OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux 1.0.0

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux -Version 1.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux" Version="1.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux" Version="1.0.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux --version 1.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux, 1.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux@1.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux&version=1.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.Linux

Linux Secret Service (libsecret) provider for OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Providers, for interactive desktop sessions with an unlocked keyring.

The limitation, stated prominently

The Secret Service is a session service. A systemd unit with no session, a container, an SSH login without a desktop — these have no session bus and no unlocked keyring, and every operation honestly answers SecretStatus.Unavailable, never a silent fallback to a file. For those deployments OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Provider.File is the intended answer, chosen deliberately in configuration.

Where the secret lives

The session keyring, schema com.outwit.secrets, one item per key with the attribute key='{your key}'. Attribute matching is exact and case-sensitive, so the key maps identically — no suffix. The libsecret password API is string-based, so the payload is stored base64-encoded; a support engineer inspects it with:

secret-tool lookup key 'MyProduct/ApiKey'

One stated trade-off: the base64 string transits managed memory on the way in and cannot be erased — the same trade-off the string extensions document.

Use

services.AddSingleton<ISecretStore>(new SecretStoreLibsecret());
// or, for a cross-platform desktop app: OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Desktop

Requires libsecret-1.so.0 (package libsecret-1-0 on Debian/Ubuntu, libsecret on Fedora/Arch). Without it every operation answers Unavailable with a message saying exactly that.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 is compatible.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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OutWit.Shared.Secrets.Desktop

The composite desktop package for OutWit.Shared.Secrets: references the Windows, macOS and Linux providers and exposes SecretStoreDesktop.ForCurrentPlatform(), so a cross-platform desktop application takes one reference and writes one line. Selecting among the operating-system providers by runtime platform is not silent degradation — on each desktop platform exactly one OS store is right, and all three protect the same way. Falling back to the File provider stays a deliberate, configured choice.

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1.0.0 129 8/31/2026