gopass

gopass is a password database manager. It uses Google Sheets as a database.

1. Setup

1. Create a new Google Sheet: https://sheets.new.
2. Add three columns, first column is "site", second one is "username" and last one is "password"
3. Save the ID of your Sheet from URL (it’s a random string that looks like 1SMeoyesCaGHRlYdGj9VyqD-qhXtab1jrcgHZ0irvNDs)
4. Save credentials of this account as a json file
5. Create .gopass folder in $HOME directory.
6. Move credentials.json to $HOME/.gopass/
7. Create a json file named conf.json in same folder, and paste your Sheet ID like {"sheetId":"YOUR_SHEET_ID"}
8. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials, Create new Service Account.
9. Go to your Google Sheets, click "Share" and give this email address "Editor" access on your sheet.
10. Go to https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/sheets.googleapis.com/overview and make sure the Google Sheets API is enabled.

2. Usage

2.1 Commands

2.1.1 Create new password

You can create by giving password

gopass create --site="github.com" --username="bakyazi" --password=MY_PASSWORD

or you can create by generating random password

gopass create --site="github.com" --username="bakyazi" --auto="16/lsun"

After this command is executed successfully, your password is copied into your clipboard.

2.1.2 Update password

You can update by giving password

gopass update --site="github.com" --username="bakyazi" --password=MY_PASSWORD

or you can update by generating random password

gopass update --site="github.com" --username="bakyazi" --auto="16/lsun"

After this command is executed successfully, your password is copied into your clipboard.

2.1.3 Get password

You can fetch your

gopass get --site="github.com" --username="bakyazi"

After this command is executed successfully, your password is copied into your clipboard.

2.1.4 List all passwords

You can fetch your

gopass list

2.1.5 Delete a password

You can update by giving password

gopass delete --site="github.com" --username="bakyazi"

2.1.6 Delete all passwords

You can update by giving password

gopass clear

2.2 Password Generation

You can manage password generation with --auto flag

The format of this flag is <LENGTH>/<CHAR-SET-OPTIONS>

Char Set Option	Meaning
l or L	Lowercase Letter Characters
u or U	Uppercase Letter Characters
s or S	Special Characters
n or N	Number

Examples

Option	Result
8/sun	V0$$T7LH
16/lsun	r@C95!q4O1l640d!
32/lun	4rFV5ZP844piFE8UWjLbDFr45Us7IOF6
12/un	C9E2W4E38OUO
6/n	328218
32/lsun	K0b*s2QQ62ft@g$h8Rpc0%3G@3!80O#!

Demo