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age vs Sequoia PGP: catalog facts
age	Sequoia PGP
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-Clause licence.	Free Free and open source.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Linux, Command line
No options to choose, so there is no insecure configuration to fall into Keys are short strings that fit in a password manager	Written in memory-safe Rust Usable both as a library and through the sq command-line tool
Command line only; there is no official graphical front end No key server or web of trust, so you exchange keys yourself	Command-line only, with no graphical interface Much of the project is aimed at developers rather than end users
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: LGPL-2.0-or-later
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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