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jedisct1/minisign

A dead simple tool to sign files and verify digital signatures. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/jedisct1/minisign · homepage · C · ISC (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4105
  • days_rel: 595
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2808 stars · 153 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Minisign is a dead simple command-line tool for signing files and verifying digital signatures using the Ed25519 public-key signature system. It is portable, lightweight, cross-platform, and compatible with OpenBSD's signify signature format.

Use cases

  • sign files with a digital signature
  • verify file signatures before distribution
  • generate ed25519 key pairs for signing
  • sign software release artifacts
  • replace gpg for simple file signing
  • verify downloaded binaries authenticity

When to avoid

  • you need full PGP/GPG key management and web of trust
  • you need certificate-based or X.509 signing
  • you need integrated key distribution infrastructure

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

cryptography security cli security developer-tools windows cross-platform cli ed25519 digital-signatures file-signing signify-compatible libsodium command-line linux macos

2 sources

Member repositories

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jedisct1/minisignmain67

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