macOS
brew install keychainlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install keychainMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/keychain/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
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Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für keychain in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install keychainlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install keychainMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/keychain/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add keychainAlpine Linux edge package indexes · keychain · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install keychainDebian stable package indexes · keychain · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install keychainFedora Rawhide package metadata · keychain · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#keychainnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ke/keychain/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S keychainArch Linux sync databases · keychain · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install keychainopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · keychain · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
User-friendly front-end to ssh-agent(1)
Verlauf
Keychain is Daniel Robbins' long-running helper for sharing ssh-agent and gpg-agent state across login shells, remote sessions, cron jobs, and other long-lived user environments. It solves the everyday Unix annoyance of spawning or unlocking a new agent for every terminal.
Keychain was created by Daniel Robbins and became associated with Gentoo and Funtoo-era shell workflows. The classic implementation was a shell script that wrote reusable environment snippets under the user's home directory so later shells could attach to the same agent.
The project moved back under Daniel Robbins' GitHub account as its official home after a period under Funtoo. In the 2.9 series the project deprecated older options such as --agents, and in the 3.0 beta series it began a ground-up Python 3 rewrite while preserving compatibility with traditional invocations.
Keychain spread widely because it fit naturally into .bash_profile, .zprofile, cron, and remote-login setups. Package-manager coverage across Alpine, Debian, Fedora, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE reflects how common ssh-agent reuse became for developers and administrators.
A typical setup runs keychain during shell startup, evaluates its environment output, and then reuses the existing ssh-agent or gpg-agent rather than prompting for every new session. The 3.0 beta changelog focuses on multi-terminal coordination and more reliable GPG warm-up, which are exactly the rough edges users hit in modern terminal multiplexers, IDE terminals, and WSL sessions.
Keychain is a small package with outsized dotfile significance: it is glue between OpenSSH, GnuPG, login shells, and package-managed user environments. It also shows how a simple shell utility can remain useful for decades and later be rewritten without changing the user-facing contract too abruptly.
Sicherheitslage
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool
Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.
Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
keychain | Executable | indexiertes Executable | Aus dem lokalen Executable-Index erkannt. |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:keychain |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.0.2 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain |
| Repository | https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-07-31T00:19:10Z |
| 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.
keychain 2.8.5-5
key manager for OpenSSH
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo apt install keychainkeychain
nix profile install nixpkgs#keychainkeychain 2.8.5-4
key manager for OpenSSH
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo apt install keychainkeychain 2.9.8-r0
keychain ssh-agent front-end
https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
sudo apk add keychainkeychain-doc 2.9.8-r0
keychain ssh-agent front-end (documentation)
https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
sudo apk add keychain-dockeychain 3.0.2-1.fc45
Agent manager for OpenSSH, ssh.com, Sun SSH, and GnuPG
https://kernel-seeds.org/projects/keychain/
sudo dnf install keychainkeychain 3.0.2-1
A front-end to ssh-agent, allowing one long-running ssh-agent process per system, rather than per login
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo pacman -S keychainkeychain 2.8.5-3.3
A Key Management Application for SSH2 RSA/DSA and GnuPG Keys
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo zypper install keychainkeychain
sudo port install keychainQuellspur
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