Pa-rs E

A rusty password manager that'll blow your arse off.

The What

Pa-rs E is a simple, Rust-based password manager that implements an equally memorable and secure password format. All passwords are created using only 3 components:

• A randomly generated 6-8 character string
• A phrase the user keeps memorized
• A 127-character ASCII cipher to "cipher" service names

The Why

Through combining these, the user can easily generate memorable passwords that are still lengthy, unique and secure. Since the memorable phrase is required to generate the password, it is not stored anywhere. The user is responsible for keeping it in their head. This allows the rest of the password to:

• Be unique to each service
• Never wholly be stored anywhere
• Be easily generated

And allows the cipher and leading string to be stored on the machine in plaintext, while not compromising on security.

Usage

Pa-rs E works using multiple profiles. Each profile has a unique cipher and a leading string. The user can switch between profiles using the --profile/-p flag.

| Subcommand | Description | | ---------- | ----------- | | profile new/delete | Initializes or deletes a Pa-rs E profile | | parse -p (profile) | Parses a new password from the user-provided service name, if a profile is not specified, "default" is used |

Installation / Building

From Source

1. Clone the repository bash git clone https://gitlab.com/mchal_/parse

2. Install using Cargo bash cargo install --path .

Nix

bash Not yet available, maybe in the future...

Arch Linux

1. Clone and enter the repository bash git clone https://gitlab.com/mchal_/parse cd parse

2. Run makepkg to build and install the package bash makepkg -si

From Binaries

1. Binary releases are not yet available. Please use the source installation method for now