Command-line tool

melt

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Backup and restore Ed25519 SSH keys with seed words

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install melt

Linux

brew install melt

Generate a seed phrase from an existing Ed25519 private key

melt ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

Generate a seed phrase from `stdin`

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 | melt

Restore an SSH key from a seed phrase

melt restore path/to/key --seed "seed_phrase"

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