commit 2a42049bfeebfeb80278f6cd89f81bd89ea45421
parent 8dc7af5e3a108742a2ae781d13e1127692704b4d
Author: Sean Enck <sean@ttypty.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 10:46:45 -0400
cleanup readme
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-Lockbox
+lockbox
===
A [pass](https://www.passwordstore.org/) inspired password manager that uses a system
-keyring or command for password input over using a GPG key and uses a keepass database as the backing data store.
+keyring, command, or plaintext solution for password input (over using a gpg key only) and uses a kdbx database as the backing data store.
[](https://github.com/enckse/lockbox/actions/workflows/build.yml)
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ keyring or command for password input over using a GPG key and uses a keepass da
## upfront
-While `lb` uses a `.kdbx` formatted file that can be opened by a variety of tools, it is highly opinionated on how to store data in the database. Any
-`.kdbx` used with `lb` should be managed by `lb` with a fallback ability to use other tools to alter the/view the file otherwise. Mainly lockbox itself
-is using a common format so that it doesn't lock a user into a custom file format or dealing with gpg, age, etc. files and instead COULD be recovered
-via other tooling if needed. `lb` does try to play nice with standard fields used within kdbx files, but it may disagree how to manage/store/update them.
+While `lb` uses a `.kdbx` formatted file that can be opened by a variety of tools, it is highly opinionated on how it will store data in the database. Any
+`.kdbx` used with `lb` should be managed by `lb` with a fallback ability to use other tools to alter/view the file otherwise. Mainly, lockbox itself
+uses a common format so that it does not lock a user into a custom file format nor rely entirely on gpg.
+`lb` does try to play nice with standard fields used within kdbx files, but it may disagree with other tools on how to manage/store/update them.
## configuration
@@ -104,14 +104,6 @@ generate shell specific completions (via auto-detect using `SHELL`)
lb completions
```
-## clipboard manager
-
-`lb` can manage the system clipboard by creating a simplistic daemonized
-process to clear the clipboard over time
-```
-lb clipmgr
-```
-
## git integration
To manage the `.kdbx` file in a git repository and see _actual_ text diffs add this to a `.gitconfig`