I didn't know pass was "GNU". I also recall it being pretty well written.

Original author of password-store was Jason Donenfeld (of Wireguard fame), and it was indeed well-written.

Yes! Actually I remember now being surprised to find out Jason had written it. His git repository is full of neat and interesting projects.

Pass is a wrapper script around git and gpg. You can get the functionality of `pass` by running git and gpg commands directly.

Learning git itself is non-intuitive, but the gpg utilities take the learning curve to a whole other level. If you want to make simple use of the gpg utilities, you should plan on setting aside a few full days to learn how they work. Or just use pass, which additionally leverages git for password history.

bash, actually.