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Install ssh-vault with Homebrew, Nix

Encrypt/decrypt using SSH keys. Version 1.3.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-20. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#ssh-vault.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install ssh-vault

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ssh-vault

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ss/ssh-vault/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Encrypt/decrypt using SSH keys

Commands and aliases

  • ssh-vault

history

Project history and usage

ssh-vault is a Rust command-line utility for creating, viewing, and editing encrypted vault data with SSH keys. It lets users reuse an existing SSH identity for secret encryption instead of introducing a separate vault-specific credential system.

Project history

The project began with an initial public commit in September 2016 and had tagged the 0.10.0 line by March 2017. Its modern Rust implementation supports vault creation, editing, viewing, and public-key fingerprint inspection, and the current documentation notes the transition away from legacy PEM-encoded RSA private keys.

Adoption history

ssh-vault is distributed through Homebrew, Cargo, and Nix. The repository's long release history and packaging across both the Rust and system-package ecosystems have kept it available as a small Unix-oriented encryption tool.

How it is used

Users pipe secret material into `ssh-vault create`, select recipients through SSH public identities, and pipe an SSH-VAULT payload into `ssh-vault view` to decrypt it. The CLI also offers edit and fingerprint commands.

Why package nerds care

ssh-vault applies the familiar SSH-key trust material already present on developer machines to file and stream encryption. That makes it a compact bridge between SSH tooling, Unix pipelines, Cargo installation, and system package managers.

Timeline

  • 2016: Initial public commit.
  • 2017: Version 0.10.0 tagged.
  • 2026: Version 1.3.1 released.

Related projects

  • The tool consumes SSH public and private key material and documents `ssh-keygen` as the migration path for legacy RSA private-key encoding.

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

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

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
ssh-vaultcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-08-04
manager version1.3.2
manager updated2026-07-20
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detected1.3.2

https://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault

  • okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:ssh-vault
Version1.3.2
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ssh-vault
Homepagehttps://ssh-vault.com/
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault
Upstream docshttps://ssh-vault.com/
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Source archivehttps://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault/archive/refs/tags/1.3.2.tar.gz
Last updated2026-07-20T08:26:07Z
Pulseupdated
Build dependenciesrust
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namessh-vault
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

ssh-vault

nix profile install nixpkgs#ssh-vault
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Ssh Vault
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · 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 graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • rustBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • shushShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decryption, encryption, security.
  • rageShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, rust, security.
  • dislockerShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
  • cryfsShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security.
  • envioShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, rust, security.
  • ccryptShares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decryption, encryption, security.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment
  • pkg.so package database
  • pkgdb category and tag curation