zalando/go-keyring

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A cross-platform Go library for setting, getting, and deleting secrets in the operating system's native keyring (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, Linux/BSD Secret Service via dbus). It avoids C bindings so statically linked binaries remain easy to build.

Use cases

• store api credentials locally in a go cli
• save user passwords in the system keychain
• securely persist tokens on macos linux and windows
• avoid storing secrets in plaintext config files
• retrieve keyring secrets from a go application

When to choose

• you need OS-native credential storage in a Go program
• you want statically linked binaries without C bindings
• you're building a CLI that must remember user credentials between runs

When to avoid

• you need secrets storage in a non-Go language
• your target Linux environment lacks a Secret Service dbus provider like GNOME Keyring
• you need cross-platform encrypted file-based storage rather than OS keyrings

Facets

library · maturity active

auth security cryptography developer-tools security developer-tools cross-platform windows go cross-platform keyring keychain secret-storage credentials dbus secret-service macos linux

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