# Install keychain

User-friendly front-end to ssh-agent(1). Version 2.9.8 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:keychain
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install keychain
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install keychain
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/keychain/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add keychain
```

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

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install keychain
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install keychain
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: keychain 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#keychain
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S keychain
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: keychain from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install keychain
```

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

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** brew:keychain
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager URL:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/keychain>
- **Version:** 2.9.8
- **Source summary:** User-friendly front-end to ssh-agent(1)
- **Homepage:** <https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain#readme>
- **License:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain/archive/refs/tags/2.9.8.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-06-10T07:18:26+00:00

## Executables

- keychain (cli)
- keychain (alias)

## Install Behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-10
- Package-manager version: 2.9.8
- Local data status: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
- Upstream latest detected: 2.9.8 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.

## セキュリティノート

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

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - keychain - 2.8.5-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: keychain from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | key manager for OpenSSH | https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
- Nix - keychain: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ke/keychain/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - keychain - 2.8.5-4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: keychain from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | key manager for OpenSSH | https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
- apk - keychain - 2.9.8-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: keychain from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | keychain ssh-agent front-end | https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
- apk - keychain-doc - 2.9.8-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: keychain-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | keychain ssh-agent front-end (documentation) | https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
- dnf - keychain - 2.9.8-4.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: keychain from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/13ee7b80cb813542594d4235c4a0b8695435d5ecf23dd3580bc7515ae1b6180d-primary.xml.zst | Agent manager for OpenSSH, ssh.com, Sun SSH, and GnuPG | https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
- pacman - keychain - 2.9.8-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: keychain from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A front-end to ssh-agent, allowing one long-running ssh-agent process per system, rather than per login | https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
- zypper - keychain - 2.8.5-3.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: keychain from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/155b97171d05e27afd950b6fe0d55513ff38f4597110664535bceedc680bbe6fd459f0733718dcc21dcf0efc7c8250fd1390c73d4790b42e62fb2c16a87242e5-primary.xml.zst | A Key Management Application for SSH2 RSA/DSA and GnuPG Keys | https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
- MacPorts - keychain: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/keychain/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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