# Install rnp

High performance C++ OpenPGP library used by Mozilla Thunderbird. Version 0.18.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-18.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rnp
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rnp
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add librnp
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: librnp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install librnp-dev
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: librnp-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install librnp
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: librnp from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rnp
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rn/rnp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install librnp0
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: librnp0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id r12f.Rnp -e
```

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: r12f.Rnp from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:rnp
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rnp>
- **Version:** 0.18.1
- **Source summary:** High performance C++ OpenPGP library used by Mozilla Thunderbird
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp#readme>
- **License:** MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp/releases/download/v0.18.1/rnp-v0.18.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-18T21:59:49Z
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- rnp (cli)
- rnpkeys (cli)
- rnp (alias)
- rnpkeys (alias)

## Dependencies

- botan
- json-c

## Build Dependencies

- cmake

## macOS Provided Libraries

- bzip2

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 0.18.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-05-18
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Sicherheitshinweise

no executable entrypoint in the package index.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- no executable entrypoint in the package index

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rnp
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 2
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - librnp-dev - 0.17.1-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: librnp-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Cross-platform OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools (development files) | https://www.rnpgp.com/software/rnp/
- Debian apt - librnp0 - 0.17.1-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: librnp0 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Cross-platform OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools (library) | https://www.rnpgp.com/software/rnp/
- Debian apt - rnp - 0.17.1-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rnp from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Cross-platform OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools (command-line tool) | https://www.rnpgp.com/software/rnp/
- Nix - rnp: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rn/rnp/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - librnp-dev - 0.17.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: librnp-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Cross-platform OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools (development files) | https://www.rnpgp.com/software/rnp/
- Ubuntu apt - librnp0 - 0.17.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: librnp0 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Cross-platform OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools (library) | https://www.rnpgp.com/software/rnp/
- Ubuntu apt - rnp - 0.17.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rnp from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Cross-platform OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools (command-line tool) | https://www.rnpgp.com/software/rnp/
- apk - librnp - 0.18.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: librnp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | High performance C++ OpenPGP library used by Mozilla Thunderbird (libraries) | https://www.rnpgp.org/
- apk - rnp - 0.18.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rnp from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | High performance C++ OpenPGP library used by Mozilla Thunderbird (CLI tools) | https://www.rnpgp.org/
- apk - rnp-dev - 0.18.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rnp-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | High performance C++ OpenPGP library used by Mozilla Thunderbird (development files) | https://www.rnpgp.org/
- apk - rnp-doc - 0.18.1-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rnp-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | High performance C++ OpenPGP library used by Mozilla Thunderbird (documentation) | https://www.rnpgp.org/
- dnf - librnp - 0.18.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: librnp from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Library for all OpenPGP functions | https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp
- dnf - librnp-devel - 0.18.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: librnp-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Header files and development libraries for librnp | https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp
- dnf - rnp - 0.18.1-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rnp from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | OpenPGP (RFC4880) tools | https://github.com/rnpgp/rnp
- zypper - librnp0 - 0.18.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: librnp0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | OpenPGP implementation as a C++ library fully compliant with RFC 4880 | https://www.rnpgp.com/
- zypper - rnp - 0.18.1-2.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rnp from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | OpenPGP implementation fully compliant with RFC 4880 | https://www.rnpgp.com/


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
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- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
