# Install gopass with Homebrew

Slightly more awesome Standard Unix Password Manager for Teams. Version 1.16.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:gopass
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install gopass
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:gopass
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.16.1
- **Source summary:** Slightly more awesome Standard Unix Password Manager for Teams
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gopass.pw/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:03:38-07:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- gopass (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.16.1
## Project history and usage

gopass is a command-line password manager positioned as a more team-oriented take on the standard Unix password manager, pass. By default it encrypts secrets with GPG and versions the store in git, while also supporting other crypto and storage backends.

### Project history

The gopasspw/gopass repository was created in February 2017 and published a v1.0.0 release the same day. Its README describes the project as a drop-in replacement for pass, built from experience with globally distributed development teams.

The early 1.x release line moved quickly through setup, team, mount, sync, and browser-oriented workflows. The README shows the project broadening from a Unix-style password-store clone into a cross-platform secrets manager with Linux, macOS, BSD, and Windows installation paths.

### Adoption history

gopass adoption is strongly tied to package managers and team workflows. The README documents Homebrew, MacPorts, Debian-style packages from the gopass package repository, Fedora, Arch, WinGet, Chocolatey, Scoop, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Alpine, source builds, and manual release downloads.

The project also grew a browser-integration side through gopass-jsonapi and gopassbridge, letting users avoid the command line for routine website logins while keeping the git/GPG-backed store model.

### How it is used

A typical user runs `gopass setup` to create a root store, choose encryption, optionally configure a git remote, and write configuration under the user's gopass config directory. Daily commands include `gopass create`, `gopass ls`, `gopass show -c`, `gopass rm`, `gopass sync`, and `gopass mounts`.

The default store path documented by the README is `$HOME/.local/share/gopass/stores/root`, with GPG encryption and git storage. The README also notes that age encryption and fossil storage are available alternatives.

### Why package nerds care

gopass is significant to package nerds because it preserves the Unix password-store mental model while making it more installable and cross-platform for teams. It is a CLI-first security tool whose real-world value depends on package-manager trust, GPG/git availability, shell completion, and browser-native messaging helpers.

It is also a case study in a project name colliding with distro namespaces: the README warns Debian and Ubuntu users not to install an unrelated `gopass` package from official repositories, then points them to the gopass project's own apt repository.

### Timeline

- 2017: GitHub repository created under gopasspw/gopass.
- 2017: v1.0.0 release published on GitHub Releases.
- 2017: v1.1.0 and v1.2.0 releases followed during the first months of public development.
- 2017: v1.3.x releases continued the early stable CLI line.
- 2020s: README documents broad package-manager installation across Unix-like systems and Windows, plus browser integration through gopass-jsonapi.

### Related projects

- The README relates gopass to pass, GPG, git, age, fossil, gopass-jsonapi, gopassbridge, gpg4win, package managers such as Homebrew and Scoop, and browser integrations.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/gopasspw/gopass>
- <https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass>
- <https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass#readme>
- <https://github.com/gopasspw/gopass/releases>
- <https://www.gopass.pw/>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/gopass/config, /etc/gopass/config, <STORE_DIR>/config, <STORE_DIR>/config.worktree
- Windows: %APPDATA%\gopass\config

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.local/share/gopass/stores/root, ~/.password-store

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gopass.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/gopass.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation