Command-line tool

age

brew/age

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Simple, modern, secure file encryption encryption

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Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id FiloSottile.age -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/age

macOS

brew install age

Linux

brew install age

Generate an encrypted file that can be decrypted with a passphrase

age -p -o path/to/encrypted_file.age path/to/unencrypted_file

Encrypt a file with one or more public keys entered as literals (repeat the `--recipient` flag to specify multiple public keys)

age -r public_key -o path/to/encrypted_file.age path/to/unencrypted_file

Encrypt a file to one or more recipients with their public keys specified in a file (one per line)

age -R path/to/recipients_file.txt -o path/to/encrypted_file.age path/to/unencrypted_file

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