使用 Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, pacman 安装 age-plugin-yubikey

项目链接

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命令和别名

• age-plugin-yubikey

项目历史

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.

采用历史

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.

使用方式

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.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

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.

时间线

• 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.

来源

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