# Install pinentry with Homebrew

Passphrase entry dialog utilizing the Assuan protocol. Version 1.3.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-01.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pinentry
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pinentry
```

  Evidence: provider-native install command

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pinentry
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.3
- **Source summary:** Passphrase entry dialog utilizing the Assuan protocol
- **Homepage:** <https://www.gnupg.org/related_software/pinentry/>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-01T21:35:39Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T00:40:33+00:00

## Executables

- pinentry (alias)
- pinentry-curses (alias)
- pinentry-tty (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.3

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pinentry.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/pinentry.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation