# str4d/rage

A simple, secure and modern file encryption tool (and Rust library) with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.

Repository: https://github.com/str4d/rage
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rage
Homepage: https://age-encryption.org/v1
Language: Rust
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, encryption, zero-configuration, secure-by-default, unix-philosophy, curve25519, scrypt, rust, rust-library, yubikey, age-encryption
Last push: 2026-08-20T19:10:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 97/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 93, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2521, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 50, "gap_med": 0.5, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3633, forks 160 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:12.599532+00:00)

## What it is
rage is a Rust implementation of the age file encryption format, providing a simple, secure CLI tool and library with small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability. It supports passphrase encryption, multiple recipients, and hardware tokens like YubiKeys via plugins.

## Use cases
- encrypt files with a modern secure tool
- encrypt a file with a passphrase from the command line
- encrypt files to public keys in scripts
- decrypt age-encrypted files
- encrypt files to a YubiKey
- add file encryption to a Rust application
- pipe data through encryption in shell pipelines

## When to choose
- you want simple, zero-config file encryption with secure defaults
- you need a cross-platform age implementation in Rust or as a library
- you want UNIX-style composability for encrypting streams in scripts
- you need hardware token support via age plugins

## When to avoid
- you need full-disk or directory encryption rather than per-file encryption
- you need GPG's web-of-trust key management and signing features
- you need authenticated encryption with asymmetric key exchange beyond age's recipient model

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cryptography, security, cli, file-system
- domain: security, privacy, developer-tools
- platform: windows, rust, cli, cross-platform
- tags: age-encryption, file-encryption, unix-philosophy, yubikey, curve25519, encryption-tool, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- str4d/rage (main) score 97

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.599532+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:31:52.198317+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/str4d/rage (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:12.599532+00:00, sha 0de47444ef30)
  - homepage: https://age-encryption.org/v1 (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:20.791713+00:00, sha 06c22f32551c)
  - registry_crates: https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/rage (fetched 2026-08-29T09:26:20.801282+00:00, sha f633756055e8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.