TYPE-PWD(1)

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version 2.0.4 · 3 versions
, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu stonking

💖 type-pwd(1) 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this is type-pwd(1) and it is genuinely one of my faves 💅 it's a little tool that wraps sphinx(1) so it can grab your password and type it straight into an X11 app for you. no clipboard, no drama. iconic behaviour fr fr.

✨ NAME ✨

type-pwd — a tool which wraps sphinx(1) to get and type a password to an X11 application 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

type-pwd username hostname

like. that's it. two little args. so clean ✨

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so type-pwd is basically a friendship bracelet of three tools — it combines getpwd(1), exec-on-click(1), and sphinx(1) — to build you a secure password entry workflow. 🦋

first it prompts you for your master password. then it just… waits. patiently. main character energy. 👑

then you click on the password field, and boom — it types the password as keystrokes. ⌨️✨

and the whole reason this approach eats is that your password never touches the clipboard, which is exactly where malware would be lurking trying to steal it. 💀 no clipboard, no vibes for the bad guys.

it also lowkey saves you on those websites that disable copy and paste in password fields, because guess what — there's no copying happening at all. we're typing. periodt. 💅

⚠️ okay important one, bestie: when it prompts you to click, make sure you click directly in the password entry field where you want the password to go. not near it. not on the label. in the field. 🙈 otherwise it types into the void and the void does not log you in.

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found a bug? not the vibe, but okay, tell the humans here:

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Stefan Marsiske. 🌟

Copyright © 2023 Stefan Marsiske. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

like yes it's free, go wild, remix it, but also no warranty so don't come for anyone if it goes sideways. that's the deal. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this was type-pwd(1) — go forth and let it type your passwords so the clipboard never even gets a chance. slay. 🌈⭐

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