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Install age-plugin-yubikey with Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman

Plugin for encrypting files with age and PIV tokens such as YubiKeys. Version 0.5.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-10. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#age-plugin-yubikey.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install age-plugin-yubikey

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install age-plugin-yubikey

MacPorts ports tree · security/age-plugin-yubikey/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#age-plugin-yubikey

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ag/age-plugin-yubikey/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S age-plugin-yubikey

Arch Linux sync databases · age-plugin-yubikey · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

Plugin for encrypting files with age and PIV tokens such as YubiKeys

Commands and aliases

  • age-plugin-yubikey

history

Project history and usage

age-plugin-yubikey is the YubiKey/PIV hardware-token plugin for age clients, storing key material on supported YubiKeys while giving age and rage a normal identity-file interface.

Project history

The project was created by str4d in August 2020, during the early period of the age ecosystem. Its first stable public release, v0.1.0, was published in May 2021, before age 1.0. The README presents it as a plugin for age clients such as age and rage, enabling files to be encrypted to age identities stored on YubiKeys.

The plugin matured alongside age's plugin support. age 1.1.0 was released in December 2022 with plugin and YubiKey support, while age-plugin-yubikey had already reached the 0.3.x series. Later releases continued through 0.5.x, with official packages and prebuilt binaries making it less of a from-source Rust tool and more of a normal installable CLI.

Adoption history

The upstream README lists Cargo, Homebrew, Arch Linux, Debian packages from releases, NixOS, Ubuntu, OpenBSD, and prebuilt binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The supplied package metadata additionally records Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and pacman coverage. This is a wider packaging footprint than many age plugins because hardware-token support is a common operational need.

How it is used

Users configure a YubiKey identity either interactively by running `age-plugin-yubikey` or programmatically with `--generate`, then save the resulting age identity text to a file. Encryption uses recipients printed by `--list`; decryption works by ensuring the plugin is on `PATH` and passing the identity file to an age client with `-i`.

The README documents platform dependencies such as `pcscd` and `pcsc-lite`, WSL usage, PIN-cache behavior, supported YubiKey 4 and 5 variants, PIV slot details, and security management for default PIN and management-key handling.

Why package nerds care

This package matters in the age ecosystem because it turns the plugin protocol into real hardware-backed daily use. It also shows the messy package-manager side of security tooling: Rust binary distribution, PC/SC middleware, distro packages, and USB-token platform support all have to line up before the simple age CLI flow feels simple.

Timeline

  • 2020: GitHub repository created.
  • 2021: v0.1.0 released.
  • 2022: v0.3.0 released; age v1.1.0 added plugin and YubiKey support.
  • 2024: v0.5.0 released.
  • 2026: v0.5.1 released.

Related projects

  • age is the reference age client and file encryption tool.
  • rage is the Rust age client named by the README as a supported client.
  • yubikey-agent is mentioned by the README as a possible integration point for future agent-style decryption support.

Sources

  • age official releases API
  • official GitHub releases API
  • official GitHub repository metadata
  • source_facts.package-manager
  • upstream README

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

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.

Recommended review

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

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
age-plugin-yubikeyexecutableindexed executableDiscovered from the local executable index.

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 generated2026-08-03
manager version0.5.1
manager updated2026-07-10
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:age-plugin-yubikey
Version0.5.1
Package managerHomebrew
Homepagehttps://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey
Repositoryhttps://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey
Last updated2026-07-10T16:49:54-04:00
Pulseupdated
Bottlenot recorded
Servicenone declared

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%

age-plugin-yubikey

nix profile install nixpkgs#age-plugin-yubikey
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Age Plugin Yubikey
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ag/age-plugin-yubikey/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

age-plugin-yubikey 0.5.1-1

Yubikey plugin for age

https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey

sudo pacman -S age-plugin-yubikey
  • License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 3 dependencies
  • 2 optional deps
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Age Plugin Yubikey
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: age-plugin-yubikey from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
MacPorts95%

age-plugin-yubikey

sudo port install age-plugin-yubikey
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Age Plugin Yubikey
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/age-plugin-yubikey/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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