macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install keychainlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install keychainMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/keychain/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%
sudo apk add keychainAlpine Linux edge package indexes · keychain · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian apt已验证 · 92%
sudo apt install keychainDebian stable package indexes · keychain · 来源: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%
sudo dnf install keychainFedora Rawhide package metadata · keychain · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#keychainnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ke/keychain/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
Arch Linux pacman已验证 · 92%
sudo pacman -S keychainArch Linux sync databases · keychain · 来源: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%
sudo zypper install keychainopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · keychain · 来源: download.opensuse.org
概览
软件包摘要
User-friendly front-end to ssh-agent(1)
历史
项目历史与用法
Keychain is Daniel Robbins' long-running helper for sharing ssh-agent and gpg-agent state across login shells, remote sessions, cron jobs, and other long-lived user environments. It solves the everyday Unix annoyance of spawning or unlocking a new agent for every terminal.
项目历史
Keychain was created by Daniel Robbins and became associated with Gentoo and Funtoo-era shell workflows. The classic implementation was a shell script that wrote reusable environment snippets under the user's home directory so later shells could attach to the same agent.
The project moved back under Daniel Robbins' GitHub account as its official home after a period under Funtoo. In the 2.9 series the project deprecated older options such as --agents, and in the 3.0 beta series it began a ground-up Python 3 rewrite while preserving compatibility with traditional invocations.
采用历史
Keychain spread widely because it fit naturally into .bash_profile, .zprofile, cron, and remote-login setups. Package-manager coverage across Alpine, Debian, Fedora, Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE reflects how common ssh-agent reuse became for developers and administrators.
使用方式
A typical setup runs keychain during shell startup, evaluates its environment output, and then reuses the existing ssh-agent or gpg-agent rather than prompting for every new session. The 3.0 beta changelog focuses on multi-terminal coordination and more reliable GPG warm-up, which are exactly the rough edges users hit in modern terminal multiplexers, IDE terminals, and WSL sessions.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
Keychain is a small package with outsized dotfile significance: it is glue between OpenSSH, GnuPG, login shells, and package-managed user environments. It also shows how a simple shell utility can remain useful for decades and later be rewritten without changing the user-facing contract too abruptly.
时间线
- 2000s: Keychain became a common Gentoo/Funtoo-associated ssh-agent helper created by Daniel Robbins.
- 2025: The Funtoo archive noted Daniel Robbins' return as maintainer and pointed to the danielrobbins/keychain GitHub repository as the official home.
- 2025: Keychain 2.9 deprecated --agents and related legacy behavior.
- 2026-06: Keychain 3.0.0_beta1 introduced a Python 3 rewrite.
- 2026: Keychain 3.0.0_beta2 added coordinated multi-terminal initialization and stronger GPG verification behavior.
Related projects
- Keychain wraps OpenSSH's ssh-agent and ssh-add and can coordinate with gpg-agent. It is adjacent to shell startup frameworks, password managers that expose SSH agents, and OS-native keychain services, but its historical niche is portable Unix shell glue.
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。
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
keychain | 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3.0.2
管理器更新时间2026-07-31
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:keychain |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 3.0.2 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 主页 | https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain |
| 最后更新 | 2026-07-31T00:19:10Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | 未记录 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Debian apt95%
keychain 2.8.5-5
key manager for OpenSSH
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo apt install keychain- Section: net
- Architecture: all
- 2 依赖
- 2 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
Nix95%
keychain
nix profile install nixpkgs#keychain- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
Ubuntu apt95%
keychain 2.8.5-4
key manager for OpenSSH
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo apt install keychain- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: all
- 2 依赖
- 2 可选依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
apk95%
keychain 2.9.8-r0
keychain ssh-agent front-end
https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
sudo apk add keychain- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: keychain
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
apk95%
keychain-doc 2.9.8-r0
keychain ssh-agent front-end (documentation)
https://github.com/danielrobbins/keychain
sudo apk add keychain-doc- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: keychain
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
dnf95%
keychain 3.0.2-1.fc45
Agent manager for OpenSSH, ssh.com, Sun SSH, and GnuPG
https://kernel-seeds.org/projects/keychain/
sudo dnf install keychain- License: GPL-3.0-only
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: keychain
- 2 依赖
- 4 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
pacman95%
keychain 3.0.2-1
A front-end to ssh-agent, allowing one long-running ssh-agent process per system, rather than per login
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo pacman -S keychain- License: GPL-2.0-only
- Architecture: any
- 1 依赖
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
zypper95%
keychain 2.8.5-3.3
A Key Management Application for SSH2 RSA/DSA and GnuPG Keys
https://www.funtoo.org/Keychain
sudo zypper install keychain- License: GPL-2.0-or-later
- Category: Productivity/Security
- Architecture: noarch
- Source Package: keychain
- 6 依赖
- 1 提供
- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
MacPorts95%
keychain
sudo port install keychain- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Keychain
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使用的来源
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation