# onlykey-agent mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:onlykey-agent
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install onlykey-agent
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#onlykey-agent
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:onlykey-agent
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.1.15
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Middleware that lets you use OnlyKey as a hardware SSH/GPG device
- **Homepage:** <https://docs.crp.to/onlykey-agent.html>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-14T10:23:53Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- onlykey-agent (Alias)
- onlykey-gpg (Alias)
- onlykey-gpg-agent (Alias)
- onlykey_agent.py (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.1.15
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

onlykey-agent is middleware that lets an OnlyKey hardware token act as an SSH and GPG agent. It bridges standard developer/admin workflows such as SSH login, Git over SSH, GPG signing, and password-store decryption to keys generated or stored on the hardware device.

### Projektgeschichte

The project is maintained by CryptoTrust/trustcrypto and described upstream as an SSH agent for OnlyKey. PyPI's release history starts with 0.0.2 on March 11, 2018, reaches 1.0.0 on November 14, 2019, and lists 1.1.15 on July 21, 2023.

OnlyKey's documentation positions the agent as a way to keep SSH and OpenPGP private keys off the computer while still using ordinary SSH and GnuPG workflows. The agent uses OnlyKey button presses or challenge codes to authorize signing and decrypt operations.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

onlykey-agent is available from PyPI and Homebrew, and Homebrew's formula exposes its native dependencies on GnuPG, hidapi, libusb, libsodium, and Python. Its audience is narrower than general FIDO/U2F tooling because it specifically serves OnlyKey users who want SSH-agent and gpg-agent style integration.

### Wie es verwendet wird

For SSH, users generate or expose a public key with onlykey-agent, add it to authorized_keys or a Git hosting account, and run commands inside an agent-backed shell or command wrapper. For GPG, users initialize a dedicated GNUPGHOME such as ~/.gnupg/onlykey and use onlykey-gpg for signing, encryption, and Git commit/tag signing.

The documentation distinguishes derived keys from stored keys. Derived keys are generated from identity@host-style inputs, while stored keys use key material loaded into OnlyKey slots, including ECC and RSA slots for SSH/GPG operations.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

The package is interesting because it turns a hardware-security product into normal Unix developer plumbing. The package exposes multiple executables, slots into SSH_AUTH_SOCK and GNUPGHOME conventions, and depends on USB/HID and cryptographic libraries rather than inventing a separate workflow.

### Zeitleiste

- 2018-03-11: PyPI lists onlykey-agent 0.0.2.
- 2019-11-14: PyPI lists onlykey-agent 1.0.0.
- 2021-08-27: CryptoTrust published guidance for using OnlyKey with OpenPGP and SSH workflows.
- 2023-07-21: PyPI lists onlykey-agent 1.1.15.

### Related projects

- Related projects and technologies include OnlyKey firmware and desktop software, OpenSSH, GnuPG, pass, gopass, hidapi, libusb, and hardware-backed SSH/GPG agents.

### Quellen

- <https://crp.to/2021/08/27/a-more-seamless-openpgp-and-ssh-experience-with-onlykey/>
- <https://docs.onlykey.io/onlykey-agent/>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/onlykey-agent>
- <https://github.com/trustcrypto/onlykey-agent>
- <https://pypi.org/project/onlykey-agent/>


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für onlykey-agent wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.



## Configuration and credential file locations

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.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.ssh/config, ~/.gnupg/onlykey
## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - onlykey-agent: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/on/onlykey-agent/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph