# Install gitsign with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop Keyless Git signing using Sigstore. Version 0.17.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-30. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install gitsign. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:gitsign ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install gitsign ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install gitsign ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/gitsign/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install gitsign ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: gitsign from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#gitsign ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitsign/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S gitsign ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: gitsign from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install gitsign ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitsign from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/gitsign ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gitsign.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:gitsign - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.17.1 - **Source summary:** Keyless Git signing using Sigstore - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-30T00:22:27Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - gitsign (alias) - gitsign-credential-cache (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 0.17.1 ## Project history and usage gitsign is a Sigstore tool for keyless signing of Git commits and tags. It uses OpenID Connect identities and Sigstore infrastructure instead of long-lived local signing keys. ### Project history The gitsign repository was created in May 2022 under the Sigstore organization. Its README says the tool was heavily inspired by GitHub's smimesign, but substitutes keyless Sigstore signing with a GitHub or other OIDC identity. ### Adoption history gitsign belongs to the broader Sigstore supply-chain security ecosystem alongside Fulcio, Rekor, and Cosign. Its adoption story is tied to the move from personal key management toward short-lived certificates, identity-backed signatures, and transparency-log verification. ### How it is used Practitioners configure Git to use `gitsign` as the `gpg.x509.program`, set `gpg.format` to `x509`, and then sign commits with `git commit -S` or sign tags with `git tag -s`. Verification commonly uses `gitsign verify` so callers can check both cryptographic integrity and certificate identity claims. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, gitsign is important because it brings Sigstore's keyless model to Git history rather than only to container images or release artifacts. It packages a security workflow as a Git signing backend with a small CLI surface and a credential-cache helper. ### Timeline - 2022: Repository created under the Sigstore organization. - 2022: Test release published from the new repository. - 2020s: Distributed through Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Scoop, and zypper package channels. ### Related projects - gitsign is related to Sigstore, Fulcio, Rekor, Cosign, Git's X.509 signing support, and GitHub's smimesign. ### Sources - - - - - - - ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## 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: .git/config, ~/.gitconfig ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - gitsign - 0.13.0-2+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: gitsign from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Keyless Git signing using Sigstore (program) | https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign - Debian apt - golang-github-sigstore-gitsign-dev - 0.13.0-2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: golang-github-sigstore-gitsign-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Keyless Git signing using Sigstore (library) | https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign - Nix - gitsign: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/gi/gitsign/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman - gitsign - 0.14.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: gitsign from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Keyless Git signing using Sigstore | https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign - zypper - gitsign - 0.17.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitsign from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Keyless Git signing using Sigstore | https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign - zypper - gitsign-credential-cache - 0.17.0-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: gitsign-credential-cache from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Credential cache for gitsign | https://github.com/sigstore/gitsign - MacPorts - gitsign: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: security/gitsign/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Scoop - main/gitsign: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/gitsign.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/gitsign.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/gitsign.yml) ## Sources - 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