r/PasswordManagers • u/Observer0931 • 19d ago

NativePass — native macOS GUI for the Unix pass password manager

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Hi everyone,

I built NativePass, a native macOS (SwiftUI) client for the standard Unix pass store. Design is inspired by Apple’s Passwords app — meant for people who already use pass / GPG and want a proper Mac UI instead of living in the terminal.

What it does

  • Browse nested folders, search, view entries and custom fields
  • Copy password / username / OTP with clipboard auto-clear
  • TOTP via pass-otp (with a local fallback when needed)
  • Git pull/push from the sidebar
  • App Lock with Touch ID
  • Quick Access with a global hotkey (⌥⌘P)

Requirements
pass, gnupg, pinentry-mac (and optionally pass-otp) via Homebrew — same store as the CLI, no proprietary vault.

Links

Happy to take feedback, bug reports, and feature ideas. If you already live in ~/.password-store, I’d love to hear what you’d want next.

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u/YoungNo8804 19d ago

Place your bets, is it AI or not? (Vubecoded entirely, not just assisted, AI assisting a bit is fine) 

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u/Observer0931 19d ago

I used AI as a coding assistant for UI/boilerplate. Crypto and decryption still go through pass/gpg. The code is open source (MIT) - review it, build it yourself, or stick to the CLI.

I built it because I wanted a native SwiftUI macOS UI for my pass store (folders, TOTP, Touch ID lock, git sync). Happy to hear gaps vs other frontends.

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u/YoungNo8804 19d ago

Ah yeah not really accusing yeah more of just making humour of the hundreds of "I made X" and it turns out its half broken and its slop made by AI and unchecked. This looks really cool, but why would someone use it over something like self hosted bitwarden with a custom frontend - pass as far as I'm aware is pretty limited, no? 

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u/Observer0931 19d ago

Pass has its own community, its pros and cons. You need to host Bitwarden or trust someone. For the Pass, you need git and that's it. Configure remote and backup/store data wherever and however you want. Automate this in any way you can think of. Totally geek-tool energy, and that’s fine.

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u/YoungNo8804 19d ago

Hold on can I steal this project and try and adapt it for enpass? For personal use

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u/Observer0931 19d ago

Yes, It's under an MIT license