# PATs vs script keys **URL:** \ **Category:** Pipeline Integrations\ **Created:** [January 6, 2022, 3:39am UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/pats-vs-script-keys/14381 "2022-01-06T03:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![frank](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/shotgunsoftware/user_avatar/community.shotgridsoftware.com/frank/32/247_2.png) [@frank](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/u/frank)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/pats-vs-script-keys/14381/3 "2022-01-06T19:04:24Z")
I am mostly wondering about a standalone app we use for publishing versions.I find myself giving out this app to freelancers and partner companies more these days and thus was reconsidering security. Currently I am leaning towards keeping the script and obfuscating/encrypting the saved key. For PATs I’d still have to protect the user’s password when saving it so they don’t have to log in all the time. I guess I could use the operating system’s password manager in both cases. I’m not too experienced with this. I have done it once and it was a bit of a PITA. So yeah, just wondering about that part, hence my contemplation to switch. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.shotgridsoftware.com/t/pats-vs-script-keys/14381)._