---
name: "pwman3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pwman3"
version: "0.13.1-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pwman3"
---

# pwman3(1)

command line password manager

## NAME

pwman3 - command line password manager

## SYNOPSIS

pwman3 \[*OPTIONS*\]

pwman3 **--help**

## DESCRIPTION

Pwman3 aims to provide a simple but powerful command line interface for password management. It allows one to store your password in a SQLite database locked by a master password which can be encrypted with different algorithms (e.g AES, Blowfish, DES3, IDEA, etc.).

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Display help message and exit.

- **-c** *FILE*, **--config** *FILE*

  Read the configuration from FILE instead of the default **~/.pwman3/config**.

- **-d** *DATABASE*, **--database** *DATABASE*

  When using the default SQLite backend, use DATABASE file path to read/store passwords.

- **-e** *ALGO*, **--encryption**=*ALGO*

  Use ALGO to encrypt data. Possible values are: AES , ARC2, ARC4, Blowfish, CAST, DES, DES3, IDEA, RC5. The default encryption algorithm used is AES.

- **-k**, **--convert**

  Convert old DB format to version \>= 0.4. The database that will be converted is the one found in the config file, or the one given as command line argument.

- **-O**, **--output** *OUTPUT*

  Use OUTPUT as file path for the newly created database after converting.

## AUTHORS

Pwman3 was originally written by Ivan Kelly \<ivan@ivankelly.net\>. Pwman3 is now maintained by Oz Nahum \<nahumoz@gmail.com\>.