install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install pwsafe

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%

sudo port install pwsafe

MacPorts ports tree · security/pwsafe/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%

sudo apk add pwsafe

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · pwsafe · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#pwsafe

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/pw/pwsafe/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install extras/pwsafe

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/pwsafe.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Generate passwords and manage encrypted password databases

Project links

Commands and aliases

pwsafe

history

Project history and usage

pwsafe is a GPL command-line password manager and password generator compatible with Counterpane's Password Safe encrypted databases.

Project history

Nicolas S. Dade developed pwsafe as a command-line tool compatible with Counterpane's Password Safe. The repository records copyright from 2004 and explains that its former project domain is gone, leaving GitHub as the current development and documentation home.

Adoption history

pwsafe has been packaged across Homebrew, MacPorts, Alpine, Nix, and Scoop, giving the older command-line client a presence on several Unix-like and cross-platform package ecosystems.

How it is used

Users invoke pwsafe from a terminal to create, inspect, or modify encrypted password databases and to generate passwords. The official pwsafe(1) manual is the authoritative command and option reference.

Why package nerds care

It is a compact, script-friendly implementation of the Password Safe workflow and file format, useful to users who prefer terminal tools and portable encrypted databases over a graphical password manager.

Timeline

2004: Earliest copyright year stated by the project.
2020: Latest copyright year in the current repository README.

Related projects

Counterpane Password Safe, whose encrypted database format and workflow pwsafe implements for command-line users.
The separate pwsafe/pwsafe graphical Password Safe project should not be confused with this nsd20463/pwsafe command-line client.

Sources

Official manual source: https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe/blob/master/pwsafe.1.in
Official repository README: https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe#readme
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

text:encrypt,database

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.pwsafe.dat~/.pwsafe.dat~

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`pwsafe`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-09-19

manager version0.2.0

manager updated2026-09-13

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:pwsafe
Version	0.2.0
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pwsafe
Homepage	https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe
Repository	https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Source archive	https://src.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/pwsafe/pwsafe-0.2.0.tar.gz/4bb36538a2772ecbf1a542bc7d4746c0/pwsafe-0.2.0.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-09-13T13:02:52Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	openssl@4, readline
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pwsafe
Version Scheme	0
Revision	4
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

pwsafe

nix profile install nixpkgs#pwsafe

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pwsafe

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pw/pwsafe/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

apk95%

pwsafe 0.2.0_git20210320-r3

Password database

https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe

sudo apk add pwsafe

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pwsafe
1 dependencies
1 provides
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pwsafe

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pwsafe from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

apk95%

pwsafe-doc 0.2.0_git20210320-r3

Password database (documentation)

https://github.com/nsd20463/pwsafe

sudo apk add pwsafe-doc

License: GPL-2.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: pwsafe
normalized package name match
Matched by: Pwsafe

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: pwsafe-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

pwsafe

sudo port install pwsafe

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pwsafe

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/pwsafe/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

extras/pwsafe

scoop install extras/pwsafe

normalized package name match
Matched by: Pwsafe

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/pwsafe.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Extras/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/pwsafe.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment
pkg.so package database
pkgdb category and tag curation

Install pwsafe with Homebrew, apk, MacPorts, Nix, scoop

Additional install commands

macOS

Linux

Windows

Package summary

Project links

Commands and aliases

Project history and usage

Project history

Adoption history

How it is used

Why package nerds care

Timeline

Related projects

Sources

Risk level: blue

Risk classifier

Why

Signals

Install behavior

Recommended review

Configuration and credential file locations

Credential files

Installed executables

Version and freshness

Package metadata

Source database details

Other package-manager records

Internal package links

Topical hubs

Related tools

Same workflow

Agent security guides

Generated from repository data

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Used sources