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10 | 44 | |
904 | 8,730 | |
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2.5 | 9.6 | |
6 months ago | 2 days ago | |
Go | Go | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
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Keybase.pub Shutting Down on March 1 2023
The only one I've seen that comes close is https://keys.pub/ but it still misses a lot of what keybase gives (sigchains, etc.)
Previous HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22995792
Are there any others to consider? It's been quite sad to see Keybase so stifled after being acquired. :-(
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Status of Keybase
Do you think it's worth checking alternatives like https://keys.pub/ or https://keyoxide.org/?
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API-0.core.keybaseapi.com has expired certificate
Suppose you only want a replacement for the key management part of keybase, what is there to be recommended? I know of https://keys.pub/ and https://keyoxide.org/ but the former (from someone ex-keybase) has no recent activity and a "not audited" warning, which at least is good to see.
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keys.pub – Keybase Without the Cruft
I've been a supporter and user of keys.pub for a long time.
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Is Keybase dead?
See: https://github.com/keybase/client/issues/24577
There have been 17 releases since Keybase was acquired
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Keybase.pub Shutting Down on March 1 2023
> development slowed down to a crawl
It's pretty wild that you can see exactly the moment when Zoom bought them on their github activity graph: https://github.com/keybase/client/graphs/code-frequency
Related: Open source the server components of Keybase (GitHub issue, 147 comments)
- Status of Keybase
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API-0.core.keybaseapi.com has expired certificate
- We are still making regular updates to Keybase. These updates consist primarily of bugfixes, security fixes, performance improvements and patches to 3rd party libraries. We are not currently pursuing any major new features. The paper trail for Keybase updates is visible for all to see here: https://github.com/keybase/client/tags
Yeah looking at the commit graph for the keybase client shows a pretty obvious acquisition date..
Yes, this has always been the case. The root CA is embedded in the Keybase client: https://github.com/keybase/client/blob/master/go/libkb/ca.go
This provides a way to add some protection against a polluted trusted CA store.
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The Case for Open Infrastructure
> The source code for Keybase is, right now, fully open source on their Github
Really? My understanding was that the client and some libraries they use are open source, but the actual server code is closed source. Although if Zoom isn't going to continue maintaining keybase, then open sourcing the server code seems like "the right thing to do" (at least morally, and probably from a PR standpoint as well). Even if they did want to continue maintaining it, it would be a good thing in my opinion, but moreso if the project will die otherwise.
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keybase git repositories
This may be unrelated but week before last a new buggy version of the keybase client was released (v5.9.0). This is the first release since September. It has issues related to KBFS mounts that caused me to have to downgrade to the previous version. If you're seeing problems that only recently cropped up, this may relate to this new version.
What are some alternatives?
osxfuse - FUSE extends macOS by adding support for user space file systems
Peergos - A p2p, secure file storage, social network and application protocol
upspin - Upspin: A framework for naming everyone's everything.
git-remote-gcrypt - PGP-encrypted git remotes
Rundeck - Enable Self-Service Operations: Give specific users access to your existing tools, services, and scripts
threema-android - Threema App for Android.
Cryptomator - Multi-platform transparent client-side encryption of your files in the cloud
android - Cryptomator for Android
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crypt12-decrypt - Decrypt Whatsapp .crypt12 database files
EncryptPad - Minimalist secure text editor and binary encryptor that implements RFC 4880 Open PGP format: symmetrically encrypted, compressed and integrity protected. The editor can protect files with passwords, key files or both.
syncthing-lite - A Sync Browser: a browser app for Syncthing-compatible shares