Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install age-plugin-yubikey

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install age-plugin-yubikey

MacPorts ports tree · security/age-plugin-yubikey/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#age-plugin-yubikey

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ag/age-plugin-yubikey/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S age-plugin-yubikey

Arch Linux sync databases · age-plugin-yubikey · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Plugin for encrypting files with age and PIV tokens such as YubiKeys

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

age-plugin-yubikey

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

age-plugin-yubikey is the YubiKey/PIV hardware-token plugin for age clients, storing key material on supported YubiKeys while giving age and rage a normal identity-file interface.

Projektgeschichte

The project was created by str4d in August 2020, during the early period of the age ecosystem. Its first stable public release, v0.1.0, was published in May 2021, before age 1.0. The README presents it as a plugin for age clients such as age and rage, enabling files to be encrypted to age identities stored on YubiKeys.

The plugin matured alongside age's plugin support. age 1.1.0 was released in December 2022 with plugin and YubiKey support, while age-plugin-yubikey had already reached the 0.3.x series. Later releases continued through 0.5.x, with official packages and prebuilt binaries making it less of a from-source Rust tool and more of a normal installable CLI.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The upstream README lists Cargo, Homebrew, Arch Linux, Debian packages from releases, NixOS, Ubuntu, OpenBSD, and prebuilt binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS. The supplied package metadata additionally records Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and pacman coverage. This is a wider packaging footprint than many age plugins because hardware-token support is a common operational need.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users configure a YubiKey identity either interactively by running `age-plugin-yubikey` or programmatically with `--generate`, then save the resulting age identity text to a file. Encryption uses recipients printed by `--list`; decryption works by ensuring the plugin is on `PATH` and passing the identity file to an age client with `-i`.

The README documents platform dependencies such as `pcscd` and `pcsc-lite`, WSL usage, PIN-cache behavior, supported YubiKey 4 and 5 variants, PIV slot details, and security management for default PIN and management-key handling.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

This package matters in the age ecosystem because it turns the plugin protocol into real hardware-backed daily use. It also shows the messy package-manager side of security tooling: Rust binary distribution, PC/SC middleware, distro packages, and USB-token platform support all have to line up before the simple age CLI flow feels simple.

Zeitleiste

2020: GitHub repository created.
2021: v0.1.0 released.
2022: v0.3.0 released; age v1.1.0 added plugin and YubiKey support.
2024: v0.5.0 released.
2026: v0.5.1 released.

Related projects

age is the reference age client and file encryption tool.
rage is the Rust age client named by the README as a supported client.
yubikey-agent is mentioned by the README as a possible integration point for future agent-style decryption support.

Quellen

age official releases API
official GitHub releases API
official GitHub repository metadata
source_facts.package-manager
upstream README

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:encrypt

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Build-Metadaten listen 2 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`age-plugin-yubikey`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version0.5.1

Manager aktualisiert2026-07-10

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv0.5.1

https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey

OKEs wurden keine Aktualitätswarnungen generiert.

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:age-plugin-yubikey
Version	0.5.1
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/age-plugin-yubikey
Homepage	https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey
Repository	https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey#readme
Lizenz	Apache-2.0 OR MIT
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey/archive/refs/tags/v0.5.1.tar.gz
Zuletzt aktualisiert	2026-07-10T16:49:54-04:00
Pulse	updated
Build-Abhängigkeiten	pkgconf, rust
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	pcsc-lite
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	age-plugin-yubikey
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

age-plugin-yubikey

nix profile install nixpkgs#age-plugin-yubikey

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Age Plugin Yubikey

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ag/age-plugin-yubikey/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

pacman95%

age-plugin-yubikey 0.5.1-1

Yubikey plugin for age

https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey

sudo pacman -S age-plugin-yubikey

License: Apache-2.0 AND MIT
Architecture: x86_64
3 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Age Plugin Yubikey

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: age-plugin-yubikey from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

MacPorts95%

age-plugin-yubikey

sudo port install age-plugin-yubikey

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Age Plugin Yubikey

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/age-plugin-yubikey/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/age-plugin-yubikey.yml

Verwendete Quellen

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cross-ecosystem install command graph
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external package-manager database matches
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