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GpgFrontend
GpgFrontend is an 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. It aims to allow ordinary users to quickly use gpg and make professional users more convenient. GpgFrontend supports new features of OpenPGP.
Notice: GpgFrontend does not provide an embedded gnupg binary library and needs to be installed by the user. This is to ensure safety and avoid code or binary files being implanted in the backdoor during the delivery process.
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Features
- Can run on Windows, Linux and macOS.
- Open source, free, no need to install.
- For Windows and macOS user, just double-click, and then you can use it freely.
- Supports multiple languages. Don’t forget to help me translate this software.
Usage
Quick Start
Fast encryption
Encryption can be done in just a few clicks.
Fast Decryption
I want to see what you wrote right away.
More Helpful Operation
Read the animated pictures in the Document to learn more awesome operations.
How to Run it
Windows
- Download gnupg-w32-******.exe
- Double Click it to install it
- Download GpgFrontend Windows Edition
- Unzip gpgfrontend-windows-latest-*******.zip
- Go into the directory and double click gpgfrontend.exe
macOS
- Install Homebrew Here if you don't know it.
- Install gnupg
% brew update % brew install gnupg qt@5 gpgme - Download GpgFrontend macOS Edition
- Unzip GpgFrontend
- Get into folder and Give gpgfrontend permission to execute
% cd gpgfrontend-macos-latest-*******/ % chmod u+x gpgfrontend - Just run it
% ./gpgfrontend
Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS
- Install gnupg
- For Debian/Ubuntu
$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gpg libgpgme11 qt-default - For CentOS
$ sudo yum install gnupg gpgme qt5-qtbase
- For Debian/Ubuntu
- Download GpgFrontend Linux Edition
- Unzip GpgFrontend
- Get into folder and Give gpgfrontend permission to execute
$ cd gpgfrontend-ubuntu-latest-*******/ $ chmod u+x gpgfrontend - 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
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/
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.