Seahorse (software)

Seahorse
Developer(s) Seahorse developers
Stable release
43.0 Edit this on Wikidata / 14 October 2022
Preview release
41.beta Edit this on Wikidata / 4 September 2021
Repository gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/seahorse
Operating system Unix-like
Platform GNOME
Type Encryption
License GPL-2.0-or-later
Website wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Seahorse

Seahorse (officially branded as Passwords and Secrets) is a GNOME front-end application for managing passwords, PGP and SSH keys. Seahorse integrates with a number of apps including Nautilus file manager, Epiphany browser and Evolution e-mail suite. It has HKP and LDAP key server support.

PGP support is implemented utilizing GNU Privacy Guard. Passwords are securely stored encrypted with the user's login password using GNOME Keyring. Seahorse is released as free software under the GPL-2.0-or-later license.

Developers

Responsibility for maintenance and development of Seahorse has changed hands several times during its lifetime:

  • Niels De Graef (3.29.x - present)
  • Daiki Ueno (3.29.x - present)
  • Nate Nielsen (real name Stef Walter) (0.7.4 - present)
  • Jacob Perkins (0.6.x - 0.7.3)
  • Jose C. García Sogo (0.5.x)
  • Jean Schurger

See also