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gpgme

brew install gpgme v2.1.0 LGPL-2.1-or-later

C library providing programmatic access to GnuPG encryption and signing operations.

Why you might care

Use GPGME when you need to integrate GnuPG functionality into C/C++ applications without shelling out to gpg commands. It's the canonical, maintained library for crypto operations in GnuPG's ecosystem—used by mail clients, password managers, and build systems that need signed artifacts. Language bindings exist for Python, Ruby, and others.

Categories

library encryption crypto

Alternatives

GnuPG OpenSSL libsodium
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30-day installs · #134
130.9k
90-day · #158
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365-day · #187

Runtime dependencies

gnupg libassuan libgpg-error

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