GNOME Keyring Alternatives

GNOME Keyring is described as 'Collection of components in GNOME that store secrets, passwords, keys, certificates and make them available to applications' and is an app. There are six alternatives to GNOME Keyring for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Flathub, GNOME, GnuPG and GTK apps. The best GNOME Keyring alternative is Seahorse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNOME Keyring are Gnome Encfs Manager, KWalletManager, hyprpolkitagent and Passbook.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
GNOME Keyring alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Seahorse icon
     25 likes
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys and passwords in the GNOME Keyring.

    33 Seahorse alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GnuPG
    • Flathub
    • GNOME
     
    |
    2
    Comments about Seahorse as an Alternative to GNOME Keyring
    luananeder
    Negative
    2

    This is a frontend for GNOME Keyring, not an alternative to it

    erdnuesse
    Negative
    1

    As said, it's a frontend, not replacement.

    GNOME Keyring Icon
    Seahorse icon
    • Seahorse is the most popular Linux alternative to GNOME Keyring.

    • Seahorse is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GNOME Keyring.

    • Seahorse is Free and Open SourceGNOME Keyring is also Free and Open Source
    • Seahorse is Privacy focusedGNOME Keyring is not according to our users
  2. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    The Gnome Encfs Manager is an easy to use manager and mounter for encfs stashes. It allows you to create encrypted directories, any file that is placed in such a directory will be encrypted.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
     
    |
    1
    Comments about Gnome Encfs Manager as an Alternative to GNOME Keyring
    luananeder
    Negative
    0

    This is a frontend for GNOME Keyring, not an alternative to it

    GNOME Keyring Icon
    Gnome Encfs Manager icon
    • Gnome Encfs Manager is Free and Open SourceGNOME Keyring is also Free and Open Source
  3. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    By using the Frameworks wallet subsystem it not only allows you to keep your own secrets but also to access and manage the passwords of every application that integrates with the wallet.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
     
  4. Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    hyprpolkitagent is a polkit authentication daemon. It is required for GUI applications to be able to request elevated privileges.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
    |
    1
    Comments about hyprpolkitagent as an Alternative to GNOME Keyring
    erdnuesse
    Positive
    0

    lightweight, integrates in hyprland, and low dependecies

    GNOME Keyring Icon
    • hyprpolkitagent is Free and Open SourceGNOME Keyring is also Free and Open Source
  5. Passbook icon
     1 like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Frontend for Gnome keyring, manage and view secrets used by desktop applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GTK+
    • GNOME
     
    |
    1
    Comments about Passbook as an Alternative to GNOME Keyring
    luananeder
    Negative
    0

    This is a frontend for GNOME Keyring, not an alternative to it

    GNOME Keyring Icon
    Passbook icon
    • Passbook is Free and Open SourceGNOME Keyring is also Free and Open Source
  6. Key Rack icon
     Like
    Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard

    Key Rack allows you to view, create and edit secrets, such as passwords or tokens, stored by apps. It supports both Flatpak secrets and system-wide keyrings.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
6 of 6 GNOME Keyring alternatives