ezgpg

A terminal UI for GnuPG (gpg) that shells out to the system gpg binary.

Requirements

• Go 1.22+ (for building)
• gpg installed (GPGTools or brew install gnupg)
• macOS is the primary target; the code is written to be portable, but some workflows (like pinentry UX) depend on your gpg setup.

Build & Run

go build -o ezgpg ./cmd/ezgpg
./ezgpg

If you hit a Go build cache permissions error, set a local cache:

mkdir -p .gocache .gomodcache
GOCACHE="$PWD/.gocache" GOMODCACHE="$PWD/.gomodcache" go build -o ezgpg ./cmd/ezgpg

Homebrew-friendly layout

This project is already laid out in a way that works well for a Homebrew formula:

• build: go build -o ezgpg ./cmd/ezgpg
• install: bin.install "ezgpg"
• runtime dependency: gnupg (for gpg)

Notes

• Override the detected gpg path with EZGPG_GPG_PATH=/path/to/gpg (or the legacy EASYPGP_GPG_PATH).
• Trust prompts: if gpg refuses to encrypt due to trust confirmation (and tries to open /dev/tty), the CLI will ask you and re-run with --trust-model always.