GOSOP(1)

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version 1.1.0 · 7 versions
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🌸 GOSOP(1) — the vibes-only manual 🌸

Hiii bestie 💖 welcome to gosop(1), aka the Stateless OpenPGP implementation for GopenPGP. Yes, it's a whole manual page, no I'm not gonna let you skim it, we're doing this together, hand in hand 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

gosop — Stateless OpenPGP implementation for GopenPGP

💅 USAGE 💅

gosop [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

okay so the shape of literally every invocation is: global options, then a command, then that command's own options, then whatever arguments the command wants. That's it. That's the whole dance ✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Proton Technologies AG wrote this. iconic of them fr fr 💜

🦋 COMMANDS 🦋

This is the main-character section, the moment we've all been waiting for. Every command, every flag, no skipping, I'm watching you 👀

🛡️ armor — Add ASCII Armor

Wrap your data up all pretty in ASCII armor, like putting a lil bow 🎀 on a binary blob.

USAGE:
gosop armor [command options] < DATA

OPTIONS:

  • --label value, --label={auto|sig|key|cert|message} — sets the armor label. (default: auto)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

🎁 dearmor — Remove ASCII Armor

The un-bow-ening. Takes ASCII armored stuff and strips it back down to raw bytes.

USAGE:
gosop dearmor < DATA

OPTIONS:

  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

🔓 decrypt — Decrypt a Message

Unlock the message, bestie 🔑 feed it your ciphertext on stdin and the keys as arguments.

USAGE:

gosop decrypt [command options] [KEY...] < CIPHERTEXT

OPTIONS:

  • --session-key-out value, --session-key-out=SESSIONKEY — where the session key goes.
  • --with-session-key value, --with-session-key=SESSIONKEY — decrypt using a session key you already have.
  • --with-password value, --with-password=PASSWORD — decrypt with a password.
  • --verify-out value, --verify-out=VERIFICATIONS — dump verifications out here.
  • --verify-with value, --verify-out=CERTS — verify with these certs. (yes, that second one says --verify-out= — I did not write it, I just report it, and I am keeping it EXACTLY as it is, no cap 🫡)
  • --verify-not-before value, --verify-not-before={-|DATE} — (default: -)
  • --verify-not-after value, --verify-not-after={-|DATE} — (default: now)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

🔐 encrypt — Encrypt a Message

Lock it up 🔒 certs in, ciphertext out, say less.

USAGE:
gosop encrypt [command options] [CERTS...] < DATA

OPTIONS:

  • --as value, --as={binary|text} — (default: binary)
  • --no-armor — skip the armor, go raw. (default: false)
  • --with-password value, --with-password=PASSWORD — encrypt with a password too.
  • --sign-with value, --sign-with=KEY — sign it while you're at it, flex a lil 😌
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

🪪 extract-cert — Extract a Certificate from a Secret Key

Your secret key has a public half hiding inside it, and this command yanks it out into the light ✨

USAGE:
gosop extract-cert [command options]

OPTIONS:

  • --no-armor — (default: false)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

🗝️ generate-key — Generate a Secret Key

Fresh key, who dis 💅 give it userids and it'll hand you a brand new secret key.

USAGE:
gosop generate-key [command options] [USERID...]

OPTIONS:

  • --no-armor — (default: false)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

✍️ sign — Create a Detached Signature

Sign the data flowing in on stdin and get a detached signature out. main character energy fr.

USAGE:
gosop extract-cert [command options]
⚠️ okay so heads up: the USAGE: line under sign literally reads gosop extract-cert [command options]. That's what the page says. I am not fixing it, I am not guessing, I am simply ✨ reporting ✨. Copy it character for character if you're scripting off it, bestie 🙈

OPTIONS:

  • --no-armor — (default: false)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

✅ verify — Verify a Detached Signature

The vibe check for signatures 🕵️♀️ signature + certs both come in as arguments, data on stdin.

USAGE:
gosop verify SIGNATURE CERTS [CERTS...] < DATA

OPTIONS:

  • --not-before value, --not-before={-|DATE} — (default: -)
  • --not-after value, --not-after={-|DATE} — (default: now)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

📌 version — Version Information

Tell me who you are, what you're running on, all of it 🔍

USAGE:
gosop version [command options] [arguments...]

OPTIONS:

  • --backend — (default: false)
  • --extended — (default: false)
  • --help, -h: show help (default: false)

🆘 help, h — Shows a list of commands or help for one command

Your safety net when you forget everything. It happens. No shame 🫶

🌈 GLOBAL OPTIONS 🌈

These bad boys work anywhere, any command, any time. Universal.

  • --help, -h — show help (default: false)
  • --version, -v — print the version (default: false)

💖 that's the whole page 💖

and that's a wrap on gosop(1)! this beauty dropped February 2026 and lives under the GOSOP(1) manual-page name in your local man setup ⭐ go forth, armor things, decrypt things, verify literally everything. slay ✨🎀💅

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