git-crypt
A command-line tool that transparently encrypts selected files in a Git repository.
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About git-crypt
git-crypt encrypts chosen files in a Git repository so they are stored encrypted in commits and on remote hosts, while appearing as normal files in your working copy once the repository is unlocked. You choose which files are encrypted through .gitattributes patterns.
It suits projects that keep a few secrets, such as keys or configuration files, alongside otherwise public code. It is written in C++ and uses OpenSSL.
Strengths
- Encryption is transparent during normal Git use
- Encrypt only selected files in a repository
- Widely used, with a large user base on GitHub
Limitations
- Command line only
- Not meant for encrypting a whole repository
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree, with source code published on GitHub.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- Andrew Ayer
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Account
- Not required
- Works offline
- Yes
- Best suited for
- Keeping a few secrets encrypted inside a Git repository
- Categories
- Encryption tools, Developer tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to git-crypt
Compare allSoftware that can replace git-crypt for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
transcrypt
A shell script that transparently encrypts chosen files stored in a Git repository.
transcrypt also encrypts chosen files on commit and checkout, but it is a shell script relying on a shared password rather than per-user keys, and it is not open source.
git-crypt as an alternative
Listings that name git-crypt as an alternative.
Infisical
Open-source platform for storing and distributing application secrets.
git-crypt transparently encrypts selected files in a Git repository from the command line, with no service, dashboard, audit logs or Kubernetes operator.
Sealed Secrets
A Kubernetes controller and command-line tool that encrypts Secrets so they can be stored in Git.
git-crypt transparently encrypts selected files in any Git repository from the command line with no Kubernetes controller. It is not designed around Kubernetes Secrets or GitOps workflows.
SOPS
Encrypts values inside YAML, JSON and env files so they can live in Git.
git-crypt encrypts whole selected files transparently during normal Git use, instead of encrypting only values inside YAML, JSON and env files.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
age
File encryption with one small key, no options to get wrong, and a command you can remember.
GnuPG
Complete free implementation of the OpenPGP standard.
passage
A command-line fork of pass that encrypts the password store with age instead of GnuPG.
OpenSSL
Work with certificates and cryptography using a widely used toolkit.
