GpgFrontend/README.md

GpgFrontend

GpgFrontend is a Modern, Easy-to-Use, Compact, Cross-Platform, and Installation-Free OpenPGP Frontend Tool.

By using GpgFrontend, you can quickly encrypt and decrypt text or files. Or at the same time as the above operations, you can add your own signature to let others know that this document or this paragraph of text was issued by you.

Furthermore, it visualizes most of the common operations of gpg commands. It aims to allow ordinary users to quickly use gpg and make professional users more convenient. GpgFrontend supports new features of OpenPGP.

Workflows Status:

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Table of Contents

• Features
• Usage
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS
• Document
• Purpose
• Build
• Contract
  • Contributing
  • Maintainers
• Licenses

Features

• Can run on Windows, Linux and macOS.
• Open source, free, no need to install.
• Just double-click, and then you can use it freely.
• Before use, you only need to install gnupg. A tiny GNU tool.
• Supports multiple languages. Don’t forget to help me translate this software.

Usage

Windows

1. Download gnupg-w32-******.exe
2. Double Click it to install it
3. Download GpgFrontend Windows Edition
4. Unzip GpgFrontend
5. Double Click gpgfrontend.exe

macOS

1. Install Homebrew Here if you don't know it.
2. Install gnupg

   % brew update
   % brew install gnupg
   

3. Download GpgFrontend macOS Edition
4. Unzip GpgFrontend
5. Get into folder and Give gpgfrontend permission to execute

   % cd gpgfrontend-*.*.*-macos-amd64-release/
   % chmod u+x gpgfrontend
   

6. Just run it

   % ./gpgfrontend
   

Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS

1. Install gnupg
   • For Debian/Ubuntu

     $ sudo apt update
     $ sudo apt install gpg
     

   • For CentOS

     $ sudo yum install gnupg
     

2. Download GpgFrontend Linux Edition
3. Unzip GpgFrontend
4. Get into folder and Give gpgfrontend permission to execute

   $ cd gpgfrontend-*.*.*-linux-amd64-release/
   $ chmod u+x gpgfrontend
   

5. Just run it

   $ ./gpgfrontend
   

Document

For more usage information, please read Document.

Purpose

The GpgFrontend project inherit from a relatively mature but not maintained gpg4usb project. It inherits the stable, easy-to-use, compact, and installation-free features of gpg4usb, and plans to support some new features of OpenPGP based on it and continue to improve it.

GpgFrontend will add more functions in the future to improve the ease of use of GPG in end-to-end transmission. At the same time, the addition of new functions does not affect the old basic functions. My personal strength is always limited. GpgFrontend welcomes volunteers to join. You can use the GitHub platform to file an issue, or submit a pull request.

The GpgFrontend project is as open source, and it also insists on using open source codes and libraries.

Build

The tutorial for building the software will be released shortly.

Contract

If you want to contact me individually, you can email eric@bktus.com.

Contributing

Feel free to dive in! Open an issue or submit PRs.

Maintainers

@Saturneric.

LOGO

LICENSES

GpgFrontend itself is licensed under the GPLv3.

There are some libraries and binary included in the zip-file which (may) have different licenses, for more information check their homepages. You can also obtain the sources from there.

gpg4usb: https://www.gpg4usb.org/

Gnupg: https://gnupg.org/

QT: https://www.qt.io/

MSYS2: https://www.msys2.org/

mingw-w64: http://mingw-w64.org/doku.php

The icons of this software use materials from Alibaba vector icon library. The Alibaba vector icon library is free to use. The icons in the free library aren't registered as trademarks. There is no copyright issue involved and can be used commercially.