## Why another password manager
There are a lot of password managers out there. Rooster has some unique goals:
- it is simple to maintain for developers and open source so that it never becomes unmaintained
- it works completely offline with optional support for online sync (currently Dropbox)
- it stores simple appname/username/password tuples, nothing more, nothing less
In addition, it uses state-of-the-art cryptography algorithms (scrypt for key derivation, aes256-cbc for encryption, hmac-sha256 for signature) and it works all kinds of UNIX operating systems (Linux, OSX, BSD, etc).
## Installation
Rooster currently works on OSX, Linux and BSD.
To install, open a terminal and run this command:
```shell
If the install script fails, make sure you have these programs/packages installed: `sha256sum`, `tar`, `pkg-config`, `libx11-dev` and `libxmu-dev`. Then try running the install script again.
Once you have installed Rooster, you can view documentation with:
```shell
rooster --help
```
## Contributors
We welcome contribution from everyone. Feel free to open an issue or a pull request at any time.
Here's a list of existing Rooster contributors:
- [@conradkleinespel](https://github.com/conradkleinespel)
- [@jaezun](https://github.com/jaezun)
- [@maxjacobson](https://github.com/maxjacobson)
- [@qmx](https://github.com/qmx)
- Awesome Rustaceans from the [Rust Paris meetup](http://www.meetup.com/Rust-Paris/)
## Donations
Rooster is and will remain free for everyone. If you feel like making a donation, I appreciate it though. Here are a few ways you can donate to support Rooster development:
- with Bitcoin: `13SPYbEZP9kvmtsKt6C9cYj4N6Ep7my6gL`
- with Litecoin: `LN6K6fn9Mq94vbiLNzW1GZ1TvWkVihyn8T`
If you cannot afford to donate, that's OK too. Just enjoy Rooster! :-)
