macOS
brew install git-credential-oauthlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install git-credential-oauthMacPorts ports tree · security/git-credential-oauth/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew / Rang 3050
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für git-credential-oauth in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install git-credential-oauthlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install git-credential-oauthMacPorts ports tree · security/git-credential-oauth/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add git-credential-oauthAlpine Linux edge package indexes · git-credential-oauth · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install git-credential-oauthDebian stable package indexes · git-credential-oauth · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install git-credential-oauthFedora Rawhide package metadata · git-credential-oauth · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-credential-oauthnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/gi/git-credential-oauth/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S git-credential-oauthArch Linux sync databases · git-credential-oauth · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install git-credential-oauthopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · git-credential-oauth · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
scoop install main/git-credential-oauthScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/git-credential-oauth.json · Quelle: api.github.com
winget install --id hickford.git-credential-oauth -eWindows Package Manager source index · hickford.git-credential-oauth · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com
Überblick
Git credential helper that authenticates in browser using OAuth
Verlauf
git-credential-oauth is a Go-based Git credential helper that obtains Git host credentials through browser-based OAuth or OAuth device flow. It targets HTTPS Git workflows where passwords, personal access tokens, or SSH setup are awkward for users or hard for distributions to package cleanly.
The upstream repository began in October 2022 and tagged v0.0.1 the next day with GoReleaser packaging. Early 2022 and 2023 releases added support for more forges, custom host configuration, custom OAuth authorization and token URLs, and platform-specific browser opening.
The project later grew around Git's evolving credential protocol. In 2023 it added token refresh support, and Git's own credential documentation later listed git-credential-oauth as a popular OAuth helper alongside Git Credential Manager.
The README emphasizes packaging as a design goal: binaries are available from upstream releases, Linux distributions package it, Homebrew and MacPorts cover macOS installs, winget covers Windows, and Go users can install from the module path.
Its adoption niche is clearest on Linux, where the README contrasts it with Git Credential Manager's broader feature set and heavier .NET packaging footprint. The helper is deliberately narrow: it generates credentials and composes with storage helpers such as cache, osxkeychain, wincred, or libsecret.
A typical setup runs `git credential-oauth configure` or adds `helper = oauth` after a storage helper in `~/.gitconfig`. Git then asks storage helpers first and falls through to the OAuth helper only when it needs a fresh credential.
Users authenticate to hosts such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gerrit, Gitea, Forgejo, or googlesource by browser flow. On systems without a browser, the README documents `oauth -device` for OAuth device flow where supported.
git-credential-oauth matters in package-manager culture because it is a small credential-generating helper with a simple Go build, cross-platform binaries, and distribution packages. It gives Unix users a lightweight alternative to large credential managers while still fitting Git's helper chain.
It also shows a post-password Git authentication pattern: package a helper that can mint host tokens, then rely on Git's existing storage helpers to persist them.
Sicherheitslage
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
local files
These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.gitconfigExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
git-credential-oauth | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.
Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:git-credential-oauth |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.17.2 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth |
| Repository | https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-29T16:05:01+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | nicht erfasst |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
git-credential-oauth 0.15.0-1+b2
Git credential helper for GitHub and other forges using OAuth
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo apt install git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth
nix profile install nixpkgs#git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth 0.11.0-1
Git credential helper for GitHub and other forges using OAuth
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo apt install git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth 0.15.1-r11
Git credential helper that securely authenticates to GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket using OAuth
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo apk add git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth-doc 0.15.1-r11
Git credential helper that securely authenticates to GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket using OAuth (documentation)
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo apk add git-credential-oauth-docgit-credential-oauth 0.17.2-5.fc45
A Git credential helper that securely authenticates to GitHub, GitLab and BitBucket using OAuth
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo dnf install git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth 0.17.2-2
Git credential helper that securely authenticates to GitHub, GitLab, BitBucket, Gerrit and other forges using OAuth
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo pacman -S git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth 0.17.2-1.7
Git credential helper that authenticates to GitHub and other forges using OAuth
https://github.com/hickford/git-credential-oauth
sudo zypper install git-credential-oauthgit-credential-oauth
sudo port install git-credential-oauthmain/git-credential-oauth
scoop install main/git-credential-oauthhickford.git-credential-oauth
winget install --id hickford.git-credential-oauth -eQuellspur
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