# Install signify-osx with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Cryptographically sign and verify files. Version 1.4 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with macports: sudo port install signify.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:signify-osx
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install signify-osx
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install signify
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: security/signify/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add signify
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: signify from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install signify
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: signify from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install signify
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: signify from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#signify
```

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

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S signify
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: signify from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install signify
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: signify from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:signify-osx
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Source summary:** Cryptographically sign and verify files
- **Homepage:** <https://man.openbsd.org/signify.1>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jpouellet/signify-osx>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- signify (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.4

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

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

## Other Package-Manager Records

- MacPorts - signify: installed executable or alias match | MacPorts ports tree: security/signify/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Debian apt - signify - 1.14-7: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: signify from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Automatic, semi-random ".signature" rotator/generator | http://signify.sf.net
- Nix - signify: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/si/signify/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - signify - 1.14-7: installed executable or alias match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: signify from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Automatic, semi-random ".signature" rotator/generator | http://signify.sf.net
- apk - signify - 32-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: signify from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | OpenBSD tool to sign and verify signatures on files | https://github.com/aperezdc/signify
- apk - signify-doc - 32-r1: installed executable or alias match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: signify-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | OpenBSD tool to sign and verify signatures on files (documentation) | https://github.com/aperezdc/signify
- dnf - signify - 33-2.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: signify from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Sign and verify signatures on files | https://codeberg.org/aperezdc/signify
- pacman - signify - 33-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: signify from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | OpenBSD tool to cryptographically sign and verify files | https://codeberg.org/aperezdc/signify
- zypper - signify - 33-1.3: installed executable or alias match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: signify from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | OpenBSD tool to sign and verify signatures on files (portable version) | https://codeberg.org/aperezdc/signify


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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