Command-line tool

minisign

brew/minisign

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Sign files & verify signatures. Works with signify in OpenBSD gpg cryptography crypto pgp ed25519 signatures

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id jedisct1.minisign -e
scoop install minisign

macOS

brew install minisign

Linux

brew install minisign

Generate a new keypair at the default location

minisign -G

Sign a file

minisign -Sm path/to/file

Sign a file, adding a trusted (signed) and an untrusted (unsigned) comment in the signature

minisign -Sm path/to/file -c "Untrusted comment" -t "Trusted comment"

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