chris2511/xca

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2003 stars · 245 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

XCA is a cross-platform desktop GUI application for creating and managing X.509 certificates, certificate requests, RSA/DSA/EC private keys, smartcards, and CRLs, providing everything needed to run a small certificate authority. It stores all cryptographic data in a SQL database (SQLite, MySQL/MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or MS SQL Server) and supports PKCS#7/#8/#10/#11/#12 formats.

Use cases

• run a private certificate authority to issue TLS certificates
• create and manage x509 certificates and private keys with a gui
• generate certificate signing requests and CRLs
• manage smartcards and HSMs via PKCS#11
• import export certificates in PEM DER PKCS#12 formats
• issue OpenVPN or IPsec client certificates
• store company certificates in a shared SQL database with templates

When to choose

• you need a user-friendly GUI alternative to raw OpenSSL commands for PKI work
• you want to run a small internal CA with recursive sub-CAs and certificate chains
• you need smartcard/HSM key management via PKCS#11
• you want centralized certificate storage in SQLite, MySQL, or PostgreSQL

When to avoid

• you need a large-scale, automated, or API-driven CA (use step-ca, EJBCA, or Vault instead)
• you only need occasional one-off certificate inspection from the command line
• you need a headless/server-side certificate issuance pipeline

Facets

application · maturity active

cryptography security gui database security developer-tools privacy windows cross-platform x509 certificate-authority pki pkcs11 smartcards crl openssl qt linux macos desktop

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