Rex

A powerful password manager using AES and python.

Description

Rex is a password manager that is both powerful and easy to use. It is implemented in Python and uses advanced encryption standards (AES) to encrypt your passphrase. All the passphrases are stored in a JSON file in your home directory.

Installation

Installing Rex requires python-3 or above.

To install Rex through pip run this on windows:

pip install rex-password-manager

or if your using Linux operating system run this:

pip3 install rex-password-manager

Usage

Initialize a new database in Rex

This command creates a JSON file in your home directory to store all your passphrases. It will prompt you to enter a master passphrase, which will be hashed and stored in the JSON file.

rex init

Add new passphrase using Rex

This command creates an account with the name provided as the first argument to the command. This command will also prompts for the master passphrase and the account passphrase. The account passphrase is encrypted using advanced encryption standards (AES) and then stored in the JSON file located in your home directory.

rex add <name>

To overwrite an existing account with the same name, use the --overwrite flag while using this command.

rex add --overwrite <name>

Retrieve a passphrases using Rex

This command retrieves the passphrase attached to the name provided as the first argument to the command.

rex get <name>

By default, this command prints out the account passphrases but you can use the --copy flag to copy the passphrase to your clipboard.

rex get --copy <name>

Remove a passphrase from database using Rex

This command removes an existing account with the name provided as the first argument to the command.

rex remove <name>

List account names using Rex

This command prints all the existing account names in the JSON file.

rex list