# 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 ```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:** - **Version:** 1.3.2 - **Source summary:** Encrypt/decrypt using SSH keys - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-3-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-20T08:26:07Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+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: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 1.3.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-07-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/ssh-vault/ssh-vault - Upstream latest detected: 1.3.2 (current) ## 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. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes 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. ## 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:** - **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://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Language runtime packages](https://pkg.so/language-runtime-packages/) - Matched language runtime, compiler, or interpreter metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata. - [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [shush](https://pkg.so/brew/shush/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decryption, encryption, security. - [rage](https://pkg.so/brew/rage/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, rust, security. - [dislocker](https://pkg.so/brew/dislocker/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security. - [cryfs](https://pkg.so/brew/cryfs/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security. - [envio](https://pkg.so/brew/envio/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, rust, security. - [ccrypt](https://pkg.so/brew/ccrypt/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, decryption, encryption, security. - [gnupg](https://pkg.so/brew/gnupg/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security. - [nettle](https://pkg.so/brew/nettle/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, encryption, security. - [ssh-copy-id](https://pkg.so/brew/ssh-copy-id/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, keys, security, ssh. - [ssh-audit](https://pkg.so/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/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/ssh-vault.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph