config.md

Configuration

Environment Variables

Some configuration options are only available through setting environment variables.

Option	Type	Description
CHECKPOINT_DISABLE	bool	Set to any non-empty value to disable calling the GitHub API when running gopass version.
GOPASS_AGE_PASSWORD	string	Set to any value (including the empty string) to use as a password for the age identity file containing your secret age identities.
GOPASS_AUTOSYNC_INTERVAL	int	Set this to the number of days between autosync runs.
GOPASS_CHARACTER_SET	bool	Set to any non-empty value to restrict the characters used in generated passwords
GOPASS_CLIPBOARD_CLEAR_CMD	string	Use an external command to remove a password from the clipboard. See GPaste for an example
GOPASS_CLIPBOARD_COPY_CMD	string	Use an external command to copy a password to the clipboard. See GPaste for an example
GOPASS_CONFIG_NO_MIGRATE	bool	Do not attempt to migrate old gopass configs and option names
GOPASS_CONFIG_NOSYSTEM	bool	Do not read /etc/gopass/config (if it exists)
GOPASS_CONFIG	string	Set this to the absolute path to the configuration file
GOPASS_CPU_PROFILE	string	Path to write a CPU Profile to. Use go tool pprof to visualize.
GOPASS_DEBUG_FILES	string	Comma separated filter for console debug output (files)
GOPASS_DEBUG_FUNCS	string	Comma separated filter for console debug output (functions)
GOPASS_DEBUG_LOG_SECRETS	bool	Set to any non-empty value to enable logging of credentials
GOPASS_DEBUG_LOG	string	Set to a filename to enable debug logging (only set GOPASS_DEBUG to log to stderr)
GOPASS_DEBUG	bool	Set to any non-empty value to enable verbose debug output, by default on stderr, unless GOPASS_DEBUG_LOG is set
GOPASS_DEBUG_VERBOSE	int	Set to any integer value larger than zero to increase the verbosity of debug output
GOPASS_EXTERNAL_PWGEN	string	Use an external password generator. See Features for details
GOPASS_FORCE_CHECK	string	(internal) Force the updater to check for updates. Used for testing.
GOPASS_FORCE_UPDATE	bool	Set to any non-empty value to force an update (if available)
GOPASS_GPG_BINARY	string	Set this to the absolute path to the GPG binary if you need to override the value returned by gpgconf, e.g. QubesOS.
GOPASS_GPG_OPTS	string	Add any extra arguments, e.g. --armor you want to pass to GPG on every invocation
GOPASS_HOMEDIR	string	Set this to the absolute path of the directory containing the .config/ tree
GOPASS_HOOK	int	(internal) Set when invoking hook scripts.
GOPASS_MEM_PROFILE	string	Path to write a Memory Profile to. Use go tool pprof to visualize.
GOPASS_NO_AUTOSYNC	bool	Set this to true to disable autosync. Deprecated. Please use core.autosync
GOPASS_NO_NOTIFY	bool	Set to any non-empty value to prevent notifications
GOPASS_NO_REMINDER	bool	Set to any non-empty value to prevent reminders
GOPASS_PW_DEFAULT_LENGTH	int	Set to any integer value larger than zero to define a different default length in the generate command. By default the length is 24 characters.
GOPASS_SSH_DIR	string	Set to a filepath that contains ssh keys. Overrides default location.
GOPASS_UMASK	octal	Set to any valid umask to mask bits of files created by gopass
GOPASS_UNCLIP_CHECKSUM	string	(internal) Used between gopass and it's unclip helper.
GOPASS_UNCLIP_NAME	string	(internal) Used between gopass and it's unclip helper.
PWGEN_RULES_FILE	string	(internal) Used for testing the pwgen rules generator.

Variables not exclusively used by gopass:

Option	Type	Description
PASSWORD_STORE_DIR	string	absolute path containing the password store (a directory). Only supported during initialization!
PASSWORD_STORE_UMASK	string	Set to any valid umask to mask bits of files created by gopass (GOPASS_UMASK has precedence over this)
EDITOR	string	command name to execute for editing password entries
PAGER	string	the pager program used for gopass list. See Features for details
GIT_AUTHOR_NAME	string	name of the author, used by the rcs backend to create a commit
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL	string	email of the author, used by the rcs backend to create a commit
NO_COLOR	bool	disable color output. See no-color.org for more information.

Configuration Options

During start up, gopass will look for a configuration file at $HOME/.config/gopass/config on unix-like systems or at %APPDATA%\gopass\config on Windows. If one is not present, it will create one. If the config file already exists, it will attempt to parse it and load the settings. If this fails, the program will abort. Thus, if gopass is giving you trouble with a broken or incompatible configuration file, simply rename it or delete it.

All configuration options are also available for reading and writing through the sub-command gopass config.

• To display all values: gopass config
• To display a single value: gopass config generate.autoclip
• To update a single value: gopass config generate.autoclip false
• As many other sub-commands this command accepts a --store flag to operate on a given sub-store, provided the sub-store is a remote one.

Configuration format

gopass uses a configuration format inspired by and mostly compatible with the configuration format used by git. We support different configuration sources that take precedence over each other, just like git.

