{"categories":[{"label":"Cryptography","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/security-cryptography"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides alternate keyring backend implementations for the keyring package, including plaintext and other non-standard credential storage methods.","skillfed_tags":["keyring-backends","credential-storage","testing-utilities"],"use_cases":["Testing keyring-dependent code in CI/CD pipelines where system keyrings are unavailable","Development environments where plaintext credential storage is acceptable for local testing","Evaluating alternative credential storage strategies before committing to a production backend","Scenarios requiring custom or legacy credential storage formats incompatible with standard keyrings"],"what_it_does":"keyrings.alt provides alternate implementations of credential storage backends for the keyring package. Rather than using the system's native secure storage, these backends offer alternative approaches\u2014most notably a plaintext file-based storage. The package explicitly warns that these backends carry security risks and were extracted from the main keyring project to isolate experimental or discouraged implementations.\n\nThe package is designed for developers who need non-standard credential handling, such as testing scenarios or development environments where the standard keyring backends are unsuitable. It depends on jaraco.classes and jaraco.context for utility functionality. The maintainers explicitly discourage production use of these backends and recommend understanding the security implications before deployment.","worth_installing":"Yes, but only for development, testing, or specialized scenarios where you understand the security trade-offs. The package is actively maintained and carries no known vulnerabilities, but the description explicitly warns against production use due to security risks. Install only if you have a specific need for an alternate backend and accept responsibility for the security implications."},"id":"keyrings-alt","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/keyrings-alt","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/keyrings-alt.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/keyrings-alt/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2024-08-14","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"permissive","name":"keyrings.alt","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Alternate keyring implementations"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":3930160,"position":2448,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"5.0.2"}