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[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/9opp6uXiI2XFURj8yNHYV3xfb.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/9opp6uXiI2XFURj8yNHYV3xfb)

## Why another password manager
## Supporting Rooster

There are a lot of password managers out there. Rooster has some unique goals:
Rooster is currently being maintained as a side-project, during nights and weekends, next to my full-time job. I am looking for a way to sustain my work on open source. If you find value in what I do and you would like to contribute, please consider:

- it is **easy to maintain** so that it never becomes unmaintained
- it works completely **offline** with optional support for online sync
- [Becoming a backer on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/conradkdotcom)
- [Making a recurring donation on Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/conradkdotcom/)

## Features

Rooster has some unique goals:

- it is easy to maintain so that it **never becomes unmaintained**
- it **works completely offline** by saving your password in a single local file
- it stores **username/password combinations, nothing more, nothing less**

Rooster protects your passwords with state-of-the-art cryptography algorithms:
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rooster --help
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## Restricting capabilities
## Trustless security

For added trustless security, you can restrict the operating system capabilities that Rooster has access to.

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- Awesome Rustaceans from the [Rust Paris meetup](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Paris/)

Thank you very much for your help! :smiley: :heart:

## License

The source code is released under the Apache 2.0 license.

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