age

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[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/filippo.io/age.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/filippo.io/age)
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[![man page](<https://img.shields.io/badge/age(1)-man%20page-lightgrey>)](https://filippo.io/age/age.1)
[![C2SP specification](https://img.shields.io/badge/%C2%A7%23-specification-blueviolet)](https://age-encryption.org/v1)

age is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and Go library.

It features small explicit keys, post-quantum support, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

```console
$ age-keygen -o key.txt
Public key: age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac8p
$ tar cvz ~/data | age -r age1ql3z7hjy54pw3hyww5ayyfg7zqgvc7w3j2elw8zmrj2kg5sfn9aqmcac8p > data.tar.gz.age
$ age --decrypt -i key.txt data.tar.gz.age > data.tar.gz
```

📜 The format specification is at [age-encryption.org/v1](https://age-encryption.org/v1). age was designed by [@benjojo](https://github.com/benjojo) and [@FiloSottile](https://github.com/FiloSottile).

🦀 An alternative interoperable Rust implementation is available at [github.com/str4d/rage](https://github.com/str4d/rage).

🌍 [Typage](https://github.com/FiloSottile/typage) is a TypeScript implementation. It works in the browser, Node.js, Deno, and Bun.

🔑 Hardware PIV tokens such as YubiKeys are supported through the [age-plugin-yubikey](https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey) plugin.

✨ For more plugins, implementations, tools, and integrations, check out the [awesome age](https://github.com/FiloSottile/awesome-age) list.

💬 The author pronounces it `[aɡe̞]` [with a hard *g*](https://translate.google.com/?sl=it&text=aghe), like GIF, and it's always spelled lowercase.

## Installation

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>Homebrew (macOS or Linux)</td>
        <td>
            <code>brew install age</code>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>MacPorts</td>
        <td>
            <code>port install age</code>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Windows</td>
        <td>
            <code>winget install --id FiloSottile.age</code>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Alpine Linux v3.15+</td>
        <td>
            <code>apk add age</code>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>Arch Linux</td>
        <td>
            <code>pacman -S age</code>
        </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>