# kingkool68/generate-ssl-certs-for-local-development

A bash script for generating trusted self-signed SSL certs for local development on your Mac

Repository: https://github.com/kingkool68/generate-ssl-certs-for-local-development
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/generate-ssl-certs-for-local-development
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-03-29T04:02:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2869, "days_push": 1983, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1358, forks 74 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.669754+00:00)

## What it is
A bash script that generates trusted self-signed SSL certificates for local HTTPS development on macOS. It creates a local certificate authority, signs certificates for your dev domains, and adds the root cert to the macOS Keychain so browsers trust it.

## Use cases
- generate self-signed ssl certs for local development
- make local https sites trusted by browser on mac
- avoid 'your connection is not private' errors in local dev
- create a local certificate authority for dev domains
- generate ssl certificate with multiple san domains for localhost

## When to choose
- you develop HTTPS sites locally on macOS and want browser-trusted certs
- you want a one-command script wrapping openssl cert generation and Keychain trust

## When to avoid
- you need certificates on Linux or Windows
- you need production-grade certificates from a real CA like Let's Encrypt
- you need an actively maintained tool - the last release was 2021

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: security, cryptography, developer-tools, cli
- domain: developer-tools, security, web-development
- platform: cli
- tags: ssl, self-signed-certificates, local-development, https, openssl, bash-script, certificate-authority, keychain, command-line, macos

## Member repositories
- kingkool68/generate-ssl-certs-for-local-development (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.669754+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 2026-08-30T04:41:46.428328+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kingkool68/generate-ssl-certs-for-local-development (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.669754+00:00, sha 599f0ea433ec)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.