# smimesign mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop, winget installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für smimesign in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:smimesign
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install smimesign
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install smimesign
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: security/smimesign/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#smimesign
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sm/smimesign/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/smimesign
```

  Evidenz: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/smimesign.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id GitHub.smimesign -e
```

  Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: GitHub.smimesign from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:smimesign
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Paketmanager-Seite:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/smimesign>
- **Version:** 0.2.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** S/MIME signing utility for use with Git
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/github/smimesign>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/github/smimesign>
- **Lizenz:** MIT
- **Quellarchiv:** <https://github.com/github/smimesign/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.0.tar.gz>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-26T04:03:42+02:00
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- smimesign (cli)
- smimesign (Alias)

## Build-Abhängigkeiten

- go

## Installationsverhalten

- Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert
- Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-04
- Manager-Version: 0.2.0
- Manager aktualisiert: 2026-07-26
- lokale Daten: OK
- Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/github/smimesign
- neueste erkannte Version: v0.2.0 (aktuell)
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

smimesign is GitHub's S/MIME signing utility for Git commits and tags on macOS and Windows. It matters in CLI packaging because it bridges Git's signing hooks with native X.509 certificate stores instead of requiring GnuPG keys.

### Projektgeschichte

The official README describes smimesign as an S/MIME signing utility compatible with Git, using X.509 certificates from public or internal certificate authorities. It also states that the tool uses keys and certificates already stored in macOS Keychain or Windows Certificate Store.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The README documents Homebrew installation on macOS and Scoop installation on Windows, while the supplied package metadata also lists MacPorts, Nix, and winget. This made it installable through the same package managers developers already use for Git tooling.

### Wie es verwendet wird

Users configure Git to invoke smimesign for signing. For Git 2.19 and newer, the README shows setting `gpg.x509.program` to `smimesign` and `gpg.format` to `x509`, either locally per repository or globally for all repositories.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package maintainers care because smimesign is security-sensitive, platform-specific, and tied to native certificate stores and smart cards. It is also a clear example of package managers distributing small developer-security helpers that integrate with a larger tool, Git.

### Zeitleiste

- 2018: First GitHub release returned by the releases API was 0.0.1.
- 2018: README documents the Git 2.19 configuration split for X.509 signing.
- 2021: Repository release list shows v0.2.0-rc1 as the latest listed release.

### Related projects

- The README discusses Git, GnuPG, PKI, S/MIME, macOS Keychain, Windows Certificate Store, smart cards, OpenSC, and YubiKey PIV tooling.

### Quellen

- GitHub releases API for github/smimesign: first listed release 0.0.1 on 2018-09-11.
- <https://github.com/github/smimesign README: purpose, platform support, certificate stores, Git configuration, package-manager installation, smart-card notes.>
- input source_facts.package-manager: Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Scoop, and winget package names.


## Sicherheitshinweise

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** grün / niedrig
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Details aus der Quelldatenbank

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** smimesign
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Requirements:** macos
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - smimesign: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/sm/smimesign/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- MacPorts - smimesign: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/smimesign/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Scoop - main/smimesign: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/smimesign.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - GitHub.smimesign: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: GitHub.smimesign from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Verwandte Links

- [Source-control packages](https://pkg.so/de/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/de/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/de/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Security and crypto packages](https://pkg.so/de/security-crypto-tools/) - Matched security, identity, cryptography, password, signing, or certificate metadata.
- [go](https://pkg.so/de/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [libksba](https://pkg.so/de/brew/libksba/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security, smime, x509.
- [step](https://pkg.so/de/brew/step/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: certificates, cli, cryptography, security, x509.
- [openssl@3](https://pkg.so/de/brew/openssl-3/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: certificates, cli, cryptography, security.
- [p11-kit](https://pkg.so/de/brew/p11-kit/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: certificates, cli, cryptography, security.
- [mbedtls](https://pkg.so/de/brew/mbedtls/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security, x509.
- [openssl@4](https://pkg.so/de/brew/openssl-4/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: certificates, cli, cryptography, security.
- [openssl@3.5](https://pkg.so/de/brew/openssl-3-5/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: certificates, cli, cryptography, security.
- [botan](https://pkg.so/de/brew/botan/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, cryptography, security, x509.
- [gimmecert](https://pkg.so/de/brew/gimmecert/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: certificates, cli, cryptography, security, x509.
- [showcert](https://pkg.so/de/brew/showcert/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: certificates, cli, cryptography, security, x509.
- [certigo](https://pkg.so/de/brew/certigo/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: certificates, cli, security, x509.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/smimesign.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/smimesign.yml)


## Quellen

- 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
