[theamk]

> isn't really special compared to other similar things.

If you define "similar thing" as "kitchen-sink thing that tries to do everything like PGP does", then this is true, as no full alternatives exist, nor should they.

But for all practical applications? Pretty much every "other similar thing" that I have tried is _vastly_ more simple and more reliable and easier to debug and infinitely easier to script. For example, "seccure", "minisign", "age", even "ssh-keygen -Y". Especially cool are "seccure" which uses passphrases as private keys (no more private key files ever!) and "ssh-keygen -Y" which uses ssh keys which everyone already has anyway.

If you are writing a new software and thinking about integrating PGP, do yourself a favor and look for alternatives. If this is something developer-oriented, I recommend using something based on SSH keys, like git does.