# Install sss-cli with Homebrew, Nix Shamir secret share command-line interface. Version 0.1.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#sss-cli. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:sss-cli ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install sss-cli ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#sss-cli ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ss/sss-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:sss-cli - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.1.1 - **Source summary:** Shamir secret share command-line interface - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - secret-share-combine (cli) - secret-share-split (cli) - secret-share-combine (alias) - secret-share-split (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: 0.1.1 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/dsprenkels/sss-cli - Upstream latest detected: v0.1.1 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage sss-cli is a small Rust command-line wrapper around David Sprenkels's SSS library. Its two executables split a secret into Shamir shares and recombine a threshold number of shares. ### Project history The official GitHub repository was created in 2017. The project packages the author's secure Shamir secret-sharing implementation as the `secret-share-split` and `secret-share-combine` commands. The 0.1.2 change documented in the README moved the cryptographic wrapper to RustCrypto's `crypto-secretbox` crate. The tool adds authenticated encryption so tampered shares are detected when a secret is reconstructed. ### Adoption history Upstream originally documented installation from a Git branch with Cargo and from a third-party Homebrew tap. The supplied package metadata records later availability in Homebrew and Nix, giving the focused Rust utility conventional Unix package-manager distribution. ### How it is used Users pipe a secret into `secret-share-split`, select the number of shares and reconstruction threshold, store each output line separately, and later pipe enough shares into `secret-share-combine`. The commands are stream-oriented and therefore fit shell pipelines without a project configuration file. ### Why package nerds care sss-cli is a compact example of packaging a cryptographic primitive as composable Unix filters. It is notable for exposing secret splitting without a service, account, or credentials store and for distributing the same Rust code through Cargo and system package managers. ### Timeline - 2017: The official sss-cli GitHub repository was created. - 2020s: The project became available through Homebrew and Nix in addition to Cargo-based installation. ### Related projects - The upstream `dsprenkels/sss` library supplies the Shamir secret-sharing implementation wrapped by sss-cli; RustCrypto's `crypto-secretbox` supplies the authenticated-encryption primitive noted in the changelog. ### Sources - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** sss-cli - **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 - sss-cli: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ss/sss-cli/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [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. - [rust](https://pkg.so/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ssss](https://pkg.so/brew/ssss/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, key-splitting, secret-sharing, security. - [nettle](https://pkg.so/brew/nettle/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [nss](https://pkg.so/brew/nss/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [mbedtls](https://pkg.so/brew/mbedtls/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [argon2](https://pkg.so/brew/argon2/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [openssh](https://pkg.so/brew/openssh/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [libxmlsec1](https://pkg.so/brew/libxmlsec1/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [opensc](https://pkg.so/brew/opensc/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security. - [libgfshare](https://pkg.so/brew/libgfshare/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, cryptography, secret, secret-sharing, security. - [pius](https://pkg.so/brew/pius/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, cryptography, key, security. - [ares](https://pkg.so/brew/ares/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: cli, cryptography, rust, security. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/sss-cli.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/sss-cli.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