Platform independent 'API' to access the operating system's credential store. Currently supports: 'Keychain' on 'macOS', Credential Store on 'Windows', the Secret Service 'API' on 'Linux', and simple, platform independent stores implemented with environment variables or encrypted files. Additional storage back-ends can be added easily.
| Version: | 1.4.1 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 3.5) |
| Imports: | askpass,filelock,R6, tools, utils,yaml |
| Suggests: | callr,covr,openssl,testthat (≥ 3.0.0),withr |
| Published: | 2025-06-15 |
| DOI: | 10.32614/CRAN.package.keyring |
| Author: | Gábor Csárdi [aut, cre], Alec Wong [ctb], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd] |
| Maintainer: | Gábor Csárdi <csardi.gabor at gmail.com> |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/r-lib/keyring/issues |
| License: | MIT + fileLICENSE |
| Copyright: | see fileCOPYRIGHTS |
| URL: | https://keyring.r-lib.org/,https://github.com/r-lib/keyring |
| NeedsCompilation: | yes |
| SystemRequirements: | Optional: libsecret on Linux (libsecret-1-dev onDebian/Ubuntu, libsecret-devel on Fedora/CentOS) |
| Materials: | README,NEWS |
| CRAN checks: | keyring results |