Command-line tool

rage

brew/rage

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 rust cli encryption yubikey secure-by-default age-encryption curve25519 rust-library scrypt unix-philosophy zero-configuration

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id str4d.rage -e
scoop install rage
cargo install rage

macOS

brew install rage
cargo install rage

Linux

brew install rage
cargo install rage

Encrypt a file for `user` and save it to `message.age`

echo "Your secret message" | rage --encrypt --recipient user --output path/to/message.age

Decrypt a file with `identity_file` and save it to `message`

rage --decrypt --identity path/to/identity_file --output message

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