Configuration precedence

• Hard-coded presets apply if nothing else is set
• System-wide configuration file allows operators or package maintainers to supply system-wide defaults in /etc/gopass/config.
• User-wide (aka. global) configuration allows to set per-user settings. This is the closest equivalent to the old gopass configs. Located in $HOME/.config/gopass/config
• Per-store (aka. local) configuration allow to set per-store settings, e.g. read-only. Located in <STORE_DIR>/config.
• Per-store unversioned (aka config.worktree) configuration allows to override versioned per-store settings, e.g. disabling read-only. Located in <STORE_DIR>/config.worktree
• Environment variables (or command line flags) override all other values. Read from GOPASS_CONFIG_KEY_n and GOPASS_CONFIG_VALUE_n up to GOPASS_CONFIG_COUNT. Command line flags take precedence over environment variables.

Configuration options

This is a list of available options:

Option	Type	Description	Default
age.usekeychain	bool	Use the OS keychain to cache age passphrases.	false
audit.concurrency	int	Number of concurrent audit workers.	``
audit.hibp-dump-file	string	Specify to a HIBPv2 Dump file (sorted) if you want audit to check password hashes against this file.	None
audit.hibp-use-api	bool	Set to true if you want gopass audit to check your secrets against the public HIBPv2 API. Use with caution. This will leak a few bit of entropy.	false
autosync.interval	string	AutoSync interval, for example 2d, 4h, 2m (for days, hours, minutes). A plain number without suffix is taken as days.	3
core.autoimport	bool	Import missing keys stored in the pass repository without asking.	false
core.autopush	bool	Always do a git push after a commit to the store. Makes sure your local changes are always available on your git remote.	true
core.autosync	bool	Automatically sync (fetch & push) the git remote on an interval.	true
core.cliptimeout	int	How many seconds the secret is stored when using -c. Setting this to 0 disables auto-clear.	45
core.exportkeys	bool	Export public keys of all recipients to the store.	true
core.nocolor	bool	Do not use color.	false
core.nopager	bool	Do not invoke a pager to display long lists.	false
core.noreminder	bool	Set to true to disable periodic update reminder. Equivalent to setting GOPASS_NO_REMINDER.	false
core.notifications	bool	Enable desktop notifications.	true
core.post-hook	string	This hook is executed after any command invocation.	None
core.pre-hook	string	This hook is executed before any command invocation.	None
core.readonly	bool	Disable writing to a store. Note: This is just a convenience option to prevent accidental writes. Enforcement can only happen on a central server (if repos are set up around a central one).	false
create.default-username	string	The settings allows users to specify the default username for logins created with gopass create.	None
create.post-hook	string	This hook is executed right after the secret creation. If the hook exits with a non-zero exit value the generated secret is discarded.	None
create.pre-hook	string	This hook is executed right before the secret creation during gopass create.	None
delete.post-hook	string	This hook is run right after removing a record with gopass rm.	None
domain-alias.<from>.insteadOf	string	Alias from domain to the string value of this entry. Currently not supported at the local config level.	``
edit.auto-create	bool	Automatically create new secrets when editing.	false
edit.editor	string	This setting controls which editor is used when opening a file with gopass edit. Currently not supported at the local config level. It takes precedence over the $EDITOR environment variable. This setting can contain flags.	None
edit.post-hook	string	This hook is run right after editing a record with gopass edit.
edit.pre-hook	string	This hook is run right before editing a record with gopass edit.
generate.autoclip	bool	Always copy the password created with gopass generate.	false
generate.generator	string	Default password generator. xkcd, memorable, external or ``.	``
generate.length	int	Default length for generated password.	24
generate.strict	bool	Use strict mode for generated password.	false
generate.symbols	bool	Include symbols in generated password.	false
mounts.path	string	Path to the root store.	$XDG_DATA_HOME/gopass/stores/root
notify.disable-icon	bool	Do not show notification icon (not available on every platform).
recipients.check	bool	Check recipients hash. The global config option takes precedence over local ones here for security reasons.	false
recipients.hash	string	SHA256 hash of the recipients file. Used to notify the user when the recipients files change. Not set, nor read at the local level for security reasons.	``
recipients.remove-extra-keys	bool	Remove extra recipients during key import. Not supported at the local level for security reasons.	false
show.autoclip	bool	Autoclip in gopass show by default.	false
show.post-hook	string	This hook is run right after displaying a secret with gopass show.	None
show.safecontent	bool	Only output safe content (i.e. everything but the first line of a secret) to the terminal. Use copy (-c) to retrieve the password in the clipboard, or force (-f) to still print it.	false
updater.check	bool	Check for updates when running gopass version. Only supported as a global, system or env config option, not at the local level.	true
output.internal-pager	bool	Use the internal pager ov.	false
pwgen.xkcd-sep	string	xkcd password generator separator.
pwgen.xkcd-lang	string	xkcd password generator language.	en
pwgen.xkcd-capitalize	bool	Capitalize the first character of each word. Default is false, except when the separator is empty.	false
pwgen.xkcd-numbers	bool	Add random numbers after each word.	false
pwgen.xkcd-len	bool	The number of words to generated.	4

Furthermore, the following table list the legacy options (starting with v1.15.9) and their new names, their migration should be automatic unless you've set them at the system level or using Env variables, in which case you'll need to migrate them manually:

Legacy option name	New option name	Version of migration
core.showsafecontent	show.safecontent	v1.15.9
core.autoclip	generate.autoclip	v1.15.9
core.showautoclip	show.autoclip	v1.15.9