zlint vs certomancer

zlint

X.509 Certificate Linter focused on Web PKI standards and requirements. (by zmap)

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Quickly construct, mock & deploy PKI test configurations using simple declarative configuration. (by MatthiasValvekens)

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zlint		certomancer
	Project
3	Mentions	2
342	Stars	25
2.3%	Growth	-
8.7	Activity	6.2
5 days ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
Go	Language	Python
Apache License 2.0	License	MIT License

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zlint

Posts with mentions or reviews of zlint. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-15.

Let's Encrypt Acme API Outage
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jun 2023

Yup, the two most popular are:
https://github.com/zmap/zlint
https://github.com/certlint/certlint
They each have their strengths and weaknesses, so CAs are advised to use both.
zlint: X.509 Certificate Linter focused on Web PKI standards and requirements.
1 project | /r/CKsTechNews | 22 Nov 2021
Introducing Certomancer: the Python X.509 testing framework.
2 projects | /r/crypto | 12 Apr 2021

Can you compare it with https://github.com/zmap/zlint as a cert linter?

certomancer

Posts with mentions or reviews of certomancer. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-12.

Introducing Certomancer: the Python X.509 testing framework.
2 projects | /r/crypto | 12 Apr 2021

The GitHub repository includes some example config and some documentation.
Introducing Certomancer: the Python X.509 testing framework
2 projects | /r/Python | 12 Apr 2021

If so, Certomancer might be the tool for you. Certomancer is a PKI testing framework implemented in Python. Here are some of its features:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing zlint and certomancer you can also consider the following projects:

cli - 🧰 A zero trust swiss army knife for working with X509, OAuth, JWT, OATH OTP, etc.

pyHanko - pyHanko: sign and stamp PDF files

certificate-transparency - Auditing for TLS certificates.

go-guardian - Go-Guardian is a golang library that provides a simple, clean, and idiomatic way to create powerful modern API and web authentication.

certlint - X.509 certificate linter

acmetool - :lock: acmetool, an automatic certificate acquisition tool for ACME (Let's Encrypt)

certificates - 🛡️ A private certificate authority (X.509 & SSH) & ACME server for secure automated certificate management, so you can use TLS everywhere & SSO for SSH.

mod_md - Let's Encrypt (ACME) in Apache httpd

Caddy - Fast and extensible multi-platform HTTP/1-2-3 web server with automatic HTTPS