Developer Builds Open-Source Cross-Platform PGP Manager Tool

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A developer named Dennis published a project called PGP Manager on August 1, frustrated with existing PGP tools he found clunky to use. He built the solution himself as a cross-platform application. The project is open-source and written in Go, with a focus on privacy. Dennis shared the tool on DEV Community under the showdev and opensource tags.

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