Encrypt And Decrypt Age Secrets With Hardware Backed Yubikey Identities

---
name: "Encrypt and decrypt age secrets with hardware-backed YubiKey identities"
slug: "encrypt-and-decrypt-age-secrets-with-hardware-backed-yubikey-identities"
description: "Use age-plugin-yubikey when an agent needs age encryption tied to a physical YubiKey identity instead of software-only keys."
github_stars: 881
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey"
author: "str4d"
publisher_type: "open_source_project"
category: "Security & Verification"
framework: "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "str4d/age-plugin-yubikey"
  github_stars: 881
---

# Encrypt and decrypt age secrets with hardware-backed YubiKey identities

Use age-plugin-yubikey when an agent needs age encryption tied to a physical YubiKey identity instead of software-only keys.

## Prerequisites

age, age-plugin-yubikey, and a configured YubiKey with supported credentials

## Installation

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- | Environment | CLI command |
- |-------------|-------------|
- | Cargo (Rust 1.70+) | cargo install age-plugin-yubikey |

- Source: https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey/HEAD/README.md

## Documentation

- https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey#readme

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/encrypt-and-decrypt-age-secrets-with-hardware-backed-yubikey-identities/)