yacinecheikh / sgpg

Simplified gpg cli frontend

Simplified GPG Command-line Interface

A collection of wrapper scripts to use gpg without its complexities.

SGPG scripts

Here is how to use these scripts:

# create <key name>.public.asc and <key name>.private.asc
create-key <key name>
# output a PGP MESSAGE block
cat message | encrypt <public key>
# output the decrypted message
cat encrypted | decrypt <private key>
# create a PGP SIGNATURE block in <message>.asc
sign <private key> <message>
# print "success" if the signature in <message>.asc is a signature of <message> made with the private key
verify <public key> <message> && echo success

Simplified away

• gpg home directory
  • keys are just files
• trust levels
  • you should know whether you trust a key or not
• choice of algorithms
  • the default behaviour (RSA everywhere) is fine for most purposes
• signing options
  • a signature is just a signature in a file, and does not include the signed data

Some other advanced features may be missing.