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---
- title: "age Modern File Encryption Tool"
+ name: "age Modern File Encryption Tool"
+ slug: "age-modern-file-encryption-tool"
description: "Encrypt and decrypt files with age (FiloSottile/age), a simple, modern encryption tool with small explicit keys, post-quantum support, no config options, and UNIX-style composability. A practical replacement for GPG in most workflows."
+ github_stars: 21824
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/FiloSottile/age"
- category:
- - "Security & Verification"
- framework:
- - "Claude Code"
+ category: "Security & Verification"
+ framework: "Claude Code"
tool_ecosystem:
github_repo: "FiloSottile/age"
github_stars: 21824
---
# age Modern File Encryption Tool
Encrypt and decrypt files with age (FiloSottile/age), a simple, modern encryption tool with small explicit keys, post-quantum support, no config options, and UNIX-style composability. A practical replacement for GPG in most workflows.
## Installation
- Choose whichever fits your setup:
+ Use the upstream install or setup path that matches your environment:
+ - go install filippo.io/age/cmd/...@latest
- 1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
- 2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
- 3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
- 4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
- 5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.
+ Requirements and caveats from upstream:
+ - 🌍 [Typage](https://github.com/FiloSottile/typage) is a TypeScript implementation. It works in the browser, Node.js, Deno, and Bun.
+
+ Basic usage or getting-started notes:
+ - <table>
+ - <tr>
+ - <td>Homebrew (macOS or Linux)</td>
+
+ - Source: https://github.com/FiloSottile/age
+ - Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FiloSottile/age/HEAD/README.md
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/age-modern-file-encryption-tool/)