seconds, default: 15)
-p [HIDE_SECRET_TTL], --hide_secret_TTL [HIDE_SECRET_TTL]
Set delay before hiding a printed password (in
seconds, default: 15)
-a [AUTO_LOCK_TTL], --auto_lock_TTL [AUTO_LOCK_TTL]
Set auto lock TTL (in seconds, default: 900)
-v VAULT_LOCATION, --vault_location VAULT_LOCATION
Set vault path
-c CONFIG_LOCATION, --config_location CONFIG_LOCATION
Set config path
-k, --change_key Change master key
-i IMPORT_ITEMS, --import_items IMPORT_ITEMS
File to import credentials from
-x EXPORT, --export EXPORT
File to export credentials to
-f [{json}], --file_format [{json}]
Import/export file format (default: 'json')
-e, --erase_vault Erase the vault and config file