[!CAUTION] Do not use this to store very sensitive data. Just for more general stuff like photos, movies, and that kind of thing. It is secure until someone doesn't know the root password.

I build this "over-engineered" tool..... for myself and thought others may need this.

▪️📂 dotfold

A small, 🔐 password-protected TUI + CLI tool that hides folders by prefixing them with "." , changes ownership to root and securely stores folder metadata using OpenSSL and a SHA-256 hashed password.

🔍 Preview

Similarly, you can't navigate outside current user home directroy in tui mode.

🔵 CLI Usages

Hiding folders

1. Type full path of folder

   dotfold hide "/path/to/folder"
   

2. Or, open a terminal in the folder’s parent directory and provide just the folder name.

   dotfold hide "folder name" 
   

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Other commands

dotfold show hidden   # shows all hidden folders 

dotfold unhide   # lets you unhide a folder

dotfold change passwd  # Changes your password

🛠️ Setup

📦 Install Dependencies

For Linux:

ubuntu/debian

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://repo.charm.sh/apt/gpg.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/charm.gpg] https://repo.charm.sh/apt/ * *" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/charm.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install gum fzf openssl

Archlinux

sudo pacman -S gum fzf openssl # Arch based system

Fedora

sudo dnf install gum openssl fzf

📢 For any other distro: install gum, fzf, and openssl manually — it should work without issues.

🛠️ Installation

1. Clone this repository

 git clone https://github.com/Harsh-bin/dotfold.git

 cd dotfold

 chmod +x ./install.sh

 ./install.sh

2. Restart terminal and run

  dotfoldtui   # TUI MODE

  dotfold [command]   # CLI MODE

3. Everything's done. NOW, enjoy!✌️

📢 Run dotfoldtui first to initialize the files before using dotfold

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❌ Uninstalling dotfold

chmod +x ./uninstall.sh

./uninstall.sh