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Gopass JSONAPI

Native messaging bridge for the gopass manager

Password Managers ★ 75 stars Medium setup MIT

gopass-jsonapi is an open-source component that exposes the gopass password manager over a JSON native-messaging API. It enables browser extensions to read and fill credentials from a gopass store.

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Key features

  • JSON native messaging
  • Browser extension bridge
  • Reads gopass store
  • Encrypted secrets

Strengths

  • Released under the MIT license
  • Written in Go
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Is Gopass JSONAPI secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Gopass JSONAPI's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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