⚠️ DEPRECATED: this project will not be longer maintained, instead, GitHub has published a gh cli to manage secrets among other features of its ecosystem.

GitHub actions secrets management CLI tool

Available in:

• Node (NPM registry): https://www.npmjs.com/package/@kijart/gh-secrets
• Node (GitHub registry): https://github.com/kijart/gh-secrets/packages
• Docker: https://hub.docker.com/r/kijart/gh-secrets

• List repository secrets
• Get a repository secret
• Create or update a repository secret
• Create or update a batch of repository secrets
• Delete a repository secret

• List organization secrets
• Get an organization secret
• Create or update an organization secret
• Create or update a batch of organization secrets
• Delete an organization secret
• List selected repositories for an organization secret
• Set selected repositories for an organization secret
• Add selected repository to an organization secret
• Remove selected repository from an organization secret

1. Generate a GitHub Personal Access Token
   • select repo scope permissions to manage repositories level secrets
   • select admin:org scope permissions to manage organization level secrets
   • select repo, admin:org scope permissions to manage repositories and organization level secrets
2. Save and update .gh-secrets file in the user home directory: cp .gh-secrets.example $HOME/.gh-secrets

Usage: gh-secrets <command> [options] <url> [parameters]

Commands:
  gh-secrets list <url>                     Lists all secrets available in a repository/organization without revealing their encrypted values
  gh-secrets get <name> <url>               Gets a single secret from a repository/organization without revealing its encrypted value
  gh-secrets set <name> <value> <url> [--visibility all | private | selected]  Creates or updates a secret in a repository/organization with an encrypted value
  gh-secrets setAll <file> <url> [--visibility all | private | selected] Creates or updates a batch of secrets in a repository/organization with an encrypted values from a file
  gh-secrets delete <name> <url>            Deletes a secret in a repository/organization using the secret name

Options:
  -h, --help     Show help            [boolean]
  -v, --version  Show version number  [boolean]

Examples:
  gh-secrets list https://github.com/owner/repository-name
  gh-secrets get SECRET_NAME https://github.com/owner/repository-name
  gh-secrets set SECRET_NAME value https://github.com/owner/repository-name
  gh-secrets setAll secrets.env https://github.com/owner/repository-name
  gh-secrets delete SECRET_NAME https://github.com/owner/repository-name
  gh-secrets list https://github.com/owner
  gh-secrets get SECRET_NAME https://github.com/owner
  gh-secrets set SECRET_NAME value https://github.com/owner
  gh-secrets set SECRET_NAME value https://github.com/owner --visibility all
  gh-secrets set SECRET_NAME value https://github.com/owner --visibility private
  gh-secrets set SECRET_NAME value https://github.com/owner --visibility selected
  gh-secrets setAll secrets.env https://github.com/owner
  gh-secrets setAll secrets.env https://github.com/owner --visibility all
  gh-secrets setAll secrets.env https://github.com/owner --visibility private
  gh-secrets setAll secrets.env https://github.com/owner --visibility selected
  gh-secrets delete SECRET_NAME https://github.com/owner

1. Install gh-secrets globally: npm install -g @kijart/gh-secrets
2. Run examples:
   • help: gh-secrets -h
   • list: gh-secrets list https://github.com/owner/repository-name
   • setAll: gh-secrets setAll /app/secrets.env https://github.com/owner/repository-name

1. Build from source: docker pull kijart/gh-secrets

2. Run examples:

   • help: docker run --rm -it -v $HOME/.gh-secrets:/home/node/.gh-secrets gh-secrets -h

   • list: docker run --rm -it -v $HOME/.gh-secrets:/home/node/.gh-secrets gh-secrets list https://github.com/owner/repository-name

   • setAll:

     docker run --rm -it \
     -v $HOME/.gh-secrets:/home/node/.gh-secrets \
     -v $(pwd)/secrets.env:/app/secrets.env \
     kijart/gh-secrets setAll /app/secrets.env https://github.com/owner/repository-name`

1. Build docker service: docker-compose up --no-start
2. Run examples:
   • help: docker-compose run --rm gh-secrets -h
   • list: docker-compose run --rm gh-secrets list https://github.com/owner/repository-name
   • setAll: docker-compose run --rm gh-secrets setAll secrets.env https://github.com/owner/repository-name

1. Install project dependencies: npm install
2. Install project binary globally: npm install -g .
3. Update $HOME/.gh-secrets content with valid values
4. Run examples:
   • help: gh-secrets -h
   • list: gh-secrets list https://github.com/owner/repository-name
   • setAll: gh-secrets setAll /app/secrets.env https://github.com/owner/repository-name

• GitHub actions secrets API