Installation

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macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install github-keygen

local Homebrew formula metadata

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Bootstrap GitHub SSH configuration

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

github-keygen

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

github-keygen is a small Perl utility by Olivier Mengue for bootstrapping and maintaining OpenSSH configuration for GitHub. It creates a dedicated GitHub SSH key, writes a dedicated SSH config section, and installs GitHub host fingerprints in a separate known-hosts file.

Projektgeschichte

The repository history begins with an initial release in May 2011. Its author-maintained README frames the tool as a one-shot wizard rather than a long-running daemon or library: users clone it, run it for a GitHub account, inspect the generated SSH configuration, and can remove the tool afterward.

The changelog shows the project tracking practical SSH and GitHub changes over time: stronger cipher choices in the 1.020 series, OpenSSH roaming mitigation in 1.101, generated-config versioning in 1.200, GitHub key comparison in 1.300, larger and then Ed25519 default keys in later releases, and post-quantum key-exchange list updates in 1.401.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Adoption appears niche and security-oriented. The tool serves users who want repeatable GitHub SSH setup, multiple GitHub accounts, per-machine keys, host aliases, strict host checking, and conservative handling of an existing SSH config.

Wie es verwendet wird

Practitioners run github-keygen with a GitHub username to generate or update SSH files under ~/.ssh. The generated setup gives GitHub its own key, known_hosts file, public-key-only authentication, strict host checking, and account-specific host aliases for Git remotes.

The README emphasizes local auditability: the script is readable Perl, writes configuration files rather than a resident service, and can check GitHub public endpoints to verify registered keys unless the offline flag is used.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Its package value is in codifying a careful SSH setup that many developers otherwise perform by hand. That makes it a tiny but opinionated tool for users who maintain several GitHub identities or machines and prefer generated config over checklist-driven setup.

Zeitleiste

2011: Initial release appears in the repository history.
2012: v1.000 begins the tagged release stream.
2016: v1.101 adds OpenSSH roaming vulnerability mitigation.
2022: v1.306 changes default key size and removes older GitHub host-key algorithms.
2025: v1.400 switches new keys to Ed25519 by default.

Related projects

github-keygen relates to OpenSSH, GitHub SSH authentication, Git for Windows, and GitHub's SSH key-management workflow.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signale

text:ssh

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 1 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.ssh/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.ssh/id_<github-account>@github

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`github-keygen`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version1.401

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamaktuell

neueste erkannte Versionv1.401

https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen

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Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:github-keygen
Version	1.401
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/github-keygen
Homepage	https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen
Repository	https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen#readme
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen/archive/refs/tags/v1.401.tar.gz
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	perl
Bottle	verfügbar (auf all)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	github-keygen
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/github-keygen.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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