AGWA/git-crypt

Health v2 · maintenance only

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9871 stars · 541 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

git-crypt is a command-line tool that provides transparent encryption and decryption of selected files in a git repository. It lets teams store secrets like keys and passwords alongside code, with developers lacking the key still able to clone and commit to the repository.

Use cases

• encrypt sensitive files in a git repository
• store api keys and passwords in the same repo as code
• share a repo with mixed public and private content
• let developers without the key still clone and commit
• unlock encrypted files after cloning with gpg or a symmetric key

When to choose

• you want per-file encryption inside an existing git workflow
• you need to share a repository publicly while keeping some files encrypted
• you want GPG-based key sharing among collaborators
• you prefer encryption that happens transparently on commit and checkout

When to avoid

• you need to encrypt the entire repository rather than selected files
• you want full-disk or filesystem-level encryption
• you need a mature, fully documented tool - the project states it has not reached maturity
• you need encrypted files to work without installing git-crypt on every machine

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cryptography security version-control secrets-management cli security version-control developer-tools privacy windows cli cross-platform git file-encryption transparent-encryption gpg secrets-in-repo linux macos

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