Encryption Terminal Tools

Encryption converts data into a form only a holder of the key can read. On the command line it is applied to files at rest, backups before they leave a machine, secrets committed to a repository, and messages between people.

 

These tools cover public key file encryption with age or GPG, password stores built on those same keys, certificate, JWT and hash inspection, and cracking utilities used to audit a password list. Developers, sysadmins and anyone handling credentials on shared infrastructure run them alongside the wider security tools.

 

Below is a list of terminal tools that encrypt, decrypt and inspect data.