Cryptare Release
- File Encryption & Decryption
- Encrypt files with AES-256-GCM
- Encrypt directories into a single encrypted archive
- Decrypt previously encrypted files
- Decrypt encrypted directory archives back into their original tree
- Optional custom output paths
- Password-based protection for secure workflows
- Compression & Decompression
- Compress files with gzip
- Compress directories as tar.gz archives
- Decompress gzip files and tar.gz archives
- Optional compression levels
- Automatic output name derivation
- Key Management
- Generate and store encryption keys
- List stored keys
- Export keys to encrypted files
- Import keys from encrypted files
- Delete stored keys with confirmation safeguards
- Interactive TUI
- Terminal user interface for file and key management
- Launches automatically when run without subcommands
Core CLI capabilities
Cryptare is organized into focused command groups:
- cryptare encrypt — encrypt a file or directory
- cryptare decrypt — decrypt a file or encrypted directory archive
- cryptare compress — compress a file or directory
- cryptare decompress — decompress a gzip file or tar.gz archive
- cryptare keys — manage encryption keys
encrypt
- cryptare encrypt [path] — encrypt a file with AES-256-GCM or package a directory into a single encrypted archive
- cryptare encrypt [path] –output [path] — write to a custom output file
- cryptare encrypt [path] –password [value] — provide the encryption password non-interactively
Examples:
- cryptare encrypt ./secret.txt
- cryptare encrypt ./secret.txt –output ./secret.txt.enc
- cryptare encrypt ./project-dir –output ./project-dir-backup.enc
- cryptare encrypt ./secret.txt –password “correct horse battery staple”
decrypt
- cryptare decrypt [path] — decrypt an AES-256-GCM encrypted file or restore an encrypted directory archive
- cryptare decrypt [path] –output [path] — write to a custom output file or restore into a target directory
- cryptare decrypt [path] –password [value] — provide the decryption password non-interactively
Examples:
- cryptare decrypt ./secret.txt.enc
- cryptare decrypt ./secret.txt.enc –output ./secret.txt
- cryptare decrypt ./project-dir-backup.enc –output ./restored-project-dir
- cryptare decrypt ./secret.txt.enc –password “correct horse battery staple”
compress
- cryptare compress [path] — compress a file with gzip or a directory as tar.gz
- cryptare compress [path] –output [path] — write to a custom output file or archive
- cryptare compress [path] –level [1-9] — set gzip compression level
Examples:
- cryptare compress ./artifact.bin
- cryptare compress ./artifact.bin –output ./artifact.bin.gz
- cryptare compress ./build –output ./build-backup.tar.gz
- cryptare compress ./artifact.bin –level 9
decompress
- cryptare decompress [archive] — decompress a gzip file or extract a tar.gz archive
- cryptare decompress [archive] –output [path] — write to a custom output file or extract to a directory
Examples:
- cryptare decompress ./artifact.bin.gz
- cryptare decompress ./artifact.bin.gz –output ./artifact.bin
- cryptare decompress ./build-backup.tar.gz –output ./restored-build
keys
- cryptare keys list — list stored encryption keys
- cryptare keys generate — generate and store a new random encryption key
- cryptare keys export [key-id] — export an encrypted key to a file
- cryptare keys import [file] — import an encrypted key from a file
- cryptare keys delete [key-id] — delete a stored encryption key (irreversible)
- cryptare keys delete [key-id] –yes — delete non-interactively (automation)
- cryptare keys delete [key-id] –force — delete non-interactively (automation)
Examples:
- cryptare keys list
- cryptare keys generate –password “master password”
- cryptare keys export key-123 –output key-123.ckey
- cryptare keys import ./key-123.ckey
- cryptare keys delete key-123
- cryptare keys delete key-123 –yes
⚠️ Key deletion is permanent. Once deleted, the stored key cannot be recovered.