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# PassMan for Windows

A local desktop password manager for Windows. Your vault is a single
AES-256-GCM encrypted file. There is no account and no service behind it: it
AES-256-GCM encrypted file. There is no online account and no service behind it: it
works entirely offline, and if you want two PCs in step you run the sync
server yourself, on your own hardware.

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![PassMan](sourceFiles/PassMan-logo.png)

## PassMan 3 — a test version, for the lab only
## PassMan 3 — a test version, not for real passwords yet

`main` is now **3.0.0-alpha.1**, the first step of PassMan 3. **For your real
passwords keep using [2.11.0](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Windows/releases/tag/v2.11.0)**,
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recovering an account with the 12-word phrase (the phrase is made and
checked now; the screen that uses it comes later), and sharing a vault with
other people. PassMan for Linux has the same test version, 1.0.0-alpha.1.
The plan is in the 3.0 design document.
Coming next, in this order: sync with accounts on the server, several
vaults per account, sharing a vault with family or colleagues, and
recovering an account with the 12-word phrase.

## Running it

The repository does not contain the app itself. Download
`PassMan-Client-Installer.exe` from the
[Releases](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Windows/releases) page, or build it
`PassMan-Client-Installer.exe` from the release marked **Latest** on the
[Releases](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Windows/releases) page (a
*Pre-release* is a test version and has the same file name), or build it
yourself with the [PassMan Builder](#building-it-yourself-windows). The
installer is all you need: it brings Python and every library with it, so
installing needs no source code and no Python.
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