# Installing Age Encryption Tool

DevFeed: [Installing Age Encryption Tool](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/installing-age-encryption-tool-10575.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://technotim.com/posts/install-age/>)

Author: Techno Tim

Published: 2023-01-30T15:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Techno Tim](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/techno-tim.md>)

Topics: [Encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/encryption.md>), [Tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tutorial.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [binaries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/binaries.md>), [download](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/download.md>), [encryption](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/encryption.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [utilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/utilities.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial for installing age, a modern file-encryption tool, format, and Go library. It describes downloading the latest release, extracting and moving the binaries, testing the installation, and uninstalling it.

## Source excerpt

What is Age? age is a simple, modern and secure file encryption tool, format, and Go library. It features small explicit keys, no config options, and UNIX-style composability.It is commonly used in tandem with Mozilla SOPS.It's open source and you can read more about it on the GitHub repo. Looking for a tutorial on how use this? Checkout this video on how to use SOPS and Age for your Git Repo...