Ptero

Ptero is a CLI utility that takes clipboard contents and redacts sensitive data like API keys, passwords, tokens, emails, and more.

Features

• Reads from clipboard
• Detects and redacts sensitive information:
  • Emails
  • API Keys
  • Passwords
  • Tokens (JWT, Bearer)
  • Credit Card Numbers
  • Phone Numbers
  • IP Addresses
  • UUIDs
  • AWS Account IDs
  • AWS ARNs
  • AWS Access Keys (AKIA/ASIA)
  • AWS Secret Access Keys
• Outputs redacted content to console or back to clipboard

Installation

Using Go

go install github.com/jlgore/ptero@latest

Binary Releases

Download the latest binary for your platform from the Releases page.

Docker

docker run --rm ghcr.io/jlgore/ptero:latest

Usage

Copy some text containing sensitive information to your clipboard, then run:

ptero

This will display the redacted content in your terminal.

Options

• -w, --write: Write the redacted content back to the clipboard
• -p, --print: Print the redacted content to the console (default if no flags are specified)

Example:

# Read from clipboard, redact, write back to clipboard
ptero -w

# Read from clipboard, redact, print to console
ptero -p

# Read from clipboard, redact, write back to clipboard and print to console
ptero -w -p

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.