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shhh-cli is a Command Line Interface tool interacting with Shhh. This allows you to create and read secrets using Shhh directly from the terminal.

How to install it?

If you're a GO user

GO111MODULE=auto go get -u github.com/smallwat3r/shhh-cli \
    && mv $GOPATH/bin/shhh-cli $GOPATH/bin/shhh

Using Homebrew

brew tap smallwat3r/scripts \
  && brew install shhh

Manually

This util has no runtime dependencies, you can download a binary for your platform here.

Using a self-hosted Shhh instance?

This util interacts by default with the official Shhh server. If you've set-up your own Shhh server, and want to create secrets from this server by default, you will need to set-up a custom SHHH_SERVER environment variable.

# Example (in your .bashrc or .zshrc file)
export SHHH_SERVER=https://<my-custom-shhh-server>.com

Note: this won't impact reading secrets from external Shhh servers, and you will still be able to create secrets using other Shhh servers using the --host option.

How to use it?

Let's create a secret:

$ shhh create -m "The secret message" -p db928bdSBJ -e 1h
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Secret link         : https://<server>/secret/m5ZNRv6e5L4k2OwVr7qf
One time passphrase : db928bdSBJ
Expires on          : June 23, 2021 at 00:01 UTC
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can now send this snippet to your recipient in a chat or email.

If you receive a secret, you can also read it as follows:

$ shhh read -l https://<server>/secret/m5ZNRv6e5L4k2OwVr7qf -p db928bdSBJ
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The secret message
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Access the help menu:

$ shhh --help
Create or read secrets from a Shhh server.

Find more information at https://github.com/smallwat3r/shhh-cli/blob/master/README.md

Usage:
  shhh [mode] [options]

Options:
  -h, --help     Show help message and exit.
  -v, --version  Show program version and exit.

Modes:
  create         Creates a secret message.
  read           Read a secret message.

Usage of create:
  -h, --help                 Show create help message and exit.
  -m, --message    <string>  Secret message to encrypt.
  -p, --passphrase <string>  Passphrase to encrypt secret.
  -e, --expire     <int>     (opt) How long to keep the secret alive: 10m, 30m, 1h, 3h, 6h, 1d, 2d, 3d, 5d or 7d (default: 3d).
  -t, --tries      <int>     (opt) Max nb of tries to open the secret: 3, 5 or 7 (default: 5).
  -h, --host       <string>  (opt) Shhh target server (ex: https://<server>.com).
  -s, --secure               (opt) Check passphrase against the haveibeenpwned API.

  example: shhh create -m [secret] -p [passphrase] -e 30m -t 3 -s

Usage of read:
  -h, --help                 Show read help message and exit.
  -l, --link       <string>  URL link to access secret.
  -p, --passphrase <string>  Passphrase to decrypt secret.

  example: shhh read -l [link] -p [passphrase]

shhh-cli version 1.3.0