From 59c5b55e2120ccd87c9a883a8ab3d0419f55ed61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: usermaneGermane Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 23:56:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: ready for public readers Before the repository goes public: "not for real passwords yet" instead of "for the lab only" (and the link to the Windows README's renamed heading); install from the release marked Latest; the CI artifact of main is the PassMan 3 test version now, so it is no longer offered as the newest build; "no online account". Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_011ojnyVg7ccsR3pZ64s7aRH --- README.md | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 81bc89f..1577f88 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ # PassMan for Linux A local desktop password manager. Your vault is a single AES-256-GCM -encrypted file. There is no account and no service behind it: it works +encrypted file. There is no online account and no service behind it: it works entirely offline, and if you want two PCs in step you run the sync server yourself, on your own hardware. -**`main` is 1.0.0-alpha.1, a PassMan 3 test version — for the lab only.** +**`main` is 1.0.0-alpha.1, a PassMan 3 test version — not for real passwords yet.** For real use keep the [0.9.0 release](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Linux/releases/tag/v0.9.0), which the rest of this README describes. It installs from a `.deb` on Ubuntu 22.04 or newer, or runs from source. It has so far been tested in CI only, @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ with either server. ## PassMan 3 — the test version 1.0.0-alpha.1 is the same as [PassMan for Windows -3.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Windows#passman-3--a-test-version-for-the-lab-only): +3.0.0-alpha.1](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Windows#passman-3--a-test-version-not-for-real-passwords-yet): accounts with a Secret Key and a 12-word recovery phrase, Argon2id, and importing 2.x vaults with their history. It opens PassMan 3 accounts only, so do not install it over 0.9.0 — your vaults would not show up (they are @@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ They sit beside the `vault` folder below, which the test version only reads. The package is `passman__all.deb`. Download it from [Releases](https://github.com/usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Linux/releases) -(checksums in `SHA256SUMS.txt`), take the newest build from the -`passman-deb` artifact of the latest CI run on `main` -(`gh run download -R usermaneGermane/PassMan-Client-Linux -n passman-deb`), -or build it yourself on Ubuntu or Debian: +(the release marked **Latest**; checksums in `SHA256SUMS.txt`; a +*Pre-release* is a test version), or build it yourself on Ubuntu or Debian. +CI also keeps a `passman-deb` artifact of each run on `main`, but `main` is +the PassMan 3 test version now, so that one is for testing only. ```bash sudo apt install git python3-pip