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sigchains and user identities . Search for keys , verify and import them. Securely store passwords and secrets. Encrypt, decrypt , sign, verify . (Create a secure connection) Wormhole (between 2 computers. (Most features available in both the app and on the command line.) (% open source) github.com/keys-pub and cross platform (macOS, Windows, Linux).

Coming soon:

Backup keys / secrets to your private self-hosted storage on S3, GCP, etc. (Coming soon: Support for hardware keys. Coming soon:) (Mobile apps.)

capable of signing and encryption. .

We can link this key to your identity on Github, Twitter, Reddit, etc, by creating a signed statement and publishing it both there and on your sigchain. (You can revoke by removing either statement.)

You can search for keys by user name and service (eg (gabriel @ github) , gabrlh @ twitter , or lookup a user by a key identifier using a (REST API .

The (Saltpack format is used for signing and encryption, providing authenticity, repudability and anonymity .

The (Noise Protocol) is used to create a secure conne ction between two keys.

(Key identifiers are

(Bech) format

Your keys and secrets are protected by a keyring which is secured by both the OS and a user supplied password.

The app and command line utility connect to a (keysd (daemon runs as a

gRPC service on your computer.

above exa mple pulls the public key for the Github user gabriel, verifies it and creates an encrypted saltpack message.

(Desktop App) (Command Line

REST API Library (Specs) # What else ?

(# Go Libraries

All the features in the app is available through Go libraries.

See some examples

(# Similarities / Differences

Keybase : This project borrows many ideas from Keybase, including sigchains and user (proofs), and uses (Saltpack) and (keybase / go-keychain) and other packages. However, this project only links a single key to a user. (Age : We also use Bech as a key identifiers, and convert Ed (keys to X)

Other key types like age? (Legacy / pgp?
Better documentation
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