[tigereyeTO]

pass is a command that simplifies reading and writing sensitive text to encrypted files using GPG encryption. It’s most often used to decrypt passwords and API credentials, copying them to the system clipboard for pasting elsewhere without writing the plaintext to the filesystem.

Paired with an encryption key stored in an isolated device like a Yubikey, it makes for a powerfully secure password system — if you like using the command line for your passwords.

I don’t know of any iOS apps that do this, but I now want one.

[upon_drumhead]

Thanks for the explanation, but I actually do use the software that I linked to, however, it’s not a GNU project, so I’m just confused to if it’s a widely used misnomer or it’s a completely different software package then the one I linked to.

[0ct4via]

It seems to be a misnomer on OP's part, they's also said about switching to 'gnu pass' in previous comments, but needing to get their head around GPG...

I suspect rather than suggesting it's a GNU project, OP is creating a sort of portmanteau from GnuPG and pass.

[heavyset_go]

Seems to be a somewhat common misnomer online[1] and on HN[2].

[1] https://www.google.com/search?q=%22gnu+pass%22

[2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

[silpol]

actually Bruce Byfield explains it in Linux Magazine:

Pass is available in the repositories of most major distributions. As usual, you can also compile from scratch, but, if you do, take note of the dependencies, especially GnuPG (GPG) [6], which creates encryption keys, and Password Generator (pwgen) [7], which generates random passwords that contain random combinations of upper- and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. Without GnuPG and pwgen, you will be unable to set up Pass, much less actually use it.

https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2014/158/Command-Line-...