GNOME Keyring

GNOME Keyring

GNOME Keyring Manager 2.12.1
Stable release	3.26.0 (13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)) [±]
Preview release	3.27.2 (15 November 2017 (2017-11-15)) [±]
Written in	C
Type	Password manager Linux on the desktop
License	GPLv2+
Website	wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring

GNOME Keyring is a daemon application designed to take care of the user's security credentials, such as user names and passwords. The sensitive data is encrypted and stored in a keyring file in the user's home directory. The default keyring uses the login password for encryption, so users don't need to remember yet another password.

GNOME Keyring is implemented as a daemon and uses the process name gnome-keyring-daemon. Applications can store and request passwords by using the libgnome-keyring library.

GNOME Keyring is part of the GNOME desktop.

GNOME Keyring Manager

The GNOME Keyring Manager (gnome-keyring-manager) was a user interface for the GNOME Keyring. As of GNOME 2.22, it is deprecated and replaced entirely with Seahorse.

See also

• KWallet, the KDE equivalent
• Apple Keychain
• NetworkManager
• Seahorse (software)
• Linux on the desktop
• List of password managers
• Password manager
• Cryptography

External links

• GNOME Keyring Wikipage on wiki.gnome.org
• GNOME Keyring git on git.gnome.org
• Gnome Keyring Security Philosophy