For German version of this README, see README_DE.md
I wanted to gain experience with encryption, so I created a very simple password manager that uses Python's cryptography library. Fernet is used to encrypt and decrypt passwords, and hazmat is used to derive a strong master password key.
When first running the program, the user must enter a master password. If none exists, one will be created at this point. Hazmat turns the master password into a secure key, stored in master.key, which Fernet then uses for encrypting and decrypting the password file.
After a successful login, the user can: add, list, delete, and search passwords. Passwords are encrypted/decrypted with Fernet and stored in passwords.dat.
If you forget your master password, there is no way to recover it.
Deletingmaster.keywill reset the application, allowing you to create a new master password and start with an empty password list.
I originally thought Textual would be perfect for creating a simple GUI for this script. In theory, it is. However, it complicated things far more than expected, so I may not revisit it. Since a lot of work went into it, I’m including it here, but the main project is the CLI version.
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