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PGPainless - Painless OpenPGP
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**OpenPGP** (`RFC 4480 <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc4880/>`_) is an Internet Standard mostly used for email
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encryption.
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It provides mechanisms to ensure *confidentiality*, *integrity* and *authenticity* of messages.
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However, OpenPGP can also be used for other purposes, such as secure messaging or as a signature mechanism for
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software distribution.
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**PGPainless** strives to improve the (currently pretty dire) state of the ecosystem of Java libraries and tooling
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for OpenPGP.
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The library focuses on being easy and intuitive to use without getting into your way.
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Common functions such as creating keys, encrypting data, and so on are implemented using a builder structure that
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guides you through the necessary steps.
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Internally, it is based on `Bouncy Castles <https://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html>`_ mighty, but low-level ``bcpg``
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OpenPGP API.
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PGPainless' goal is to empower you to use OpenPGP without needing to write all the boilerplate code required by
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Bouncy Castle.
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It aims to be secure by default while allowing customization if required.
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From its inception in 2018 as part of a `Google Summer of Code project <https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/archive/2018/projects/6037508810866688>`_,
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the library was steadily advanced.
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Since 2020, FlowCrypt is the primary sponsor of its development.
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In 2022, PGPainless received a `grant from NLnet for creating a Web-of-Trust implementation <https://nlnet.nl/project/PGPainless/>`_ as part of NGI Assure.
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Contents
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--------
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.. toctree::
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ecosystem.md
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quickstart.md
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pgpainless-cli/usage.md
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sop.md
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pgpainless-core/indepth.rst |