Silicate

Offical Website: https://silicate.maariz.org

Silicate is a simple command-line password manager written in Rust.

It stores encrypted secrets locally, supports keyring-based key storage when available, and falls back to password-derived keys when necessary. Silicate also provides tag support, search, stats, import/export, and password generation.

Features

• AES-256-GCM encryption for stored passwords.
• System keyring support for secure key storage.
• Argon2 fallback key derivation when keyring is unavailable.
• Tagging and filtering for secrets.
• Interactive search with fzf.
• Import/export of secrets as JSON.
• Password generation with optional symbols.

Installation

Nix

Add the inputs to your flake.nix

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";

    silicate = {
      url = "git+https://github.com/pure-sagacity/silicate";

      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
    };
  };
}

Cargo

cargo install silicate

Manual

Silicate is based on Rust, so you'll need to grab a rust installer. If you'd like, you can also use devenv shell, which will give you all the tools needed for compilation.

git clone https://github.com/pure-sagacity/silicate
cd silicate/
cargo build --release
./target/release/silicate --version

Usage

silicate init
silicate insert apple
silicate insert github -t work
silicate show github
silicate search
silicate generate github --length 16
silicate list
silicate stats

Commands

• init — initialize the password store.
• insert — store a new password.
• show — display or copy a password.
• delete — remove a password.
• edit — update a password in an editor.
• rename — rename a stored entry.
• search — search entries with fzf.
• generate — generate a password, optionally save it.
• list — list stored entries.
• tag — list tags.
• stats — show password statistics.
• import — import secrets or a key.
• export — export secrets or a key.

Storage

Passwords are stored in .silicate/ as encrypted binary files. If keyring support is unavailable, Silicate stores a salt locally and derives the encryption key from your password.

Security

Never lose your keyring entry or fallback password, or your stored secrets may be unrecoverable.