keys-pub/keys

Cryptographic key management is hard

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	The only one I've seen that comes close is https://keys.pub/ but it still misses a lot of what keybase gives (sigchains, etc.) Previous HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792 Are there any others to consider? It's been quite sad to see Keybase so stifled after being acquired. :-( on Keybase.pub Shutting Down on March 1 2023	0	Feb 8, 2023
	https://keyoxide.org supports Mastodon and other sources. Here's the dev's profile - https://keyoxide.org/9f0048ac0b23301e1f77e994909f6bd6f80f485... I was hoping https://keys.pub was going to win out but the dev has moved on to other projects. on Find Verified Journalists on Mastodon	0	Nov 18, 2022
	There's also https://keys.pub/ on Show HN: PubKey – Communicate Privately in Anonymous Public Spaces	0	Jul 18, 2022
	Suppose you only want a replacement for the key management part of keybase, what is there to be recommended? I know of https://keys.pub/ and https://keyoxide.org/ but the former (from someone ex-keybase) has no recent activity and a "not audited" warning, which at least is good to see. on API-0.core.keybaseapi.com has expired certificate	0	Mar 25, 2022
	There's also https://keys.pub/ (from someone ex-Keybase, if I remember correctly). I haven't looked at either closely. Can anyone compare and contrast? on Keyoxide: A privacy-friendly platform to establish your decentralized identity	0	Nov 6, 2021
	It's quite heart breaking. I particularly loved the idea of the Keybase Filesystem, sad to see this fall into an abandoned state. The closest Keybase alternative I've found so far is https://keys.pub/ (on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792) Welcome any suggestions for KBFS… on Graph of Keybase commits pre and post Zoom acquisition	0	Oct 10, 2021
	> Unfortunately, Keybase has now been abandoned and was acquired by Zoom, so that's not worth using anymore. However, I don't personally see how this method of sharing is that problematic. https://keys.pub has been trying to solve this too for some time. on Show HN: Kryptor – A simple, modern, and secure encryption tool	0	Aug 24, 2021
	This is why I use https://keys.pub and/or Magic Wormhole. on Et Tu, Signal?	0	Apr 7, 2021
	Haven't looked into it enough... https://keys.pub/ not sure if you can self-serve. on Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts in a phishing scam	0	Dec 26, 2020
	https://keys.pub/ on Ask HN: Are you still using Keybase?	0	Dec 10, 2020

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keys.pub

⚠️ Unfortunately, this project is not currently being worked on. I may revisit this in the future, if you would like to sponsor development or hire me please reach out at [email protected]. (see keys-pub/keys#168 for more info) ⚠️

☢ This project is in development and has not been audited or reviewed. Use at your own risk. ☢

Documentation

Visit keys.pub.

Repositories

Repo	Description
keys-pub/keys	Key management, signing and encryption, including keys/saltpack and keys/keyring.
keys-pub/keys-ext	Extensions: Service (gRPC), command line client, DB, Firestore, HTTP API/Client/Server, Git, Wormhole, etc.
keys-pub/app	Desktop app.

cryptography

decrypt

ed25519

encrypt

golang

noise

saltpack

sigchain

sign

verify

x25519

Project health

Overall

3.8/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

0/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Go module

github.com/keys-pub/keys

Latest release

v0.1.22 · Jul 8, 2021

Releases this year

Significant stargazers

(top 24 of 25)

David Baumgold

503 followers · starred May 2020

Brandon Philips

1,584 followers · starred Feb 2022

Areeb Jamal

372 followers · starred May 2020

Ismail Khoffi

378 followers · starred May 2020

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keys-pub/keys

Cryptographic key management is hard

913

451 commits

updated Oct 6, 2023

keys.pub

See the code

See what people are saying

Newest first

Most points

Source	Message	Score	Date
	The only one I've seen that comes close is https://keys.pub/ but it still misses a lot of what keybase gives (sigchains, etc.) Previous HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792 Are there any others to consider? It's been quite sad to see Keybase so stifled after being acquired. :-( on Keybase.pub Shutting Down on March 1 2023	0	Feb 8, 2023
	https://keyoxide.org supports Mastodon and other sources. Here's the dev's profile - https://keyoxide.org/9f0048ac0b23301e1f77e994909f6bd6f80f485... I was hoping https://keys.pub was going to win out but the dev has moved on to other projects. on Find Verified Journalists on Mastodon	0	Nov 18, 2022
	There's also https://keys.pub/ on Show HN: PubKey – Communicate Privately in Anonymous Public Spaces	0	Jul 18, 2022
	Suppose you only want a replacement for the key management part of keybase, what is there to be recommended? I know of https://keys.pub/ and https://keyoxide.org/ but the former (from someone ex-keybase) has no recent activity and a "not audited" warning, which at least is good to see. on API-0.core.keybaseapi.com has expired certificate	0	Mar 25, 2022
	There's also https://keys.pub/ (from someone ex-Keybase, if I remember correctly). I haven't looked at either closely. Can anyone compare and contrast? on Keyoxide: A privacy-friendly platform to establish your decentralized identity	0	Nov 6, 2021
	It's quite heart breaking. I particularly loved the idea of the Keybase Filesystem, sad to see this fall into an abandoned state. The closest Keybase alternative I've found so far is https://keys.pub/ (on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792) Welcome any suggestions for KBFS… on Graph of Keybase commits pre and post Zoom acquisition	0	Oct 10, 2021
	> Unfortunately, Keybase has now been abandoned and was acquired by Zoom, so that's not worth using anymore. However, I don't personally see how this method of sharing is that problematic. https://keys.pub has been trying to solve this too for some time. on Show HN: Kryptor – A simple, modern, and secure encryption tool	0	Aug 24, 2021
	This is why I use https://keys.pub and/or Magic Wormhole. on Et Tu, Signal?	0	Apr 7, 2021
	Haven't looked into it enough... https://keys.pub/ not sure if you can self-serve. on Someone is stealing unpublished book manuscripts in a phishing scam	0	Dec 26, 2020
	https://keys.pub/ on Ask HN: Are you still using Keybase?	0	Dec 10, 2020

README

keys.pub

☢ This project is in development and has not been audited or reviewed. Use at your own risk. ☢

Documentation

Visit keys.pub.

Repositories

Repo	Description
keys-pub/keys	Key management, signing and encryption, including keys/saltpack and keys/keyring.
keys-pub/keys-ext	Extensions: Service (gRPC), command line client, DB, Firestore, HTTP API/Client/Server, Git, Wormhole, etc.
keys-pub/app	Desktop app.

cryptography

decrypt

ed25519

encrypt

golang

noise

saltpack

sigchain

sign

verify

x25519

Project health

Overall

3.8/10

Maintained

0/10

Code review

0/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Go module

github.com/keys-pub/keys

Latest release

v0.1.22 · Jul 8, 2021

Releases this year

Significant stargazers

(top 24 of 25)

David Baumgold

503 followers · starred May 2020

Brandon Philips

1,584 followers · starred Feb 2022

Areeb Jamal

372 followers · starred May 2020

Ismail Khoffi

378 followers · starred May 2020

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golang/crypto

[mirror] Go supplementary cryptography libraries

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