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Gopass-jsonapi 1.16.1, issued by the gopass Authors as the ninth consecutive release of the component, acts as the official JSON-speaking bridge between the gopass command-line password store and any external client that prefers lightweight message exchange over native binary calls. Written in Go and shipped as a single self-contained executable, the utility listens on stdin/stdout for well-formed JSON requests, performs the requested secret lookup, creation, or mutation inside the local gopass vault, and returns the result in an equally compact JSON payload. This design makes it especially attractive for browser extensions such as gopassbridge, which need to retrieve login credentials on demand without exposing the entire vault to the web process; the extension launches gopass-jsonapi as a native messaging host, exchanges a short handshake, and receives only the single password that the user has explicitly approved. Beyond browsers, system utilities, CI pipelines, and custom tray applets can embed the binary to obtain secrets for ssh, API tokens, or environment variables while remaining agnostic to the underlying GPG or age encryption layer that gopass uses. Because every request is cryptographically verified against the existing gpg key-ring, scripts gain the benefit of gopass’s team-based ACLs, git history, and automatic syncing without rewriting any security code. The tool is classified under Security/Password Managers and is available for free on get.nero.com, where downloads are provided via trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always deliver the latest version, and support batch installation of multiple applications.
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