benoror/gpg.nvim

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2025-05-24

UPDATED

2025-10-11

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gpg.nvim

Editing GPG encrypted files symmetrically in NeoVIM

Install

Manually

Copy plugin/gpg.lua file to your ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/ directory

Using lazy.nvim:

-- ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/gpg.lua
{
   "benoror/gpg.nvim",
}

Requirements

• gpg
• Optional: pinentry-mac

Usage

All *.gpg files will be symmetrically decrypted/encrypted transparently using gpg tools

Credits

Based off

• From @nickali https://gist.github.com/nickali/89f3743e305db015d0f3ad4ffd325ccb
  • https://nali.org/wiki/tech/apps/neovim/#gpg-decrypting-and-encrypting-transparently-with-neovim
• Proposed first by @traut https://gist.github.com/traut/cd19ae2817ab13e0bade1f8a9995029f
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/nvim/comments/112a5bi/editing_gpg_encrypted_files_in_neovim/

Inspired by

https://github.com/jamessan/vim-gnupg

Further reading

• Setup GPG on macOS