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Install keysafe with Homebrew Cask
Read and decrypt Apple Keychain files. Version 1.9.2 via Homebrew Cask; verified from local package data.
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overview
Package summary
Read and decrypt Apple Keychain files
Project links
Commands and aliases
- keysafe
history
Project history and usage
Miln Keysafe is a proprietary command-line utility from Miln for reading and decrypting legacy Apple Keychain files on Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its niche is portability: it lets users inspect or export Keychain data without using Apple's Keychain Access application on Apple hardware.
Project history
The public Miln documentation describes Keysafe as a single executable for reading Keychain files, looking up encrypted password records, exporting Keychain contents, and extracting password-recovery material. The package is distributed from Miln rather than through a public source repository, so detailed development history is not visible from source-control metadata.
Adoption history
Homebrew Cask packages Keysafe for macOS users who prefer package-manager installation of a standalone binary. Beyond that packaging signal and Miln's product page, evidence of broad open-source ecosystem adoption is thin.
How it is used
Keysafe is used from a terminal with a Keychain file path, can filter listed records, can export decrypted Keychain contents to archive formats, and requires the Keychain password to decrypt protected data. Miln documents System.keychain handling through a SystemKey file and password input through an interactive prompt, environment variable, or user-specified file.
Miln documents Keysafe output suitable for importing password records into Bitwarden, Vaultwarden, Apple Passwords, and other software, along with exported certificates, private keys, public keys, and secure notes.
Why package nerds care
For package-history purposes, Keysafe is interesting because it packages a narrow forensic and migration workflow - legacy Apple Keychain file access - as a cross-platform CLI binary rather than a macOS-only GUI workflow.
Timeline
- 2022: Sample output in Miln's documentation shows Keychain record creation and modification dates in April 2022.
- 2026: Input metadata records Homebrew Cask version 1.9.2 for this batch.
Related projects
- Apple Keychain Access and the macOS `security` command cover native macOS Keychain workflows; Bitwarden and Vaultwarden are documented export targets for Keysafe's Bitwarden-format JSON output.
Sources
- https://miln.eu/keysafe/
- https://miln.eu/keysafe/download/
- https://miln.eu/keysafe/format/
- https://miln.eu/keysafe/recover/
- https://miln.eu/keysafe/system-keychain/
- source_facts.package-manager
- source_facts.version
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for keysafe. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
keysafe | binary | Homebrew cask binary | miln-keysafe-v1.9.2-darwin-universal/keysafe |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version1.9.2
manager updated
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | cask:keysafe |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.9.2 |
| Package manager | Homebrew Cask |
| Homepage | https://miln.eu/keysafe |
| SHA-256 | 4679f62b10fd67aade65c54e8c4091a1f037491b21eee2f0e868be2ebef9bb3e |
| Download URL | https://miln.eu/keysafe/miln-keysafe-v1.9.2-darwin-universal.zip |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
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- pkg.so package database
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