README.md

PyPass

A CLI based password manager, buit using the pycryptodome library using RSA for key generation and encryption, it also uses rich and inquirer libraries for user friendly command line interface.

Installation

Windows

1. Create a virtual environment:

   py -m venv venv

2. Activate the virtual environment:

   venv\Scripts\activate

3. Install dependencies from requirements.txt:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

macOS/linux

1. Create a virtual environment:

   python3 -m venv venv

2. Activate the virtual environment:

   source venv/bin/activate

3. Install dependencies from requirements.txt:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

1. Create a .env file in the root of your project.

2. Add the following environment variables to the .env file:

     PUBLIC_KEY_PATH=path_to_your_public_key_file
     PRIVATE_KEY_PATH=path_to__your_private_key_file
     ROOT_PASSWORD=sha512_hash_of_your_root_password

3. You can also save these in your system's environment variable directly.

4. To generate and save your public and private keys run the generate_keys.py file inside prerun directory, and use that file path in the env variables above.

5. Also, to generate the hash for your root password run the hash_root_password.py file inside prerun directory, and use them in the env variable above.

Structure

1. Following should be the structure of the file, when importing passwords:

       [
             {
                 "application": "name_of_the_application",
                 "password": "unencrypted_password"
             }
       ]

2. Keep a note that, password in this json file should not be encrypted. The password will be automatically encrypted, while the importing process