Mailvelope is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox that allows secure email communication based on the OpenPGP standard. It can be configured to work with arbitrary Webmail provider.
Mailvelope uses the following OpenPGP implementation
- OpenPGP.js for the Chrome Extension and for the Firefox Addon
Mailvelope is available in the Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kajibbejlbohfaggdiogboambcijhkke
For Firefox you can get it from addons.mozilla.org: https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/mailvelope/
Or check the releases section for latest builds of Firefox and Chrome installation packages.
You can find the current API Documentation on GitHub pages. The version will correspond to the current master branch. A demo page with unit tests is available at: https://demo.mailvelope.com.
If you don’t have grunt installed, yet:
npm install -g grunt-cli
and then get and build the sources:
git clone https://github.com/mailvelope/mailvelope.git
cd mailvelope
npm ci && grunt prod
grunt dist-cr
The Chrome extension will be in dist/mailvelope.chrome.zip.
grunt dist-ff
The Firefox web extension will be in dist/mailvelope.firefox.zip.
Update your local repository:
# inside mailvelope folder
git checkout dev
git pull origin dev && grunt
# continue with 'grunt dist-cr' or 'grunt dist-ff'
There are a few more tasks/tools available:
-
watch source code for changes and recompile if needed
grunt watch -
test the firefox plugin
node_modules/web-ext/bin/web-ext run --source-dir=./build/firefoxIt is possible to reload the plugin on changes, run the
grunt watchtask on another console terminal -
reset repository
grunt clean
Use of this source code is governed by the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE that can be found in the LICENSE file.
Contact: Thomas Oberndörfer thomas@mailvelope.com Twitter: @mailvelope Contributors: see list on GitHub