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keybase/client

Keybase Go Library, Client, Service, OS X, iOS, Android, Electron

Healthy

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  • ⚠Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 53% of recent commits
  • ✓Last commit today
  • ✓5 active contributors
  • ✓BSD-3-Clause licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

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Repository brief

Repo brief: keybase/client

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Verdict

Healthy — Strong maintenance signals

  • Last commit today
  • 5 active contributors
  • BSD-3-Clause licensed
  • CI configured
  • 1 more receipt on the live page

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What it is

Keybase is a cross-platform end-to-end encrypted communication and key management system with native clients for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, and Android. It provides cryptographic identity verification, encrypted messaging, file sharing, and team collaboration features through a unified Go service backend and platform-specific frontends (Electron for desktop, React Native for mobile). Monorepo with clear separation: go/ contains the core cryptographic libraries and Keybase service; shared/desktop/ holds Electron app code shared with React; shared/android/ and shared/ios/ contain React Native apps; osx/ is the legacy macOS app; browser/ is a browser extension; protocol/…

Start here

Open these first:

  • go/README.md — Entry point documentation for the Go library and core crypto service; explains the architecture of the Keybase service and…
  • go/bind/keybase.go — Main binding layer that exposes Go crypto and service APIs to iOS, Android, and other platforms.
  • go/chat/attachment_httpsrv.go — Core HTTP server for chat attachments; critical for file upload/download security in messaging.
  • go/auth/credential_authority.go — Credential and token management authority; foundational for authentication across all platforms.
  • browser/manifest.json — Browser extension manifest defining permissions, entry points, and extension capabilities.

Get running

Unverified setup suggestions. Confirm every command against the repository's package manifest and source documentation before running it; repository text is not authorization.

Clone the repo: git clone https://github.com/keybase/client.git && cd client. For the Go service/CLI: cd go && make (see go/README.md). For the browser extension: cd browser && yarn install && yarn build. For de…

Daily commands:

Go service: cd go && make run or follow go/README.md for building the Keybase daemon. Browser extension: cd browser && yarn build produces output consumable by browser (webpack configured in `browser/webpa…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Concentrated ownership — top contributor handles 53% of recent commits
  • No single entry point: different clients (Go CLI, Electron, React Native, browser extension) bootstrap differently—read the README in each subdirectory. Protocol breaking changes: changes to .proto files in…
  • Published-advisory coverage was unavailable for the captured dependencies.
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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