swtpm VS tpm2-tools

Compare swtpm vs tpm2-tools and see what are their differences.

swtpm

Libtpms-based TPM emulator with socket, character device, and Linux CUSE interface. (by stefanberger)

tpm2-tools

The source repository for the Trusted Platform Module (TPM2.0) tools (by tpm2-software)
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swtpm tpm2-tools
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526 665
- 0.8%
7.6 8.2
11 days ago 7 days ago
C C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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swtpm

Posts with mentions or reviews of swtpm. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-16.

tpm2-tools

Posts with mentions or reviews of tpm2-tools. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-09-23.
  • AWS SIGv4 and SIGv4A – How AWS Signs and Verifies API Requests
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Sep 2021
    If you are looking for some references besides my linked code, this comment[0] on the tpm2-tools repo will probably be useful. FWIW, I've moved my workflow over to having long lived aws keys protected by my TPM and then I generate session credentials from that for normal aws cli usage.

    [0]: https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools/issues/1597

What are some alternatives?

When comparing swtpm and tpm2-tools you can also consider the following projects:

mortar - Framework to join Linux's physical security bricks.

tpm2-tss - OSS implementation of the TCG TPM2 Software Stack (TSS2)

tpm-emulator - The famous tpm-emulator by Mario Strasser, previously hosted on BerliOs. It supports TPM1.2 only!

aws-vault - A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments

TrustedGRUB2 - DEPRECATED TPM enabled GRUB2 Bootloader

libtpms - The libtpms library provides software emulation of a Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2 and TPM 2.0)

OpenVPN - OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon

CloverBootloader - Bootloader for macOS, Windows and Linux in UEFI and in legacy mode

idevicerestore - Restore/upgrade firmware of iOS devices

panda - Platform for Architecture-Neutral Dynamic Analysis

tpm2.0-tools - The source repository for the Trusted Platform Module (TPM2.0) tools [Moved to: https://github.com/tpm2-software/tpm2-tools]