This is a host application for browserpass browser extension providing it access to your password store. The communication is handled through Native Messaging API.

Installation

Install via package manager

The following operating systems provide a browserpass package that can be installed using a package manager:

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Once the package is installed, refer to the section Configure browsers.

If your OS is not listed above, proceed with the manual installation steps below.

Install manually

Download the latest Github release, choose either the source code archive (if you want to compile the app yourself) or an archive for your operating system (it contains a pre-built binary).

All release files are signed with this PGP key. To verify the signature of a given file, use $ gpg --verify <file>.sig.

It should report:

gpg: Signature made ...
gpg:                using RSA key 8053EB88879A68CB4873D32B011FDC52DA839335
gpg: Good signature from "Maxim Baz <...>"
gpg:                 aka ...
Primary key fingerprint: EB4F 9E5A 60D3 2232 BB52  150C 12C8 7A28 FEAC 6B20
     Subkey fingerprint: 8053 EB88 879A 68CB 4873  D32B 011F DC52 DA83 9335

Unpack the archive. If you decided to compile the application yourself, refer to the Building the app section on how to do so. Once complete, continue with the steps below.

Finally install the app using make install (if you compiled it using make browserpass) or make BIN=browserpass-XXXX install (if you downloaded a release with pre-built binary).

Configure browsers

The Makefile (which is also available in /usr/lib/browserpass/, if you installed via package manager) contains the following make goals to configure the browsers you use:

Command	Description
`make hosts-chromium`	Configure browserpass for Chromium browser, system-wide
`make hosts-chromium-user`	Configure browserpass for Chromium browser, for the current user only
`make hosts-chrome`	Configure browserpass for Google Chrome browser, system-wide
`make hosts-chrome-user`	Configure browserpass for Google Chrome browser, for the current user only
`make hosts-vivaldi`	Configure browserpass for Vivaldi browser, system-wide
`make hosts-vivaldi-user`	Configure browserpass for Vivaldi browser, for the current user only
`make hosts-brave`	Configure browserpass for Brave browser, system-wide
`make hosts-brave-user`	Configure browserpass for Brave browser, for the current user only
`make hosts-firefox`	Configure browserpass for Firefox browser, system-wide
`make hosts-firefox-user`	Configure browserpass for Firefox browser, for the current user only

In addition, Chromium-based browsers support the following make goals:

Command	Description
`make policies-chromium`	Automatically install browser extension for Chromium browser, system-wide
`make policies-chromium-user`	Automatically install browser extension for Chromium browser, for the current user only
`make policies-chrome`	Automatically install browser extension for Google Chrome browser, system-wide
`make policies-chrome-user`	Automatically install browser extension for Google Chrome browser, for the current user only
`make policies-brave`	Automatically install browser extension for Brave browser, system-wide
`make policies-brave-user`	Automatically install browser extension for Brave browser, for the current user only

Building the app

Build locally

Make sure you have the latest stable Go installed.

The following make goals are available:

Command	Description
`make` or `make all`	Compile the app and run tests
`make browserpass`	Compile the app for your OS
`make browserpass-linux64`	Compile the app for Linux 64-bit
`make browserpass-windows64`	Compile the app for Windows 64-bit
`make browserpass-darwin64`	Compile the app for Mac OS X 64-bit
`make browserpass-openbsd64`	Compile the app for OpenBSD 64-bit
`make browserpass-freebsd64`	Compile the app for FreeBSD 64-bit
`make test`	Run tests

Build using Docker

First build the docker image using the following command in the project root:

docker build -t browserpass-native .

The entry point in the docker image is the make command. To run it:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/src browserpass-native

Specify make goal(s) as the last parameter, for example:

docker run --rm -v "$(pwd)":/src browserpass-native test

Refer to the list of available make goals above.

Updates

If you installed the app using a package manager for your OS, you will likely update it in the same way.

If you installed manually, repeat the steps in the Install manually section.