# gopass

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/gopass/

5 people recommended gopass in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free command-line password manager built on pass, recommended as a modern iteration that syncs secrets through git and supports age encryption.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Used alongside pass (2 comments in the sample): "Use pass or gopass for all your CLI tokens and sync them via a private git repo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47877165)) "I use pass and go-pass on my and my spouse's devices." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45856971))
- Solid and does its job (2 comments in the sample): "Gopass now has more than decent age support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177893)) "gopass is pretty nice and do its job" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041401))

## Other password managers people recommend

- [Bitwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitwarden/): 184 recommend, 64 mixed, 197 criticize
- [1Password](https://hackerapproved.com/p/1password/): 158 recommend, 61 mixed, 157 criticize
- [KeePassXC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepassxc/): 106 recommend, 14 mixed, 34 criticize
- [Vaultwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vaultwarden/): 97 recommend, 10 mixed, 12 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "gopass", https://hackerapproved.com/p/gopass/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.