# Install clipsafe with Homebrew Command-line interface to Password Safe. Version 1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:clipsafe ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install clipsafe ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:clipsafe - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.1 - **Source summary:** Command-line interface to Password Safe - **Homepage:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00 ## Executables - clipsafe (cli) - clipsafe (alias) ## Uses from macOS - perl ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sequoia, sonoma, tahoe, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://waxandwane.org/clipsafe.html - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage cliPSafe is a Perl command-line interface for reading Password Safe version 3 databases. It is a small, older security utility preserved through its official homepage, a GitHub source repository, and Homebrew. ### Project history The official waxandwane page describes cliPSafe as a read-only command-line interface to Password Safe databases, written by Ross Palmer Mohn and licensed under GPLv2. It says the tool works with Password Safe version 3 databases and imports code from Crypt::Pwsafe and Term::Complete with local modifications. The official download section lists version 1.1 as a 2008-12-08 tarball. A GitHub repository under rpmohn/clipsafe exists with the same project description, a very small commit history, and Perl as the dominant language. ### Adoption history Adoption appears niche. Homebrew packages version 1.1 from the official waxandwane tarball and reported only dozens of on-request installs over the preceding year. Password Safe's related-projects page lists cliPSafe as the Perl command-line interface for PasswordSafe version 3 databases. ### How it is used Users run `clipsafe [-f dbfname] [rxp]`; if a database path is not supplied, the tool looks in `~/.passwordsafe/preferences.properties` for the most recently used file, then prompts for a path. It prompts for the master password and supports commands such as `ls`, `cg`, `show`, `exit`, and `quit`. ### Why package nerds care cliPSafe is package-nerd significant mainly as preservation: it keeps a late-2000s Perl CLI path into Password Safe v3 databases available in Homebrew. Its narrow read-only design, CPAN dependencies, and tiny upstream footprint make it a historical utility rather than a broad modern password-manager ecosystem. ### Timeline - 2008: Official page copyright and project text identify Ross Palmer Mohn and GPLv2 licensing. - 2008-12-08: Official page lists cliPSafe 1.1 tarball. - 2022-12-31: Official page footer shows last modified date. - 2026: Homebrew formula tracks stable release 1.1 from waxandwane.org. ### Related projects - The official page states that Password Safe was originally written by Bruce Schneier and is now an open-source SourceForge-hosted project. - Password Safe's related-projects page lists cliPSafe alongside other Password Safe compatible tools such as opws, pwsafe, Password Gorilla, Crypt::Pwsafe3, and Crypt::Pwsafe. ### Sources - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ~/.passwordsafe/preferences.properties ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** clipsafe - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 5 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [Web development packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/web-dev-tools/) - Matched web development metadata. - [go-passbolt-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-passbolt-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [gokey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gokey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [kpcli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kpcli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, perl, security. - [prs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [pwsafe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pwsafe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [rbw](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rbw/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [enpass-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enpass-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [gopass-jsonapi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gopass-jsonapi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security. - [lastpass-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lastpass-cli/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, command-line, interface, line, management. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clipsafe.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/clipsafe.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph