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GNOME Keyring
GNOME Keyring Manager 2.12.1
Release	2003
Stable release	51.1[1]  / 17 September 2026 (17 September 2026)
Written in	C
Type	Password manager Linux on the desktop
License	GPL-2.0-or-later
Website	wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeKeyring
Repository	gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-keyring

GNOME Keyring is a software application designed to store security credentials such as usernames,^[2] passwords,^[2] and keys, together with a small amount of relevant metadata. The sensitive data is encrypted and stored in a keyring file in the user's home directory. The default keyring uses the login password for encryption, so users don't need to remember another password.^[3]

As of 2009, GNOME Keyring was part of the desktop environment in the operating system OpenSolaris.^[2]

GNOME Keyring is implemented as a daemon and uses the process name gnome-keyring-daemon. Applications can store and request passwords by using the libsecret library which replaces the deprecated libgnome-keyring library.

GNOME Keyring is part of the GNOME desktop. As of 2006, it integrated with NetworkManager to store WEP passwords.^[4] GNOME Web and the email client Geary uses GNOME Keyring to store passwords.^[5]

On systems where GNOME Keyring is present, software written in Vala can use it to store and retrieve passwords.^[6] The GNOME Keyring Manager (gnome-keyring-manager) was the first user interface for the GNOME Keyring. As of GNOME 2.22, it is deprecated and replaced entirely with Seahorse.^[7]

• List of password managers
• KWallet, the KDE equivalent
• Apple Keychain
• NetworkManager
• Seahorse (software)

• Official website

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