agecrypt: File Encryption with the 'age' Format

An idiomatic R interface to the 'age' file encryption format (<https://age-encryption.org/v1>), backed by a vendored copy of the 'agec' C implementation (<https://git.sr.ht/~min/agec>). Encrypt and decrypt raw vectors, files, and strings for one or more X25519 recipients or with a passphrase, with optional ASCII armor. Cryptography is vendored and randomness is drawn from the operating system, so the package has no external library dependencies.

Version: 0.1.0
Suggests: askpass, openssl, testthat (≥ 3.0.0), withr
Published: 2026-08-05
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.agecrypt (may not be active yet)
Author: Pedro Baltazar [aut, cre, cph], agec authors [ctb, cph] (Authors of the vendored 'agec' C implementation, https://git.sr.ht/~min/agec)
Maintainer: Pedro Baltazar <pedrobtz at gmail.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/pedrobtz/agecrypt/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Copyright: see file COPYRIGHTS
URL: https://github.com/pedrobtz/agecrypt
NeedsCompilation: yes
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: agecrypt results

Documentation:

Reference manual: agecrypt.html , agecrypt.pdf

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Package source: agecrypt_0.1.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: not available, r-release: not available, r-oldrel: agecrypt_0.1.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): agecrypt_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): agecrypt_0.1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): agecrypt_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): agecrypt_0.1.0.tgz

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