# intel/confidential-computing.sgx

Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)

Repository: https://github.com/intel/confidential-computing.sgx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/confidential-computingsgx
Homepage: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/software-guard-extensions/linux-overview.html
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-13T11:05:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 85, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3844, "days_push": 20, "days_rel": 20, "gap_med": 82.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1449, forks 564 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:45.661537+00:00)

## What it is
Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX) software stack for Linux, comprising the SGX driver, SDK, and Platform Software (PSW). It enables developers to build applications that protect selected code and data from disclosure or modification using hardware-backed enclaves.

## Use cases
- build applications with hardware-isolated enclaves on Linux
- protect sensitive code and data from a compromised OS or hypervisor
- perform ECDSA attestation for enclave trust verification
- develop confidential computing workloads on Intel CPUs
- install and configure the SGX platform software and aesmd service

## When to choose
- you need hardware-backed trusted execution on Intel CPUs running Linux
- you are developing enclave applications and need the official SDK and PSW
- you require remote attestation for confidential computing

## When to avoid
- your hardware does not support Intel SGX
- you need confidential computing on non-Intel platforms or cloud TEEs like AMD SEV or ARM TrustZone
- you only need software-level encryption without hardware isolation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: security, cryptography, sdk
- domain: security, developer-tools, operating-systems
- platform: cpp
- tags: sgx, trusted-execution-environment, enclave, attestation, confidential-computing, intel, linux

## Member repositories
- intel/confidential-computing.sgx (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.661537+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:36:00.322846+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/intel/confidential-computing.sgx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:45.661537+00:00, sha cc48ffbeebec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.