# transcrypt mit Homebrew, Nix installieren

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

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:transcrypt
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install transcrypt
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#transcrypt
```

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

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:transcrypt
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.3.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Configure transparent encryption of files in a Git repo
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/elasticdog/transcrypt>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/elasticdog/transcrypt>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-18T14:24:55Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- transcrypt (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.3.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

transcrypt is a Bash-based Git encryption helper that configures transparent encryption and decryption for selected files in a repository. It is aimed at teams that want secrets, private keys, or other sensitive files versioned without exposing plaintext in remotes.

### Projektgeschichte

The project was built around Git clean and smudge filters, following the same broad model as git-crypt and git-encrypt while emphasizing usability and safety. Its README highlights that it is a Bash script, uses OpenSSL symmetric ciphers, does not need to remain installed after repository configuration, and adds checks to avoid clobbering existing configuration.

Official release metadata shows active maintenance from at least the 1.x era in 2018 through the 2.x line, with v2.3.2 released in 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

transcrypt's official installation notes document both manual installation and package-manager availability. The project lists Arch Linux, Heroku buildpacks, NixOS, OS X via Homebrew, and FreeBSD packages, which points to adoption by developers who want repository-local encryption available through standard system tooling.

### Wie es verwendet wird

A typical workflow initializes transcrypt inside a Git repository, marks paths in `.gitattributes` with the crypt filter, commits encrypted versions of selected files, and shares the cipher and password with trusted clones. The README also documents listing encrypted files, checking raw committed contents, initializing a clone, rekeying, flushing credentials, and uninstalling repository configuration.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, transcrypt is a compact alternative to heavier secret-management systems when the requirement is simply encrypted files in Git. Because it is a single script using Bash, Git, and OpenSSL, distribution packages mostly provide convenient installation, shell completion, and man-page style polish rather than a runtime service.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: The install guide notes that the NixOS derivation was added in October 2015.
- 2018: Official GitHub releases include the 1.x series.
- 2026: Official GitHub releases list transcrypt v2.3.2.

### Related projects

- The README explicitly compares transcrypt with git-crypt and git-encrypt, all of which use Git filters to encrypt selected repository contents.

### Quellen

- <https://api.github.com/repos/elasticdog/transcrypt/releases>
- <https://github.com/elasticdog/transcrypt#readme>
- <https://github.com/elasticdog/transcrypt/blob/main/INSTALL.md>


## Sicherheitshinweise

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


## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Nix - transcrypt: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/tr/transcrypt/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/transcrypt.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/transcrypt.yml)


## Quellen

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