# Install ssh-vault with Homebrew, Nix

Encrypt/decrypt using SSH keys. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-07.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ssh-vault
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ssh-vault
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#ssh-vault
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ssh-vault
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ssh-vault>
- **Version:** 1.3.1
- **Source summary:** Encrypt/decrypt using SSH keys
- **Homepage:** <https://ssh-vault.com/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault#readme>
- **License:** BSD-3-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault/archive/refs/tags/1.3.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-07T17:01:44Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- ssh-vault (cli)
- ssh-vault (alias)

## Build dependencies

- rust

## 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: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.3.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-07
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault
- Upstream latest detected: 1.3.1 (current)

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for ssh-vault. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** ssh-vault
- **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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - ssh-vault: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ss/ssh-vault/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Related links

- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [shush](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/shush/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, decryption, encryption, security.
- [cryfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cryfs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
- [dislocker](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dislocker/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
- [git-crypt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-crypt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
- [git-remote-gcrypt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/git-remote-gcrypt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
- [gocryptfs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gocryptfs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
- [openssh](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh.
- [skm](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/skm/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, security, ssh.
- [ssh-copy-id](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssh-copy-id/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, keys, security, ssh.
- [ssh-audit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ssh-audit/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, security, ssh.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/ssh-vault.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/ssh-vault.yml)


## Sources

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