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安装
其他安装命令
概览
软件包摘要
Bootstrap GitHub SSH configuration
项目链接
命令和别名
- github-keygen
历史
项目历史与用法
github-keygen is a small Perl utility by Olivier Mengue for bootstrapping and maintaining OpenSSH configuration for GitHub. It creates a dedicated GitHub SSH key, writes a dedicated SSH config section, and installs GitHub host fingerprints in a separate known-hosts file.
项目历史
The repository history begins with an initial release in May 2011. Its author-maintained README frames the tool as a one-shot wizard rather than a long-running daemon or library: users clone it, run it for a GitHub account, inspect the generated SSH configuration, and can remove the tool afterward.
The changelog shows the project tracking practical SSH and GitHub changes over time: stronger cipher choices in the 1.020 series, OpenSSH roaming mitigation in 1.101, generated-config versioning in 1.200, GitHub key comparison in 1.300, larger and then Ed25519 default keys in later releases, and post-quantum key-exchange list updates in 1.401.
采用历史
Adoption appears niche and security-oriented. The tool serves users who want repeatable GitHub SSH setup, multiple GitHub accounts, per-machine keys, host aliases, strict host checking, and conservative handling of an existing SSH config.
使用方式
Practitioners run github-keygen with a GitHub username to generate or update SSH files under ~/.ssh. The generated setup gives GitHub its own key, known_hosts file, public-key-only authentication, strict host checking, and account-specific host aliases for Git remotes.
The README emphasizes local auditability: the script is readable Perl, writes configuration files rather than a resident service, and can check GitHub public endpoints to verify registered keys unless the offline flag is used.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Its package value is in codifying a careful SSH setup that many developers otherwise perform by hand. That makes it a tiny but opinionated tool for users who maintain several GitHub identities or machines and prefer generated config over checklist-driven setup.
时间线
- 2011: Initial release appears in the repository history.
- 2012: v1.000 begins the tagged release stream.
- 2016: v1.101 adds OpenSSH roaming vulnerability mitigation.
- 2022: v1.306 changes default key size and removes older GitHub host-key algorithms.
- 2025: v1.400 switches new keys to Ed25519 by default.
Related projects
- github-keygen relates to OpenSSH, GitHub SSH authentication, Git for Windows, and GitHub's SSH key-management workflow.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：blue
broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.
风险分类器
blue 风险 · 中 置信度 · tool
原因
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
信号
- text:ssh
安装行为
- 未记录 Homebrew bottle 元数据。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
local files
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.ssh/config
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.ssh/id_<github-account>@github
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
github-keygen | 可执行文件 | 已索引可执行文件 | 从本地可执行文件索引发现。 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
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页面生成时间2026-08-03
管理器版本1.401
管理器更新时间
本地数据未知
上游不可用
检测到的最新版本未检测到
- OK没有生成新鲜度警告。
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:github-keygen |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 1.401 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/dolmen/github-keygen |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation